Editing University of San Diego (section)

== Academics ==
[[File:ShileyCenterUSD.jpg|thumb|The Donald P. Shiley Center for Science and Technology, opened in 2003|252x252px]]
USD offers more than 80 degrees at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. Students choose from undergraduate and graduate degree programs from the seven schools and college that comprise the University of San Diego:

* College of Arts and Sciences
* Knauss School of Business
* Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering
* Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science
* Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies
* School of Law
* School of Leadership and Education Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Law are the oldest academic divisions at USD; the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies is the university's newest school. USD offers an honors program at the undergraduate level, with approximately 300 students enrolled annually.

* Undergraduate Programs: 43 bachelor's degrees with many concentrations; 56 minors
* Graduate Programs: 36 master's degrees, Juris Doctor (JD), five LLM degrees, four doctorates, dual degree programs
USD has a [[Carnegie Classification]] of R2- Doctoral University: High Research Activity. Carnegie gives this ranking to "institutions that awarded at least 20 research/scholarship doctoral degrees and had at least $5 million in total research expenditures (as reported through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research & Development Survey (HERD))."

The School of business was recently renamed to Knauss School of Business after Don Knauss announced to increase the philanthropic giving to the university to $50 million as an investment in educating ethical and compassionate business leaders<ref>{{Cite web |title=About - School of Business - University of San Diego |url=https://www.sandiego.edu/business/about/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=www.sandiego.edu}}</ref>

=== Rankings ===

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| THE_WSJ = 47
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| THES_W = 601-800
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{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2020
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! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: University of San Diego|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?122436-University-of-San-Diego |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|49|%|2||background:gray}}
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| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|22|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|}

USD was ranked 47th in the WSJ/College Pulse 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S.,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/rankings/college-rankings/best-colleges-2025|title=Best U.S. Colleges 2025 - WSJ / College Pulse Rankings|website=WSJ}}</ref> an annual ranking that rates the top 500 universities in the country.

USD is the youngest independent institution on the ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' list of top 100 universities in the United States. In 2021, University of San Diego was ranked tied for 88th in the "National Universities". ''U.S. News & World Report'' also ranked the University of San Diego's undergraduate Engineering program tied for 13th in the U.S. for engineering schools where doctorates are not offered,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-san-diego-10395/overall-rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |title=University of San Diego Rankings |access-date=2021-08-25 |archive-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224184431/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-san-diego-10395/overall-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref> and the #1 Catholic Graduate Nursing School in the nation.

The Knauss School of Business was ranked the second-highest undergraduate business school in California, according to the 2022 ranking from [[Poets & Quants]] for undergraduate business schools.<ref>{{cite web|date=2022|title=P&Q's Best Undergraduate B-Schools Of 2022|url=https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2022/01/27/best-undergraduate-business-schools-business-school-rankings/5/|access-date=February 11, 2022|website=Poets and Quants}}</ref> The School of Business has ranked No. 1 in the nation for two years in a row on ''College Factual’s'' ranking of Best Real Estate Colleges in the United States and No. 13 of Best Communications Schools in the United States.

In February 2022, ''[[Travel+Leisure]]'' named USD campus as one of the most beautiful college campuses in the United States.<ref name=":1" /> In 2021, ''The Princeton Review'' ranked the University of San Diego 6th in Most Beautiful Campus, 8th in Best Quality of life, 14th in Most Popular Study Abroad Program, and 18th in Green Colleges.<ref>{{Cite web|title=University of San Diego - The Princeton Review College Rankings & Reviews|url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college/university-san-diego-1023500|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509175322/https://www.princetonreview.com/college/university-san-diego-1023500|archive-date=May 9, 2019|access-date=2021-08-25|website=www.princetonreview.com}}</ref>

In 2014, University of San Diego was ranked the 482nd top college in the United States by Payscale and CollegeNet's Social Mobility Index college rankings.<ref>{{cite web|date=2014|title=Social Mobility Index|url=http://socialmobilityindex.org/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524132827/http://www.socialmobilityindex.org/|archive-date=May 24, 2015|access-date=June 5, 2015|website=Social Mobility Index|publisher=CollegeNet and PayScale}}</ref> 18% of students are pell-grant eligible.

In 2013, [[QS Global 200 Business Schools Report]] ranked USD's MBA program 59th in North America.<ref>[http://topmba.prod.qs.com/sites/qs.topmba/files/qs-global200-business-schools-report-2013_0.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626032751/http://topmba.prod.qs.com/sites/qs.topmba/files/qs-global200-business-schools-report-2013_0.pdf|date=June 26, 2013}}</ref>