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University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

University of Redlands is a private university in Redlands, California, a small city, with 2,049 undergraduates. Interdisciplinary studies and natural resources are its signature fields: together they make up 15% of its bachelor's degrees, three and a half times their share across the colleges we cover. 67% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $72,690 ten years after starting.

University of Redlands admitted 2,931 of 3,622 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (80.9%).

Acceptance rate
80.9%
Fall 2023 class
Tuition and fees
$60,878
2024–25 school year
Paid after aid
$30,031
Average, students with aid
ACT, middle 50%
25–30

Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.

What University of Redlands is known for

Measured by the 895 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.

Interdisciplinary studies

9.4%

of its bachelor's degrees: about three times the 2.9% share across the colleges we cover.

Natural resources

5.8%

of its bachelor's degrees: about five times the 1.2% share across the colleges we cover.

  • Business/Commerce12013.4% of degrees$85,066+24% vs $68,407 nationally
  • Business Administration, Management and Operations11813.2% of degrees$85,278+25% vs $68,257 nationally
  • Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)849.4% of degrees$53,260About the $55,693 national median
  • Psychology687.6% of degrees$55,739+10% vs $50,706 nationally
  • Natural Resources Conservation and Research485.4% of degrees$57,319About the $55,012 national median
  • Communication Disorders Sciences and Services424.7% of degrees$71,767+22% vs $58,928 nationally

Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.

The place

Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.

Setting

Small city

Redlands, CA

Undergraduates

2,049

Fall 2024

Type

Private, nonprofit

Master's university, larger programs

Living on campus

Half or more

of undergraduates live on campus

Students per faculty member

10 to 1

Fall 2024

International students

1%

of undergraduates, fall 2024

Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.

What stands out at University of Redlands

Two things University of Redlands 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.

Scores sent1 of 2

18% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.

The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 5% sent an ACT. University of Redlands files test scores under “considered”.

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Cost2 of 2

Families paid $30,031 on average after aid.

Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.

Source: the College Scorecard

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

80.9%

2,931 admitted of 3,622 applicants

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

SAT, middle 50%

Reading 548–670Math 530–653

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

ACT, middle 50%

25–30

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Enrolled students who sent an SAT

18%

Counted per test: a student may send both.

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Enrolled students who sent an ACT

5%

Counted per test: a student may send both.

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Where do you actually stand at University of Redlands?

The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.

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What University of Redlands costs

The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.

Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $60,878, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $76,630. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $30,031 a year on average.

Tuition and fees

$60,878

2024–25 school year

Full cost of attendance

$76,630

Tuition, fees, housing, food and books

Paid after aid

$30,031

Average, students who received aid

What students paid, by family income

Each bar is that figure as a share of the $76,630 full cost.

  • Under $30k$28,287Typical public university: $10,013
  • $30k–$48k$25,728Typical public university: $10,847
  • $48k–$75k$26,196Typical public university: $13,703
  • $75k–$110k$25,767Typical public university: $17,979
  • Over $110k$38,257Typical public university: $22,475

Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.

Where it leads

Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.

Finish within six years

67%

Our colleges' median: 63%

Return for a second year

84%

Our colleges' median: 79%

Earnings after 10 years

$72,690

Our colleges' median: $57,440

Median debt at graduation

$26,000

Our colleges' median: $23,725

Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.

What University of Redlands 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

  • Test scoresconsidered

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

  • Recommendationsconsidered

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

  • Class rankconsidered

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Essays on this application

2 essay prompts on the application: you would write all 2.

Published deadlines

Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.

  • Early ActionNovember 1, 2026

    Verified October 10, 2026 · Source

  • Early Action IIDecember 1, 2026

    Verified October 10, 2026 · Source

  • Regular DecisionJanuary 15, 2027

    Verified October 10, 2026 · Source

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