by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of San Francisco was awarded 436 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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USFCA landed the #164 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
USFCA is also ranked #24 out of 168 schools in California.
University of San Francisco has an acceptance rate of 71%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 17% of students accepted to USFCA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 690. Math scores were between 590 and 700.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, University of San Francisco is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of San Francisco is 42%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
University of San Francisco has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At USFCA the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 66%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of San Francisco.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,852 undergraduates at USFCA with 5,572 being full-time and 280 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $32,023 | $31,994 | $36,818 | $39,638 | $49,199 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of USFCA, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At USFCA, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $8,042 a year. That adds up to $32,168 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at USFCA is 1.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for USFCA are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco, CA 94117-1080 |
| Phone: | 415-422-5555 |
| Website: | https://www.usfca.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/University.of.San.Francisco |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/USFCA |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 233 | $91,668 |
| General Psychology | 164 | $31,146 |
| Business Administration & Management | 126 | $61,400 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 102 | $60,883 |
| Marketing | 100 | $50,188 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 95 | $41,755 |
| Computer Science | 75 | $79,314 |
| General Biology | 71 | $33,560 |
| Health & Physical Education | 56 | $32,329 |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 52 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 6,614 students took at least one online class at University of San Francisco. This is a decrease from the 10,060 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 6,614 | 1,394 |
| 2019-2020 | 10,060 | 8,809 |
| 2018-2019 | 407 | 224 |
| 2017-2018 | 516 | 190 |
| 2016-2017 | 601 | 319 |
Learn more about online learning at University of San Francisco.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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