Spelman College
Atlanta, GA
Spelman College admitted 2,743 of 11,533 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (23.8%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Spelman College
Three things Spelman College published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Early Action admitted 30.3%. The non-early rounds admitted 18.5%.
1.6×
the non-early rate
A ratio between two rates the school published. Not a change in anyone’s odds.
1,599 of 5,282 early applicants were admitted, against 1,074 of 5,814 in the non-early rounds. Early Action is not binding, so the earlier deadline is the whole cost of applying in this round.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
1.6×
the non-early rate
A ratio between two rates the school published. Not a change in anyone’s odds.
No one was admitted from a waitlist of 568.
2 students accepted a place on that list, and 0 were admitted from it, 0% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
30% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 17% sent an ACT. Spelman College files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
23.8%
2,743 admitted of 11,533 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1100–1300
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
22–28
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.96
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
30%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
17%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Spelman College?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Spelman College says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
The early round, in counts
Two published rates side by side. Early applicants are a different group of students, so the gap is a fact about those pools, not a lever anyone can pull.
Early Decision
0.9× the rateEarly Decision admitted 16% (70 of 437), against 18.5% in the non-early rounds.
1,074 of 5,814 in the comparison pool.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Early Action
1.6× the rateEarly Action admitted 30.3% (1,599 of 5,282), against 18.5% in the non-early rounds.
1,074 of 5,814 in the comparison pool.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 568
- Accepted the place
- 2
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 0
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $38,967 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $32,923
- $30k–$48k
- $34,108
- $48k–$75k
- $36,602
- $75k–$110k
- $38,640
- Over $110k
- $44,529
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
1 essay prompt on the application: 1 you would write.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in Georgia
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
Build the list this school belongs on.
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