University of San Diego
University of San Diego admitted 52% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $29,539 a year. Within six years, 81% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 52%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $83,503 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $29,539 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $16,814 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $62,420 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 81%
- Students who return for a second year
- 91%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $93,069 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,250
Students
- Undergraduates
- 5,671
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 28%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 40%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 12%
- Social sciences
- 9%
- Engineering
- 8%
- Psychology
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- University of Connecticut CT · 52% admitted
- University of Puerto Rico at Ponce PR · 52% admitted
- Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser Torah NY · 52% admitted
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences NY · 53% admitted
- Bard College NY · 52% admitted
- Central Christian College of Kansas KS · 53% admitted
More colleges in California
- California State University-Fullerton CA · 91% admitted
- California State University-Long Beach CA · 46% admitted
- San Diego State University CA · 36% admitted
- University of California-San Diego CA · 27% admitted
- University of California-Los Angeles CA · 9% admitted
- University of California-Berkeley CA · 11% admitted
- California State University-Northridge CA · 93% admitted
- University of California-Davis CA · 42% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.