{"id":239088,"date":"2026-03-27T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239088\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:11:12","slug":"incoming-class-of-2030-set-all-time-high-gpa-record-annenberg-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239088\/","title":{"rendered":"Incoming class of 2030 set \u201call-time high\u201d GPA record \u2013 Annenberg Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">USC\u2019s incoming class of 2030 is bringing in a grade point average of 3.92 \u2014 an all-time record for the university. This raises the GPA average 0.02 points higher than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscannenbergmedia.com\/2025\/03\/26\/usc-fall-acceptance-rate-increases-to-104\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last year\u2019s admitted class<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe academic strength of this admitted class is truly exceptional, with a record-high average GPA and standardized test scores among the strongest in our history,\u201d Dean of Admission Timothy Brunold said in an emailed statement on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Last year, USC saw about 83,500 applications \u2014 the university\u2019s highest record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This year, the university saw 79,290 applications for the upcoming academic year, according to the Office of Admission. Of that number, 9,251 students received offers for admission to the fall 2026-2027 semester.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOur highly selective admission rate reflects both the depth of interest in USC and how extraordinarily prepared these students are for our rigorous academic environment,\u201d Brunold said in the statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Prospective students from around the country have taken to social media to share their reactions to their USC college decision letters. A video on USC\u2019s TikTok account highlights excited admitted students. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USC\u2019s incoming class of 2030 is bringing in a grade point average of 3.92 \u2014 an all-time record&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[14713,30810,48,52,51,47,50,49,3581,3533],"class_list":["post-239088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-admission","tag-freshman","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-university-of-southern-california","tag-usc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}