

There are four SAS products under SAS University Edition: BASE SAS, SAS/STAT, SAS/IML and Access to PC Files. Please read this website carefully before downloading and installing SAS University Edition. Students can also install SAS on their personal laptops by downloading the free SAS University Edition from the SAS website at This version works on both the Windows and Mac operating systems. 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. There is no version of SAS written for the Macintosh operating system.
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SAS is also available on USC’s compute facilities and on the Center for Advanced Research Computing clusters.

Ahmanson Information Commons at Leavey Library.USC IT directors (or designates) may request a copy of SAS by sending an email to is also installed on computers in all of the USC Computing Centers.
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For information on how to get SAS for your computer, please contact your school or department’s local IT support.
#How to use sas statistical software for free#
You may install SAS on your PC for free if you are a USC faculty member, staff member, or student. 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. This document provides information about how to access and get support for SAS at USC.īest known as a statistical analysis system, SAS is now used in business, research, education, and social services.
