University of Rochester
Rochester, NY · Private nonprofit40.1%
Acceptance rate
1,480
SAT Average
$30,248
Avg net price
6,488
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 2,006Master’s 1,466Doctoral 388 |
| Bachelor’s 256Master’s 101Doctoral 56 |
| Bachelor’s 247Master’s 139Doctoral 117 |
| Bachelor’s 225Master’s 654Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 204Master’s 23Doctoral 17 |
| Bachelor’s 197Master’s 88Doctoral 28 |
| Bachelor’s 190Master’s 20Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 156Master’s 53Doctoral 8 |
| Bachelor’s 133Master’s 80Doctoral 38 |
| Bachelor’s 102Master’s 19Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 73Master’s 104Doctoral 49 |
| Bachelor’s 56Master’s 54Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 32Master’s 13Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 32Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s 6Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 22Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s 4Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 11Master’s 10Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 11Master’s 3Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s 86Doctoral 30 |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 3Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 6Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 3Doctoral 2 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- University Athletic Association
Projected sponsored sports22
Athletic participation
579 unique student-athletes · 19 varsity teams
Early decision I (ED I)
first-year applicants who are certain that the University of Rochester is their first-choice school
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Dec 1
Priority scholarship deadline
Early decision II (ED II)
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 5
Regular decision (RD)
Decision released by Apr 1 · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Feb 15
· Apply with Common App or Coalition
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $65,870
- Required fees
- $1,210
- Food and housing
- $19,792
- Books and supplies
- $1,310
- Other expenses
- $1,380
- Total
- $89,562
- $75,1902019–2019–20
- $77,9952020–2120–21
- $79,4562021–2221–22
- $82,6002022–2322–23
- $85,9622023–2423–24
- $89,5622024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $30,248 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
- 60%
- Average share of need met
- 97%
- Average need-based grant
- $67,488
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, State aid form, and CSS Noncustodial 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 Rochester’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 Rochester admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
University of Rochester runs two binding Early Decision rounds. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. University of Rochester admits in-state applicants at 50.4%, out-of-state applicants at 58.6%, and international applicants at 18.2%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,245 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 5. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 22% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
15.7% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
6.4% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
University of Rochester’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99.9% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 32% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.73
High-school class rank
Among the 32% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
University of Rochester rates 4 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Interview
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Level of applicant's interest
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
University of Rochester leaves 1 Common Data Set answer 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.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
University of Rochester’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 $94,944 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $30,248 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 747 of 1,235 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 $94,944
Averages among the 747 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, University of Rochester offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
University of Rochester admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
92.5% of University of Rochester’s first-years return for a second year and 84.5% 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