University of Dayton
Dayton, Ohio · Private · 7,682 undergraduates · udayton.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
67%
of 22,247 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1210 to 1350
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$76,980Est.Estimate
before aid
Your chances and merit aid at University of Dayton
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
67% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$76,980
a year in 2027-28, from a $76,980 sticker price
What to do with your 1270
Send your score
About 69% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 1150, and yours is above it.
Named scholarships you may qualify for (1)
National Merit Scholarship (UD-sponsored)
$1,000 to $2,000 a year
You meet the GPA and score minimums. Also needs National Merit Finalist standing.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
Source: Test-Optional Information and Test Score Policy · Checked October 16, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov1Early Action · November 1, 2026Apply early and hear early. Not binding.
- Feb1Regular Decision · February 1, 2027The standard deadline.
Who gets in
67%
of applicants were admitted: 14,814 of 22,247 for fall 2025.
Early Action
Not binding. Apply by 11/01, hear by 12/01.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 10% of them sent SAT scores and 27% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1210 to 1350
Reading and Writing 610 to 690
Math 600 to 690
ACT composite 26 to 31
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160014%
- 1200 to 139968%
- 1000 to 119918%
- 800 to 9990%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.78
- 4.038%
- 3.75 to 3.9918%
- 3.50 to 3.7416%
- 3.25 to 3.4911%
- 3.00 to 3.248%
- 2.50 to 2.999%
- Below 2.500%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$76,980
a year
- Tuition$53,990
- Fees$620
- Food and housing$17,880
- Books and supplies$1,040
- Transportation and other$3,450
University of Dayton published $74,020 for 2026-27. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24, by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$22,720
- $30,001 to $48,000$20,190
- $48,001 to $75,000$21,370
- $75,001 to $110,000$26,601
- Over $110,000$36,044
Financial aid
86%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$40,237
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
42%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $28,862 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 02/01
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
Merit scholarships
Awards for grades and scores, on top of need-based aid. You don't repay them.
Trustees' Merit Scholarship
$31,000 to $34,000 a year
Automatic · No separate application
To keep it: a 2.0 college GPA, pass at least 67% of the courses you take, stay a full-time student, and be a responsible member of the college community.
DetailsPresident's Merit Scholarship
$27,000 to $30,000 a year
Automatic · No separate application
To keep it: a 2.0 college GPA, pass at least 67% of the courses you take, stay a full-time student, and be a responsible member of the college community.
DetailsDeans' Merit Scholarship
$23,000 to $26,000 a year
Automatic · No separate application
To keep it: a 2.0 college GPA, pass at least 67% of the courses you take, stay a full-time student, and be a responsible member of the college community.
DetailsFather Chaminade Scholarship
$20,000 to $22,000 a year
Automatic · No separate application
To keep it: a 2.0 college GPA, pass at least 67% of the courses you take, stay a full-time student, and be a responsible member of the college community.
Details
Show 1 more scholarships
National Merit Scholarship (UD-sponsored)
$1,000 to $2,000 a year
National Merit · No separate application
- National Merit Finalist naming UD first choice
Ohio programs for residents
Governor's Merit Scholarship
$5,000 a year
State program · In-state students
- Homeschool / dropout prevention & recovery / nonchartered nonpublic applicants (top 5% of similar applicants by ACT/SAT); Apply via ODHE portal in senior year; homeschoolers upload superintendent's response to home-education notification; Selective Service if applicable; on-time graduation; junior on track at determination
Compare awards across colleges with the merit aid calculator.
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
41 of 41
Earn credit with a score of 3
38 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $5,400Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | VAF 112 |
| 3-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | VAF 117 |
| African American Studies | 3 | 3 | RCE 3XX |
| Art History | 3 | 3 | VAH 201 |
| Biology | 3 | 3 | BIO 101 |
| Biology | 4 | 4 | BIO 151, 151L |
| Biology | 5 | 8 | BIO 151, 151L BIO 152, 152L |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 4 | MTH 168 |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 8 | MTH 168, 169 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 3 | CHM 200 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4 | CHM 123, 123L |
| Chemistry | 5 | 8 | CHM 123, 123L, 124, 124L |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | CHI 101 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 8 | CHI 101, 141 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 5 | 11 | CHI 101, 141, 201 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POL 202 |
| Computer Science A | 3 | 3 | CPS 132 or 149 |
| Computer Science A | 5 | 4 | CPS 150 |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 | 3 | CPS 132 or 149 |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | VAF 104 |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENG 100 |
| English Language and Composition | 5 | 6 | ENG 100, 200 |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENG 100 |
| English Literature and Composition | 5 | 6 | ENG 100, 200 |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3 | GEO 208 |
| European History | 3 | 3 | HST 103 |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | FRN 101 |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 8 | FRN 101, 141 |
| French Language and Culture | 5 | 11 | FRN 101, 141, 201 |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | GER 101 |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 8 | GER 101, 141 |
| German Language and Culture | 5 | 11 | GER 101, 141, 201 |
| Human Geography | 3 | 3 | GEO 103 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | ITA 101 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 8 | ITA 101, 141 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 5 | 11 | ITA 101, 141, 201 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | LNG 101 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | 8 | LNG 101, 141 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 5 | 11 | LNG 101, 141, 201 |
| Latin | 3 | 4 | LAT 101 |
| Latin | 4 | 8 | LAT 101, 141 |
| Latin | 5 | 11 | LAT 101, 141, 201 |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECO 204 |
| Microeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECO 203 |
| Music Aural Subscore | 4 | 2 | MUS 113 |
| Music Non-Aural Subscore | 3 | 2 | MUS 113 |
| Music Non-Aural Subscore | 4 | 3 | MUS 115 |
| Music Theory | 4 | 2 | General Music |
| Music Theory | 5 | 4 | General Music |
| Physics 1 | 3 | 3 | PHY 201 |
| Physics 2 | 3 | 3 | PHY 202 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 3 | PHY 207 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | 3 | PHY 206 |
| Pre-Calculus | 3 | 3 | MTH 116 |
| Psychology | 3 | 3 | PSY 101 |
| Research | 3 | 3 | CAP Integrative (Crossing Boundaries) |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | SPN 101 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 8 | LNG 101, 141 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 5 | 11 | SPN 101, 141, 201 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 8 | SPN 202, 311, 2XX |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 5 | 11 | SPN 201, 202, 311, 2XX |
| Statistics | 3 | 3 | MTH 207 |
| United States Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POL 201 |
| United States History | 3 | 3 | HST 100 |
| World History: Modern | 3 | 3 | HST 103 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
80%
Come back for a second year
89%
Typical earnings
$83,775
a year, 10 years after starting here
- University of Dayton$91,837
- All colleges$97,556
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 31 majors here have earnings data.
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