25 Employees of USC Take Home $230 Million in Compensation
25 of the most highly compensated employees in 2025 at the University of Southern California (USC) – a privately funded research university (not publicly funded like many state universities ) with about 47,000 students (21,000 undergrads and 26,000 graduate and professional students) where annual tuition, room and board is about $100,000 or about $400,000 for a 4-year degree – received $230 million from 2017-2025 (note: this list does not include any high compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2024 but not in 2025): Read more 
Executive Compensation at the University of Southern California (USC) 2025
The University of Southern California (USC) is a privately funded research university (not publicly funded like many state universities ) and is therefore governed by a board of trustees (as opposed to a state legislature or board of regents) with about 47,000 students (21,000 undergraduate and 26,000 graduate and professional students) in California.
Approximately 80,000 undergraduate students apply annually; 11% or 3,000 are admitted and about 3,500 matriculated. Annual tuition, room and board is about $100,000 or about $400,000 for a 4-year degree.
When analyzing colleges and universities generally, there are 8 key numbers to look at: Read more
20 Employees of USC Take Home $257 Million in Compensation
20 of the most highly compensated employees in 2024 at the University of Southern California (USC) – a privately funded research university (not publicly funded like many state universities ) with about 47,000 students (21,000 undergrads and 26,000 graduate and professional students) where annual tuition, room and board is about $100,000 or about $400,000 for a 4-year degree – received $257 million from 2017-2024 (note: this list does not include any high compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2023 but not in 2024): Read more
Executive Compensation at the University of Southern California (USC) 2024
The University of Southern California (USC) is a privately funded research university (not publicly funded like many state universities ) and is therefore governed by a board of trustees (as opposed to a state legislature or board of regents) with about 47,000 students (21,000 undergraduate and 26,000 graduate and professional students) in California.
Approximately 80,000 undergraduate students apply annually; 11% or 3,000 are admitted and about 3,500 matriculated. Annual tuition, room and board is about $100,000 or about $400,000 for a 4-year degree.
When analyzing colleges and universities generally, there are 8 key numbers to look at: Read more
20 Employees at the University of Southern California (USC) Take Home $208 Million in Compensation
20 of the most highly compensated employees in 2023 at the University of Southern California (USC) – a privately funded research university (not publicly funded like many state universities ) with about 47,000 students (21,000 undergrads and 26,000 graduate and professional students) where annual tuition, room and board is about $100,000 or about $400,000 for a 4-year degree – received $208 million from 2017-2023 (note: this list does not include any high compensated employees in any of the years 2017-2022 but not in 2023): Read more
Executive Compensation at the University of Southern California (USC) 2023
The University of Southern California (USC) is a privately funded research university (not publicly funded like many state universities ) and is therefore governed by a board of trustees (as opposed to a state legislature or board of regents) with about 47,000 students (21,000 undergraduate and 26,000 graduate and professional students) in California.
Approximately 80,000 undergraduate students apply annually; 10% or 8,000 are admitted. Annual tuition, room and board is about $100,000 or about $400,000 for a 4-year degree.
When analyzing colleges and universities generally, there are 8 key numbers to look at: Read more
Executive Compensation at University of Southern California (2022)
The University of Southern California (USC) is a private research university with about 47,000 students (undergraduate and graduate) based in Los Angeles, California. The annual tuition is about $70,000 but with room, board, and fees the total estimated cost is $83,000 – $95,000 per year.
Key information about USC is summarized as follows: Read more
Executive Compensation at University of Southern California (2021)
The University of Southern California (USC) is a research university located in Los Angeles, CA with about 50,000 students (21,000 undergraduates and 29,000 graduate students including 13,000 international students). With an annual tuition and board of $85,000, the cost of a 4-year degree is approximately $340,000 for the 12% of applicants admitted.
There are 45 voting members (trustees) of the governing body, 40 of whom are independent. The Form 990 lists 47 trustees (due to timing differences. 31 of the 47 (66%) of the trustees listed are male while 16 of the 47 (34%) are female (note: The Form 990 does not disclose gender; determinations were made based on name and google searches). Read more
