Brandeis University
Brandeis publishes 45% (Fall 2025). Out-of-state applicants got in at 64%; international at 18%.
Acceptance rate
What Brandeis's 45% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Brandeis reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test-Optional for 2026-27
- Policy
Brandeis has been publicly test-optional since the 2020-21 cycle and, per general public reporting, has not reinstated a testing requirement. However, this could NOT be independently verified this session — see flags. Note: Brandeis's own pages show Early Decision I as both Nov 2 and Nov 3; we use Nov 2 per its comprehensive deadlines table.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1390–1520sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 31–34
- Average HS GPA
- 3.9Fall 2024 entering class (CDS 2024-25, item C12) · Source
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 2, 2026 (EA); Nov 2, 2026 (ED); Jan 15, 2027 (ED2)
- Regular decision
- Jan 15, 2027Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 3,618
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $68,080
- Category
- Private
- Admissions site
- www.brandeis.edu
What should this school mean for your list?
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Sources
- Brandeis test policy (2026-27)
- Brandeis deadlines
- Brandeis GPA (Fall 2024 entering class (CDS 2024-25, item C12))
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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