Notre Dame, IN · Private nonprofit
11.3%
Acceptance rate
1,510
SAT Average
$27,823
Avg net price
8,923
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 2,198Master’s 1,165Doctoral 443 |
| Bachelor’s 589Master’s 427Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 335Master’s 151Doctoral 99 |
| Bachelor’s 301Master’s 25Doctoral 33 |
| Bachelor’s 263Master’s 17Doctoral 34 |
| Bachelor’s 144Master’s 0Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 96Master’s 8Doctoral 12 |
| Bachelor’s 85Master’s 78Doctoral 11 |
| Bachelor’s 67Master’s 4Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 54Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 44Master’s 115Doctoral 18 |
| Bachelor’s 38Master’s 18Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 30Master’s 40Doctoral 34 |
| Bachelor’s 24Master’s 10Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 24Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s 13Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s 13Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 20Master’s 97Doctoral 18 |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 14Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s 3Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s 124Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 18Doctoral 168 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 4Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Atlantic Coast Conference
Projected sponsored sports26
Athletic participation
756 unique student-athletes · 22 varsity teams
Restrictive Early Action
A student applying Restrictive Early Action to Notre Dame may not apply to any college or university (private or public) in their binding Early Decision 1 program.
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 15
Regular Decision
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 15
· Apply with Common App, Coalition, or QuestBridge Application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $64,518
- Required fees
- $507
- Food and housing
- $17,900
- Books and supplies
- $1,250
- Other expenses
- $1,950
- Total
- $86,125
- $74,1932019–2019–20
- $76,8832020–2120–21
- $78,3472021–2221–22
- $80,2112022–2322–23
- $83,2712023–2423–24
- $86,1252024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $27,823 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 54%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $60,952
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from University of Notre Dame’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
University of Notre Dame admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
University of Notre Dame runs a restrictive (single-choice) Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. University of Notre Dame admits in-state applicants at 10.6%, out-of-state applicants at 10.6%, and international applicants at 4.2%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
2,118 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Feb 28. Submission shares describe only students who chose to submit.
SAT composite
Middle 50%
ACT composite
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class.
High-school class rank
Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
University of Notre Dame rates 9 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Important
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- Talent / ability
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Volunteer work
- Very important
- First generation
- Important
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Important
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
University of Notre Dame leaves 2 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
Without the average GPA, there’s no single midpoint to place a transcript against.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
University of Notre Dame’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $90,036 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $27,823 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 1,142 of 2,118 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $90,036
Averages among the 1,142 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, University of Notre Dame offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
University of Notre Dame admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
98.2% of University of Notre Dame’s first-years return for a second year and 96.8% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03