University of San Francisco
School info
3.4
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.7
Food
2.5
Clubs
3.1
Facilities
3.7
Internet
3.2
Location
4.5
Opportunities
3.7
Safety
3.5
Social
2.9
Happiness
3.8
Basic Information
Location
- SF, CA
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private university
- Established: October 15, 1855; 168 years ago (October 15, 1855)
- Founder: Anthony Maraschi, S.J
Academic information
Degree Courses
- More than 140
Key Area
- Geospatial Analysis
- Environmental Planning and Resource Management
- Psychology and Social Sciences
- Computer Science and Advanced Networks
- Health and Community Research
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 10,636
- Undergraduates: 6,577
- Postgraduates: 4,059
- Academic Staff: 1,174 faculty (486 full-time, 688 part-time)
- Administrative Staff: 1,083 (fall 2016: 975 full-time, 108 part-time)
Notable Alumni
- Bill Russell
- Pierre Salinger
- Euisun Chung
- London Breed
- Gordon Getty
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Good reviews
Overall 5
It's such a great environment with great people and lots of awesome opportunity around the school for food and culture.
Overall 4.9
USF is a great school. I love the atmosphere, though pricey, I have been happy. Great diversity, and such a safe, welcoming campus. Sad this is my last year!!
Overall 4.8
Beautiful campus and buildings. The food quality is amazing and they offer so much diversity idk what people are on about. Also lots of events on campus for random occasions is a perk.
Overall 4.2
I love the location of the campus in the heart of San Francisco. The professors are very understanding and knowledgeable but there are some that aren’t great. The dorm spaces are regularly cleaned, although there may be issues with plumbing. The food NEEDS to improve. The food poisoning is atrocious and common.
Overall 4.2
I love this school and strongly believe that everyone should go here if they are able to get in. The professors are great, the opportunities are amazing, the city is a dream, and we have the most welcoming, hardworking, caring student community! The only thing you will not like is the food but the awful food is all a part of the USF experience.
Overall 4.2
love this school. lots of stairs. little dated.
Overall 4.2
My time here at the university has been nothing short of memorable. From the people to the staff to the location. USF has been the best decision I could have made. It is easy to get a job on campus and to get into programs to travel around the world. I look forward to making more connections here and taking advantage of everything else. GO DONS!
Overall 4.1
The only reason why I say social part is eh is because it's not that big of a school and doesn't have a football team... but you should be aware of that in the first place and understand the compensation with that. For my personal liking it's the perfect size, but I know compared to others its eh.
Overall 4
expensive but overall it's as bad as people make it out to be
Overall 4
The location is the best part about this school, there's so many opportunities and it's really close to everything in San Francisco. You can bus downtown, take a five minute walk from campus to golden gate park, or go to a farmers market on sundays in the neighboring street. Food sucks here, but it is what it is and there's close stores
Bad reviews
Overall 1
Terrible food and unreasonably expensive tuition.
Overall 1
Law school has an embarrassing, extremely low bar passage rate of 33% (2018), this reflects the professors and those over the professors. The School of Education is very sad. I would recommend going to ANY other school in the world. The Financial Aid Office/ Student Business Services will over charge you and will rip you off, BEWARE!
Overall 1.1
This school is against Social Justice, even though it claims to be all about it! The President, the professors, the deans, and the financial aid office does not care about all of their students, only some. This school has a terrible, unfair, and biased approach to some of their students.
Overall 1.2
The only good thing about this school is the location
Overall 1.3
Go to the school and see for yourself. this place genuinely needs to be shutdown.
Overall 1.3
Not a safe campus. Public safety don't really do a good job. Saw a guy with a gun right next to campus when i was 17! They should do a better job keeping students safe
Overall 1.4
The VANAP program is not worth the cost of tuition
Overall 1.5
This review is in regards to the Sacramento VANAP BSN program. If you can get into any other BSN program, go there. If you want to pay 150k tuition to teach yourself the subject matter then go here. Some faculty members are unsupportive and unprofessional. Had a terrible time. Would not recommend at all. Dont waste your money. Good luck.
Overall 1.7
Don't go here. The tuition is seriously not worth it and the CS dept is horrible. They have lots of resources but the majority of them are useless. Too many cliques and super hard to make friends. I really suggest choosing another school, its just not worth it.
Overall 1.7
If you have any kind of disability, this school is not for you. Every professor will tell you to suck it up, "counseling" and "disability" services are a JOKE. This campus doesn't follow ADA guidelines, good luck getting up the steep hills & coblestone. Dorms are disgusting and the caf will give you food poisoning, sent my roommate to the hospital.