University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
University of San Francisco admitted 15,358 of 24,888 applicants for the fall 2024 entering class (61.7%).
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 2024 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at University of San Francisco
Three things University of San Francisco 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.
364 admitted from a waitlist of 1,327.
768 students accepted a place on that list, and 364 were admitted from it, 47.4% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
12.4% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 2.6% sent an ACT. University of San Francisco files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Families paid $41,431 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
61.7%
15,358 admitted of 24,888 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
SAT, middle 50%
1200–1380
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
ACT, middle 50%
25–30
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Average GPA of admitted students
3.62
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
12.4%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
2.6%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Where do you actually stand at University of San Francisco?
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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How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate fell from 65% to 51%.
What University of San Francisco 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 2024
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 1,327
- Accepted the place
- 768
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 364
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $41,431 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $31,537
- $30k–$48k
- $33,207
- $48k–$75k
- $34,315
- $75k–$110k
- $38,933
- Over $110k
- $52,497
Source: the College Scorecard
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 California
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.
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