Admissions & selectivity
University of Miami Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of Miami?
University of Miami’s reported acceptance rate is 18.9%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 18.9%
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: University of Miami Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
The University of Miami admits 18.9% of applicants, a rate far below the median of 47.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 53,924 applicants and 10,177 admitted students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled University of Miami students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported that enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores had a middle-half range of 1340 to 1450, with a median of 1400. Only 33% of the entering class submitted SAT scores, so this range describes a specific subset of the class.
For the ACT, the middle half of submitters scored between 30 and 33, and the median was 32; 19% of enrolled students submitted those scores. The academic profile extends well beyond test scores.
Among enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 58% graduated in the highest tenth of their high school class and 83% in the highest quarter. Applicants can use the SAT and ACT ranges above as a benchmark for the scores of recent entering students who chose to submit them.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Miami. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
33% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1340
- Median
- 1400
- 75th percentile
- 1450
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
19% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 30
- Median
- 32
- 75th percentile
- 33
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: University of Miami Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at University of Miami?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 14.9%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 17.1%
- First-year retention
- 93.8%
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.
The University of Miami enrolls 12,913 undergraduates. 14.9% receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 17.1% are not first-time full-time students, suggesting a campus that draws from multiple entry points rather than a single traditional path.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 53,924 first-year applicants and 10,177 admitted. For transfer students, it reported 2,326 applicants, 1,242 admitted, and 502 enrolled.
The University of Miami keeps most first-year students on track and graduates them at a rate well above comparable institutions. Among first-time, full-time students, 93.8% return for a second year, compared with a peer median of 90.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The six-year graduation rate for that cohort is 83.7%, also above the peer median of 80.0%. Pell Grant recipients in the same entering cohort complete at a rate of 75.9%, which is below the overall six-year rate by 7.8 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect a campus where most first-year students persist and where the first-time full-time cohort graduates at a rate that outpaces 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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