University of Miami
Miami publishes 18% (Fall 2025). In-state (Florida) applicants got in at 23%; international at 9.4%.
Acceptance rate
What Miami's 18% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Miami reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Required for 2026-27
- Policy
Official policy page: 'The University of Miami requires prospective students to include standardized test scores as part of their undergraduate admission application... The policy went into effect for students applying for Fall 2026.' Exceptions: performance-based program applicants (Frost School of Music, Theatre Arts BFA), portfolio-based program applicants (School of Architecture, Fine Arts BFA), international secondary-school graduates, and transfer applicants with 24+ postsecondary credits.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1320–1480sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 30–33
- Average HS GPA
- Not published by the school
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 1, 2026 (ED); Nov 1, 2026 (EA); Jan 5, 2027 (ED2)
- Regular decision
- Jan 5, 2027Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 12,913
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $62,616
- Category
- Private
- Admissions site
- www.miami.edu
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Sources
- Miami test policy (2026-27)
- Miami 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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