H-1B sponsorCAFEIN 95-1642394Updated Jun 2026

THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Filed 2,396 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2026 from worksites with a CA headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2026

Certified

69.0%

unconditional · FY2026

Withdrawn

0.0%

withdrawn rate · FY2026

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2026

Summary

The University of Southern California is a private research university in California that sponsors H-1B visa petitions for specialized faculty and research positions. In FY2026, USC filed 84 H-1B petitions with a 69% certification rate, reflecting recovery after a significant dip during 2020–2022.

Across all filings since 2010, USC has submitted 2,396 petitions with a 24.25% overall certification rate. The university's H-1B profile centers on academic and research roles: Medical Scientists (369 filings) lead the occupation mix, followed by Biological Science Teachers (344) and Biological Technicians (343). Computer Programmers (135 filings) represent the only substantial non-life-sciences role, reflecting USC's engineering and technology schools. Withdrawn and denied petitions are rare, each at 0.25% and 0.13% respectively across the full period.

Filing volume has been volatile. Annual submissions held steady at 140–240 through 2019, plummeted to single digits in 2020–2021, then climbed sharply from 2023 onward (249 in 2024, 256 in 2025), suggesting restored institutional H-1B hiring capacity.

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Outcome breakdown

Share of THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Certified84.7%

Cert-withdrawn14.0%

Withdrawn0.9%

Denied0.5%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	19-1042	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	369
2	25-1042	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	344
3	19-4021	Biological Technicians	343
4	25-1071	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	200
5	15-1251	Computer Programmers	135
6	19-1021	Biochemists and Biophysicists	78
7	15-1252	Software Developers	71
8	15-2041	Statisticians	54
9	29-1229	Physicians, All Other	52
10	19-1022	Microbiologists	49

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

369

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

344

Biological Technicians

343

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

200

Computer Programmers

135

Biochemists and Biophysicists

Software Developers

Statisticians

Physicians, All Other

Microbiologists

Filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2010	196
FY2011	160
FY2012	146
FY2013	143
FY2014	147
FY2015	166
FY2016	160
FY2017	155
FY2018	197
FY2019	240
FY2020	7
FY2021	6
FY2022	15
FY2023	69
FY2024	249
FY2025	256
FY2026	84

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