Visit USF and get $500 off your first bill
All fall 2025 admitted students who visit campus or attend an on-campus admitted student event between Jan 1, 2025 and May 1, 2025, will receive $500 off their first bill when they enroll at USF. Students must check in at the Office of Admission during their visit and submit their enrollment deposit by May 1 (first-year) or June 1 (transfers). See more details and all admitted student events at our Welcome page.
Destination USF: April 12
We highly encourage all admitted students to attend our signature admitted student day, Destination USF, on April 12. Every year, more than 500 admitted students come to our campus to take mock classes, explore the dorms and classrooms, meet student clubs, learn about internship opportunities, and more. Students who can’t make it on April 12 should sign up for Meet USF (a half-day program) on February 21, March 21, or April 25 (for transfer students).
Merit scholarships increase
As a reminder, we’ve increased the maximum merit scholarship amount for domestic first-year students to $31,000 per year. International first-year students are eligible for up to $38,000 per year. Transfer students are eligible for up to $20,000 per year. All applicants are automatically considered for these scholarships, and all merit award amounts, if any, will be listed in the student’s decision letter.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) instructions
95% of the incoming fall class last year received some form of financial aid. A FAFSA is required in order for us to prepare a financial aid offer for your students, so we highly encourage eligible domestic students to submit a FAFSA for the 2025–2026 year using USF’s school code 001325. For step-by-step directions, send your students this recording on how to complete the 2025–2026 FAFSA.
Community College Partnership Scholarships
USF is offering an additional $2,000 scholarship to admitted students from 22 Northern California community colleges including CCSF, De Anza, Foothill, and colleges in the San Mateo, Los Rios, Peralta, and Contra Costa districts. Learn more here.
Regular Decision Admission Notification
This year, we are releasing Regular Decision (RD) admission notifications on a rolling basis beginning February 6. Nursing and engineering admission notifications will be released in early March. We hope that this extended window will allow more admitted students to participate in our admitted student programs.
We're eager to welcome students to campus and show them what makes USF special. You can register for any of our events at our Welcome Page.
TRANSFER 1-ON-1 COUNSELING APPOINTMENTS
While we are attending upwards of 50+ in-person transfer fairs and visits this fall, we know virtual is still the most convenient option for many students. We offer virtual 1-on-1 transfer appointments Monday through Friday on Zoom. Students can sign up to meet with an admission counselor to plan their transfer or receive admission on the spot: https://apply.usfca.edu/portal/transfer-admission-appointments
TRANSFER CREDIT EVALUATOR
Our online tool helps students estimate how long they'll need to attend USF to complete their degree. Students and counselors can:
- see how existing credits will transfer to USF
- compare which majors best match completed coursework
- track all of the steps and deadlines to admission
- find useful content to help ease the transition to USF
Try it out: usfca.transfer.degree
TRANSFER BSN PROGRAM GUIDE
We've created a detailed nursing transfer requirements guide to answer questions about the program, requirements, and admission process, including admission statistics and what we look for when reviewing applications. We hope this helps as you guide your students through the application process. Our hard deadline for spring 2023 applications to the BSN program is November 1.
