University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester, New York, a midsize city, with 6,331 undergraduates. Its largest fields are social sciences, biology and health professions. 85% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $79,042 ten years after starting.
University of Rochester admitted 9,056 of 21,609 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (41.9%).
- Acceptance rate
- 41.9%
- Fall 2025 class
- Tuition and fees
- $67,080
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $29,278
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1400–1510
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 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of Rochester is known for
Measured by the 2,095 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
- Biology23011.0% of degrees$54,937About the $57,214 national median
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing2019.6% of degrees$90,038About the $88,910 national median
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods2019.6% of degrees$102,625+19% vs $86,176 nationally
- Research and Experimental Psychology1738.3% of degrees$65,000+17% vs $55,695 nationally
- Computer Science1416.7% of degrees$155,464+45% vs $107,009 nationally
- Music1406.7% of degrees$34,888−19% vs $42,892 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
Midsize city
Rochester, NY
Undergraduates
6,331
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
9 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
23%
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 Rochester
Three things University of Rochester 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.
262 admitted from a waitlist of 1,197.
741 students accepted a place on that list, and 262 were admitted from it, 35.4% 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
15.7% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 6.4% sent an ACT. University of Rochester files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $29,278 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
41.9%
9,056 admitted of 21,609 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1400–1510
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
31–34
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.73
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
15.7%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
6.4%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at University of Rochester?
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 Rochester costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $67,080, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $85,962. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $29,278 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$67,080
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$85,962
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$29,278
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $85,962 full cost.
- Under $30k$9,678Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$12,185Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$21,087Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$27,883Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$46,801Typical 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
85%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
91%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$79,042
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$21,000
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 Rochester says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
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
1× the rateEarly Decision admitted 41.8% (472 of 1,129), against 41.9% in the regular round.
8,584 of 20,480 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
- 1,197
- Accepted the place
- 741
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 262
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Essays on this application
3 essay prompts on the application: you would write 1, and 2 are not yet confirmed.
A prompt we have not yet confirmed is counted on its own rather than called optional, treating an unconfirmed prompt as optional is how a student skips an essay their college expects.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
Guides for University of Rochester applicants
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in New York
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Syracuse University41.7%
- Union College43.8%
- Binghamton University37.3%
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College47.5%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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