USC touts diversity of incoming freshman class
Seven percent Black
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The incoming freshman class at the University of Southern California is the most diverse in the university’s history, the school reported today.
Of 2,931 entering undergraduates, 25 percent are Asian, 12 percent Hispanic, 7 percent Black and 2 percent Native American or Pacific Islander, according to USC.
The university also reported that the entering class is the most upwardly mobile of any it has accepted. About 14 percent of incoming freshman are the first in their families to attend a university.
“We couldn’t be more pleased with this year’s class of incoming Trojans,” USC Dean of Admissions Timothy Brunold said. “Not only are these students incredibly talented, both inside and outside the classroom, but they are a more diverse group by all measures—ethnically, geographically and socially.”
The majority of students in the freshman class are from outside California. Thirty-seven percent are from other states—mainly Texas, Washington, New York, Illinois, Florida and Massachusetts—and 15 percent are international students, according to USC.
USC received 37,210 applications for 2,931 spots. The school admitted more than 8,500 students for an admissions rate of 23 percent.
The university touted the caliber of the incoming class. More than 90 percent of incoming freshman were in the top 10 percent of their graduating classes, and about 10 percent were valedictorians. The group’s average GPA was 3.72.
The estimated annual cost of attending USC, including attendance, room, books and other expenses, is $57,876.
More than 60 percent of the entering class received need-based financial aid, and 23 percent received a merit-based scholarship, according to USC.
ATLANTA—At a black-tie awards banquet capping its four-day conference and business opportunity fair, the National Minority Supplier Development Council Inc. presented Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. with its prestigious Corporation of the Year award.
The award is presented to major corporations that are dedicated to improving the overall participation of Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American suppliers in the global corporate supply chain.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The University of Southern California enrolls the most international students of all American colleges and universities, according to a report released today.
The university enrolled 8,615 students from other countries during the 2010-11 academic year, a 62 percent increase over the last decade, according to the Institute of International Education, which produced the report.
California colleges and universities saw an overall 2.4 percent increase in the number of international students, with a total of 96,535 last year.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Former USC running back Stafon Johnson today filed a negligence lawsuit against the University of Southern California stemming from a weightlifting mishap.
Johnson's lawsuit was announced during a news conference held by attorney Carl Douglas, who said a weightlifting bar carrying 275 pounds "dropped, hit and/or fell onto (Johnson's) neck'' at about 11 a.m. on Sept. 28, 2009.
The incident resulted "in his voice box being crushed,'' requiring surgery, the suit states.
When 2nd Lt. Emily Perez was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, she became the first female African American officer to die in combat. Perez, an outstanding West Point graduate, was mourned by two communities because, while she looked like a Black woman, she came from a Black-Latino family.
Jury deliberations will continue in the trial of Donald Bottoms, Christopher Shrauger, Steven Burns and Christopher Crews, four inmates charged with murder and conspiracy in a race riot that left a Black inmate dead at a county jail facility in Castaic recently. Four other inmates, David Reynoso, Osbaldo Valenzuela, Enrique Reyes and Andres Madrigal, are also charged.
