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Room information
Spaces Room Type Room Code Occupancy 2024-2025 Rate / Person
8 Single 2PSGLE Two-person $7,950/Semester
35 Single 3PSGLE One-person $7,945/Semester
40 Single 4PSGLE Four-person $7,945/Semester
98 Double 3PDBLE Two-person $6,665/Semester
112 Double 4PDBLE-Loft Four-person $4,855/Semester
16 Double 4PDBLE Four-person $6,375/Semester
152 Double 4PDBLE-DB Four-person $7,000/Semester
64 Double 8PDBLE Eight-person $6,375/Semester
Spaces8Room TypeSingle Room Code2PSGLEOccupancyTwo-personRate / Person$7,950/Semester
Spaces35Room TypeSingleRoom Code3PSGLEOccupancyOne-person Rate / Person$7,945/Semester
Spaces40Room TypeSingleRoom Code4PSGLEOccupancyFour-personRate / Person$7,945/Semester
Spaces98Room TypeDoubleRoom Code3PDBLEOccupancyTwo-personRate / Person$6,665/Semester
Spaces112Room TypeDoubleRoom Code4PDBLE-LoftOccupancyFour-personRate / Person$4,855/Semester
Spaces16Room TypeDoubleRoom Code4PDBLEOccupancyFour-personRate / Person$6,375/Semester
Spaces152Room TypeDoubleRoom Code4PDBLE-DBOccupancyFour-personRate / Person$7,000/Semester
Spaces64Room TypeDoubleRoom Code8PDBLEOccupancyEight-personRate / Person$6,375/Semester
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Floor Plan
USC offers a wide-variety of floor plans. This floor plan is typical, though the actual layout and dimensions will vary among buildings that share this plan. Where the exact plan for a room type was not available, the closest approximation was used. Some items shown are for decorative purposes and not included in the room or apartment.
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Residential College

Building

The McCarthy Honors Residential College is the visual center of the USC Village complex, with a Gothic-style clock tower that spires 145 feet into the air. The distinctive collegiate-motif architecture is a nod to the university's traditions, while its modern facilities and residential accommodations are a physical manifestation of USC's commitment to education in the 21st century.

On its upper floors, the five story building provides world-class housing for over 500 honors students in a variety of two, three, four and eight person suite floor plans.  Each suite is a mix of rooms around a small entryway and one or two bathrooms.  The ground floor is home to the breath-taking USC Village Dining Hall, where residents will take many of their meals, as well as classrooms, a large lobby and an on-site Housing Customer Service Center.

Features & Amenities

All of the suites are air-conditioned and feature modern, stylish furniture.  Suite-style living provides the residents with private bathrooms rather than large community bathrooms. Along with over 30 residential suites, each floor has multiple lounges and study rooms and a laundry room. Two spacious landscaped courtyards, one on the ground level and the other on the first residential floor, are appointed with luxury outdoor furniture.

The ground floor is home to a large lobby, classrooms, a magnificent residential dining facility, an Amazon University store, Dulce Café, USC Credit Union and secure indoor bike parking. The USC Village Fitness Center is located nearby, and residents can take advantage of the variety of shopping and dining opportunities afforded by the Village setting.

Parking

Parking for Village residents is available in the Shrine Structure located about a block and a half east on Jefferson Blvd.

Housing Programs

The McCarthy Honors College is a unique living and learning environment for freshman honors students holding either the Mork Family, Stamps Leadership, Trustee or Presidential scholarships. The residential college experience is promoted by the two residential faculty members and an extensive Residential Education staff, who live along side students and coordinate weekly themed dinners at the dining hall featuring presentations from USC faculty and administrators as well as visiting scholars.

Assignment to the building is available to qualified scholarship holders on a first-applied basis according to housing configuration preferences.  While McCarthy Honors provides a greatly expanded number of spaces to Honors students, assignment to the building is not guaranteed.

Residential Education plans and conducts a special retreat for McCarthy students just prior to the beginning of the school year. Residents will move in a few days early to participate in this event. For questions regarding the retreat's programming and activities, please contact the Office for Residential Education.