University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA · their site
What this range is
Half the admitted students who submitted SAT scores landed between 1,450 and 1,550 in total. A quarter scored below 1,450. A quarter scored above 1,550.
It is not a cutoff. It describes where the middle half of one admitted cohort fell, after the fact. It says nothing about your chances, it excludes everyone admitted without submitting a score, and it cannot see anything else in an application. Treat it as orientation, not a target line.
Where this came from
The U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, fetched 2026-09-08. It is the most recent cohort the Department has published for this school, which typically lags the current admissions year. It is public-domain federal data — not a ranking, and nothing here is this site’s opinion. The college’s own admissions page is the authority.
What the SAT actually is Plan the time you have left All score targets