annually.
Undergraduate Programs: 43 bachelor's degrees with many concentrations; 56 minors
Graduate Programs: 36 master's degrees, Juris Doctor (JD), five LLM degrees, four doctorates, dual degree programs
USD has a Carnegie Classification of R2- Doctoral University: High Research Activity. Carnegie gives this ranking to "institutions that awarded at least 20 research/scholarship doctoral degrees and had at least $5 million in total research expenditures (as reported through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research & Development Survey (HERD))."
The School of business was recently renamed to Knauss School of Business after Don Knauss announced to increase the philanthropic giving to the university to $50 million as an investment in educating ethical and compassionate business leaders
=== Rankings ===
USD was ranked 47th in the WSJ/College Pulse 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S., an annual ranking that rates the top 500 universities in the country.
USD is the youngest independent institution …
