Portland, OR · Private nonprofit
24.6%
Acceptance rate
1,420
SAT Average
$39,951
Avg net price
1,407
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 406Master’s 2 |
| Bachelor’s 69Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 63Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 43Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 37Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 31Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 31Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 17Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 14Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 2 |
Early Decision I
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 1
Early Action
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 1
Early Decision II
Binding · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 15
Regular Decision
CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 15
· Apply with Common App or Coalition
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $69,040
- Required fees
- $310
- Food and housing
- $17,660
- Books and supplies
- $1,050
- Other expenses
- $1,550
- Total
- $89,610
- $75,6712019–2019–20
- $78,1002020–2120–21
- $80,9702021–2221–22
- $83,3102022–2322–23
- $86,5402023–2423–24
- $89,6102024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $39,951 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
- 64%
- Average share of need met
- 100%
- Average need-based grant
- $57,550
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, 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
- 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 Reed College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Reed College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Reed College runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international. Reed College admits in-state applicants at 35.6%, out-of-state applicants at 50.8%, and international applicants at 6.6%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
342 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are not used in admission. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 39% 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
61% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
25% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Reed College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 87.4% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 30% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 4.00
High-school class rank
Among the 30% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Reed College rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Class rank
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Extracurricular activities
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Reed College's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $39,951 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 220 of 342 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
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Reed College offers need-based aid only (no merit for nonresidents): nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Reed College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
85.8% of Reed College’s first-years return for a second year and 75.9% 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