The University of Southern California (USC) is one of the top ranking private research universities in the United States.

The university has three Academic Units: The College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; The Graduate School; and a number of professional schools including the USC Leventhal School of Accounting, School of Architecture, Marshall School of Business, School of Cinematic Arts, Annenberg School for Communication, School of Dentistry, Rossier School of Education, Viterbi School of Engineering, Roski School of Fine Arts, Davis School of Gerontology, Gould School of Law, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Thornton School of Music, School of Pharmacy, School of Policy, Planning, and Development, School of Social Work, and School of Theatre.

The USC Marshall School of Business is highly regarded as one of the country's top school's for accounting, finance, entrepreneurship and international business studies.

Rankings:

- 7th in the US News Part Time MBA Rankings 2011.

- 10th among the Best Engineering Schools (USNWR 2011).

- Rated 26th among the Best National Universities in the country (US News & World Report 2010).

- Ranked 32nd in the world (Webometrics Rankings, January 2010).

- Tied for 6th with University of Connecticut for Real Estate (Undergraduate business specialties) by US News (2010).

- 112th in the world according to QS World University Rankings™ 2009. It is placed in the global top 200 for the following subjects: Engineering & IT (107th), Arts & Humanities (126th), Social Sciences (178th), Life Sciences & Biomedicine (194th).

- 33rd in the United States and 46th in the world (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2009).

- 6th in the Best Business Schools Specialty Rankings: Accounting (USNWR 2009).

- 4th among Top Graduate Accounting Programs (Public Accounting Report - October 31, 2008).

* Suggested Reading: USC Marshall MBA Program Ranking

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