Find out about requirements, fees, and deadlines
You should apply as a first-year student if you've graduated from high school and have not taken any college coursework after your high school graduation. If you've taken any college coursework after your high school graduation (regardless of the number of credits/units taken), you must apply as a transfer student. | Application Fee: $70 | Early Action/Early Decision Application Deadline: November 1 | Regular Decision/Early Decision II Application Deadline: January 15
You should apply as a transfer student if you've graduated from high school and taken any college coursework (regardless of the number of credits/units taken) after your high school graduation. | Application Fee: $70 | Application Deadline: March 1
We can't wait to get to know you better, and we hope you'll apply to USF. In the meantime, we recommend taking a virtual tour or dropping by for a campus visit and meeting some of our students and staff who will support you when you get here. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to your admission counselor. We're here to help and can answer any questions, big or small.
All first year and transfer applicants are automatically considered for merit scholarships.
A note on financial aid: We encourage you to use our net price calculator to estimate the financial aid that may be available to you and the net cost of attendance for a new first-year or transfer undergraduate student. If you plan on applying for financial aid, familiarize yourself with the required financial aid forms. We'll need these completed forms in order to prepare a financial aid package for you. If you have any questions, you can email us at financialaid@usfca.edu.
Go Dons!
We hope you and your family will visit us and immerse yourselves in our university and city. Our location, in the geographic center of San Francisco, is a big part of the student experience. Our admission team will take you around our 55-acre Hilltop campus to show you the classrooms, residence halls, and study spots that will be a part of your life as a Don. We offer daily student-guided tours, group visits, a fall open house for prospective students, and special events for admitted students (both first-year and transfer). Schedule a visit today - we know you’ll love it once you get here.
"At USF, our students gain the skills they need to succeed in the new workplace, the cultural awareness they need to lead diverse teams, the critical thinking they need to recognize social injustices, and the confidence they need to change the world for the better."