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Overview
The University of San Francisco is a Jesuit university on a hilltop near Golden Gate Park, with sweeping views across the city it is deeply engaged with. Its Jesuit identity brings a strong emphasis on social justice into the curriculum and student culture, and the student body is notably diverse and international.
Academics
Nursing, business, and data science are recognized strengths, with data science benefiting from the university's Bay Area location and proximity to the tech industry. The Jesuit tradition of engaged, reflective learning shows up across majors through core-curriculum requirements in ethics and social justice, not only in programs with an obvious service angle.
Campus & student life
The hilltop campus is compact and largely residential despite sitting inside a major city, giving students both an urban San Francisco experience and a defined home campus to return to. The international and diverse student population is a defining social feature, and the city itself functions as an extension of student life.
Getting in
Admission is holistic, with essays that often engage explicitly with the Jesuit mission of service and social awareness, and demonstrated interest in that mission can matter alongside academic record.
After graduation
The Bay Area's business and technology presence gives business and data-science graduates a strong local hiring pipeline, and nursing graduates benefit from the region's large health-care systems.
Worth knowing
Students should know the Jesuit core curriculum requires coursework in ethics, philosophy, and theology across all majors — a real academic commitment, not just a branding element, worth factoring in regardless of a student's intended field.
Admissions
Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)
Applying
usfca.edu ↗High school coursework
Required4 years of English · 3 years of Mathematics · 3 years of Social Sciences · 2 years of Lab Science · 2 years of Foreign Language
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