Admissions & selectivity
Brandeis University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Brandeis University?
Brandeis University’s reported acceptance rate is 40.5%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 40.5%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: Brandeis University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Brandeis University admitted 40.5% of applicants, a lower share than the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 9,756 first-year applicants, 4,430 admitted applicants, and 744 enrolled students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Brandeis University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.84 average high-school GPA among the 87.0% of enrolled first-year students who reported a GPA. This is an average, not a cutoff.
For enrolled students who submitted SAT scores, the middle half scored between 1370 and 1470; 28% of the entering class submitted SAT scores. The ACT range for submitters was 31 to 34, with 8% submitting ACT scores.
Among the 19% of the entering class who reported a high-school class rank, 39% were in the highest tenth and 77% in the highest quarter. Applicants can use these ranges and shares as context for the profile of recent enrolled students who submitted each measure, rather than as admission minimums.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Brandeis University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
28% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1370
- Median
- 1430
- 75th percentile
- 1470
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
8% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 31
- Median
- 32
- 75th percentile
- 34
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Brandeis University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Brandeis University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 15.0%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 10.0%
- First-year retention
- 87.0%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 640 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 243 admitted, and 52 enrolled. Brandeis University has 3,618 undergraduates, with 15.0% receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 10.0% entering as transfers or part-time students.
Those figures describe an undergraduate body that includes students using federal grant aid and people arriving after study elsewhere.
87.0% of full-time bachelor's entrants return for a second year, above the 83.4% median for comparable institutions. The first-time full-time cohort graduates at 86.0% within six years, above the 68.8% median for comparable institutions.
Pell recipients complete at 76.6%, below the overall rate by 9.4 percentage points. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a first-year retention rate of 86% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class.
For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, the six-year graduation rate was 81.0%; Pell recipients in that cohort graduated at the same rate. An enrolled student can expect to finish at rates above the medians for comparable institutions.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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