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# University of Rochester Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at University of Rochester?

University of Rochester’s reported acceptance rate is 40.1%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
40.1%

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.

First-year applicants and admitted students · CDS 2025-26

**Applicants**
21,609

**Admitted**
9,056

Source: University of Rochester Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

University of Rochester admitted 40.1% of applicants, a rate below the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 21,609 first-year applicants, 9,056 admitted, and 1,231 enrolled.

## What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled University of Rochester students report?

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, University of Rochester reported that 16% of its entering class submitted SAT scores. The middle half of those SAT submitters scored from 1400 to 1510.

Among the 6% who submitted ACT scores, the middle half scored from 31 to 34. Far more of the entering class submitted SAT scores than ACT scores, so the SAT range describes more of the class.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Rochester. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

**16% of entering students submitted SAT scores**

SAT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
1400

**Median**
1450

**75th percentile**
1510

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

**6% of entering students submitted ACT scores**

ACT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
31

**Median**
33

**75th percentile**
34

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Source: University of Rochester Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.

## Who enrolls at University of Rochester?

**Pell Grant recipients**
17.2%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
6.7%

**First-year retention**
90.7%

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 809 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 306 admitted, and 63 enrolled. University of Rochester has undergraduate enrollment of 6,331 undergraduates, with 17.2% receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 6.7% entering as transfers or part-time students.

That profile points to a campus enrolling both Pell Grant recipients and students arriving from prior colleges, though transfers are a smaller part of the undergraduate population. Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should review the cost calculator and transfer information for the school before applying.

University of Rochester shows retention and completion rates that are higher than the middle values at comparable institutions. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that 91% of the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class were retained to the next fall.

Federal data put first-year retention at 90.7%, above the peer median of 83.4%, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size). For the first-time full-time cohort, the [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 85.4%, above the peer median of 68.8%.

Pell recipients’ six-year completion rate is 85.4%, below the overall rate by 0.0 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect strong persistence and completion figures relative to the school’s peers.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).