SAS Overview

This document provides information about how to access and get support for SAS at USC.

Best known as a statistical analysis system, SAS is now used in business, research, education, and social services. SAS is a powerful software system that includes a programming language, many statistical features, hundreds of built-in functions, macro capability, reporting functions, and graphics.

Where to Find SAS

You may install SAS on your PC for free if you are a USC faculty member, staff member, or student. Information on how to get SAS can be found on our Getting SAS page.

SAS is also installed on computers in all of the USC Computing Centers.

• King Olympic Hall
• Leavey Information Commons, in the Leavey Library
• Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center
• Waite Phillips Hall of Education

SAS is also available on USC’s compute facilities and on the High Performance Computing and Communications cluster.

There is no version of SAS written for the Macintosh operating system. Macintosh users can access access SAS on the UNIX servers using X11, and Intel-based Macs can also run SAS using VMWare Fusion, Parallels, or similar virtualization software.

Getting Help

For assistance obtaining, installing, or using SAS software, please call the ITS Customer Support Center at 213-740-5555, visit the walk-in support center in Leavey Library's Lower Commons, or send an email to stats@usc.edu.

For help with any technical issues while running SAS software, you can also submit your problem directly to SAS using the SAS Technical Support Form.