Tulane University of Louisiana
Tulane publishes 14% (Fall 2025 entering first-time, first-year class). Early Decision applicants got in at 58%; everyone else at 12%.
Acceptance rate
What Tulane's 14% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Tulane reports itself.
By application round
Fall 2025 entering first-time, first-year class (CDS 2025-2026, item C1: 4,763 admits / 32,942 applicants)
Read the full decomposition →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
Official policy: 'The submission of SAT or ACT scores will remain optional for Fall 2027 first-year and transfer admission to Tulane.' Applicants with strong scores (SAT 1300+/ACT 28+) are encouraged but not required to submit. Test scores are not used for need-based aid or artistic/athletic/service merit scholarships.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1400–1520sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 31–34
- Average HS GPA
- Not published by the school
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 1, 2026 (ED); Nov 10, 2026 (EA)
- Regular decision
- Jan 15, 2027Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 7,767
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $68,678
- Category
- Private
- Admissions site
- tulane.edu
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Sources
- Tulane test policy (2026-27)
- Tulane deadlines
- 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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