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Rankings

In the U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of best "National Universities," USC made the prestigious top 25 and was ranked 24th in 2012. USC is ranked 46th among world universities and 32nd among universities in the Americas by the Academic Ranking of World Universities, 48th worldwide in 2011 by Human Resources & Labor Review, and 13th (tied with seven other universities) among national universities by The Center for Measuring University Performance.

USNWR ranks USC's School of Law 18th, the Marshall School of Business is ranked 9th in undergraduate education with the USC Leventhal School of Accounting 4th, the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies 3rd and 20th for its MBA program, Keck School of Medicine of USC 34th in research and unranked in primary care, the Viterbi School of Engineering 11th, and the Rossier School of Education 14th, and the Roski School of Fine arts Graduate program 37th, the Sol Price School of Public Policy 7th, the USC School of Social Work 8th. The Philosophical Gourmet Report ranks USC's graduate philosophy program as 11th nationally,

USC was named "College of the Year 2000" by the editors of Time and The Princeton Review for the university's extensive community-service programs.

"The Hollywood Reporter" ranked USC School of Cinematic Arts the #1 film school in the world, beating out the "American Film Institute" and "UCLA"-- two schools who have been previous top contenders. "Top Film Schools". The Hollywood Reporter. 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-25.

The Princeton Review ranked USC video game design program as 1st out of 150 schools in North America. The university's video game design programs are interdisciplinary, involving the Interactive Media Division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the GamePipe program in the Department of Computer Science at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.

The Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranked USC's combined departments of engineering and computer sciences as 11th in the world, physical sciences 52nd, social sciences 35th, life sciences 51st, clinical medicine and pharmacy 47th. USC is also among top 10 dream colleges in the United States. Princeton Review's "College Hopes & Worries" 2010 survey reports USC as the 9th dream college for both students and parents separately.