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This is how much the school says it costs to attend, including tuition and cost of living. This figure usually reflects 9 or 10 months of living expenses. Generally, the school's published cost of attendance dictates how much you're allowed to borrow in student loans.
The amount (including fees) you pay a school for their educational services for a defined term, i.e. each quarter, semester, or year. Unless otherwise indicated, tuition prices we list are the sticker price. The sticker price is tuition witout any discount (or scholarship) applied. For public schools, in-state residents usually receive a lower price than non-residents.
Sometimes referred to as scholarships. The discount is the amount of need-based or non-need-based discount a student receives to attend the law school. These often come with strings attached.
The percentage of all enrolled students (not just 1Ls) in a given academic year that receives some tuition discount, whether need-based or not, or with strings or without.
The percentage of all enrolled students (not just 1Ls) in a given academic year that receive no tuition discount, whether need-based or not, or with strings or without.
A quartile is the result of spliting a populaion into four equal groups. The 50th percentile, or median, is the middle point between the smallest and highest value in a population. The 25th percentile is the middle point between the smallest value and the median value. The 75th percentile uses the same calculation, but with the highest value. The interquartile range is the range between the 25th and 75th percentile (inclusive). A median is a type of average; another common average is the mean.
The projected debt owed by a graduate who borrows to attend the law school. The figure is as of six months following graduation when the first loan payment is due; assumes no interest pre-payments; and accounts for tuition increases based on previous years of change. Interest accumulation calculations are time-sensitive—based on semester disbursement periods—and use a blended rate based on projected interest rates.
Various parts of this site allow you to factor in assumptions that adjust the maximum amount you may borrow, which is determined by the law school's self-reported cost of attendance. Factors include residency (for state schools), LDS faith (for BYU), tuition discounts, and monetary contributions. Each factor offsets the need to fully debt-finance the cost of attending a law school.
This is how much you would owe if you borrowed the full cost of attendance, accounting for interest that accumulates during school.
Student loan interest rates change annually based on the U.S. Government 10-year Treasury yield. As such, to project your actual cost of attendance and monthly payment, you must forecast the 10-year Treasury yields for each of your three years in law school. The default Treasury rate we use across this website is the most recent yield used for student loans, which is set annually based on the high yield of the final 10-year Treasury Note auction in May.
The interest rate for your first $20,500 of Direct Student Loans, originated by the U.S. Department of Education. The rate is calculated each year using the treasury rate plus 3.6%. This rate is fixed for the life of your loan.
The interest rate for your student loans originated by the U.S. Department of Education in excess of $20,500 each year. The rate is calculated each year using the treasury rate plus 4.6%. This rate is fixed for the life of your loan.
An origination fee is a percentage of your loan amount charged by the lender for the processing of your loan.
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Cost of Attendance and Debt at University of Southern California
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Key facts
Published cost of attendance 2019-20 academic year | |
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Tuition & fees: | $67,192 |
Cost of living: Location: Los Angeles, CA Includes books and living expenses | $27,072 |
The average rate of increase for tuition & fees at University of Southern California over the last 5 years is 3.74% per year.
Discounts for the 96.8%
A 50th percentile discount (scholarship) of $35k means that half of the full-time students with a discount (96.8% of full-time students) paid at least $35,000 less than the full price of $67,192.
This school does not offer conditional scholarships. More information.
Personal debt projection
Based on your input, we will calculate how much you will owe when your first loan payment is due and how much that loan payment will be.
Projected debt tables
Treasury rate :
Direct rate :
Direct PLUS rate :
1.68%
5.28%
6.28%
Cost of living:
Tuition
2%
3.74%
Cost of living:
Tuition
$27,613
$69,705
Reading guide
The following table uses the above assumptions to estimate debt under 30 scenarios on the table. The first scenario—the top-left cell—reflects no tuition discount and borrowing the maximum amount for cost of living ($27,613). Move right across the row to see the impact of a larger tuition discount on borrowing, ending with a full-tuition discount. The right-most column reflects a student who pays $0 in tuition each year. Each additional row reflects annual cost of living savings. Using the final column as an example, the top-right cell reflects borrowing the maximum amount for cost of living. The cell below it reflects 5% savings per year. The bottom row reflects a student who spends 25% less than the maximum amount for cost of living.
These figures reflect no early loan payments, the standard six-month grace period post-graduation, and interest. We assume scholarship amounts remain constant and do not scale with tuition increases (except for 100% tuition scholarships). We do, however, assume that the percent under the school's estimated cost of living scales with annual increases.
Hover over a debt-financed price to see monthly payments and cumulative payments over the life of the loans.
Debt at repayment (full-time)
0%$0/year | 5%$3,485/year | 10%$6,970/year | 25%$17,426/year | 50%$34,852/year | 100%$69,705/year | ||
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-0%$27,613 | $350,712 | $337,956 | $325,203 | $286,937 | $223,162 | $95,847 | |
-5%$26,233 | $345,748 | $332,991 | $320,238 | $281,973 | $218,197 | $90,882 | |
-10%$24,852 | $340,781 | $328,024 | $315,272 | $277,007 | $213,231 | $85,916 | |
-25%$20,710 | $325,887 | $313,130 | $300,377 | $262,112 | $198,336 | $71,021 | |
-50%$13,807 | $301,062 | $288,305 | $275,553 | $237,288 | $173,512 | $47,275 |