University of Rochester
Rochester publishes 42% (Fall 2025). Out-of-state applicants got in at 59%; international at 18%.
Acceptance rate
What Rochester's 42% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Rochester 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
Official policy: 'Applicants choosing not to submit standardized tests will not be at a disadvantage, nor will it negatively impact their application review or scholarship consideration.' Rochester also offers a test-flexible alternative: applicants may submit AP, IB, or A-Level exam results in place of SAT/ACT if they prefer. No future change announced; page uses aspirational language about eventually not needing any test submissions.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1410–1540sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 31–34
- Average HS GPA
- 3.72Fall 2024 entering class (CDS 2024-25, item C12) · Source
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 1, 2026 (ED); Jan 5, 2027 (ED2)
- Regular decision
- Jan 5, 2027Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 6,331
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $67,080
- Category
- Private
- Admissions site
- www.rochester.edu
Mentors who got into Rochester
Our mentors who go to Rochester, or just graduated from it.
What should this school mean for your list?
A published rate is one input. Working out what it means alongside the rest of your list is the part that actually changes an application. Free 25-minute call, no commitment.
Sources
- Rochester test policy (2026-27)
- Rochester deadlines
- Rochester 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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