University of Rochester
Rochester, New York · Private · 6,331 undergraduates · rochester.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
42%
of 21,609 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1400 to 1510
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$104,110Est.Estimate
before aid
Your chances and merit aid at University of Rochester
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
42% 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
$104,110
a year in 2027-28, from a $104,110 sticker price
What to do with your 1450
Send your score
About 79% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 1330, and yours is above it.
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.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
- Test-flexible option: SAT or ACT; two or more results from SAT Subject tests, AP, or IB (IB predicted scores via coordinator letter); AS/A-Level exams; or approved national secondary exams.
Source: Testing Policies - Undergraduate Admissions · Checked October 16, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov1Early Decision · November 1, 2026Binding: if admitted, you commit to enroll.
- Dec1Priority deadline · December 1, 2026Apply by this date for the best chance at admission and scholarships.
- Jan5Early Decision II · January 5, 2027A second binding round, after Early Decision.
- Jan5Regular Decision · January 5, 2027The standard deadline.
Who gets in
42%
of applicants were admitted: 9,056 of 21,609 for fall 2025.
Early Decision
Binding. 42% of early applicants were admitted.
Wait list
1,197 students were offered a spot; 262 were later admitted.
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. 16% of them sent SAT scores and 6.4% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1400 to 1510
Reading and Writing 680 to 750
Math 700 to 780
ACT composite 31 to 34
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160072%
- 1200 to 139926%
- 1000 to 11991.5%
- 800 to 9990%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.73
- 4.024%
- 3.75 to 3.9932%
- 3.50 to 3.7425%
- 3.25 to 3.4912%
- 3.00 to 3.245.6%
- 2.50 to 2.991.6%
- 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
$104,110
a year
- Tuition$77,600
- Fees$1,750
- Food and housing$23,330
- Transportation and other$1,430
University of Rochester published $96,266 for 2025-26. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
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$15,091
- $30,001 to $48,000$15,962
- $48,001 to $75,000$20,337
- $75,001 to $110,000$28,472
- Over $110,000$51,184
Financial aid
97%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$67,488
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
21%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $16,073 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Required. It's a second, more detailed aid form some colleges use for their own grants.
- Aid priority date: 2/15
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
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
36 of 36
Earn credit with a score of 3
3 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $7,760Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 4 | A maximum of four credits in studio arts awarded upon completion of 100-level course with "B" or better. | |
| 3-D Art and Design | 4 | A maximum of four credits in studio arts awarded upon completion of 100-level course with "B" or better. | |
| African American Studies | 4 | 4 | Four credits in African and African-American Studies awarded. Students who choose to major or minor in African and African-American Studies can use this credit to fulfill a 100-level elective course. This credit will not substitute for a required 100-level introductory course. |
| Art History | 4 | 4 | Credit awarded after consultation with the department |
| Biology | 4 | 4 | Biology Elective awarded (not for major). Eligible for placement in BIOL 112/113. |
| Calculus AB | 3 | No AP credit awarded. Student will be placed in MATH 161. | |
| Calculus AB | 4 | 4 | AP credit for MATH 161. Student will be placed in MATH 162 or 171. |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 4 | AP credit for MATH 161. Student will be placed in MATH 162 or 171. |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 8 | AP credit for MATH 161 and 162. Student will be placed in MATH 164, 165, or, in exceptional cases, in MATH 173. |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4 | CHM 131 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | Potential placement by department into CHIN 151, with credit granted for CHIN 102 upon completion of CHIN 151 with grade of B+ or better. | |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 5 | Potential placement by department into CHIN 152, with credit granted for CHIN 151 upon completion of CHIN 152 with grade of B+ or better. | |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 4 | 4 | Four credits in political science. No additional credit if US Government and Politics is taken as well. |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 4 | CSC 171 |
| Computer Science Principles | 4 | 4 | CSC 171 |
| Drawing | 4 | A maximum of four credits in studio arts awarded upon completion of 100-level course with "B" or better. | |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | Upon completion of a literature course offered by the English department with a grade of "B" or better, four hours of elective English credit will be awarded (not for major). | |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 4 | EESC 103 |
| European History | 5 | 4 | Elective history credit. A maximum of four credits in History will be awarded. |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | Placement by department in FREN 200. Credit granted for FREN 153 upon completion of FREN 200 with grade of “A-” or better. | |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | Placement by department in 152 or 200. Credit granted for 151 upon completion of 152 with grade of “B+” or better. Credit granted for 151 and 152 upon completion of 200 with “B+” or better. | |
| Human Geography | 4 | 4 | Four credits in Anthropology awarded. Students who choose to major or minor in Anthropology can use this credit to fulfill a 100-level elective course. This credit will not substitute for ANTH 101. |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | Placement by department in ITAL 152. Credit granted for ITAL 151 upon completion of ITAL 152 with grade of “B+” or higher | |
| Italian Language and Culture | 5 | Placement by department in ITAL 200. Credit granted for ITAL 151 and ITAL 152 upon completion of ITAL 200 with grade of “B+” or higher | |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | Potential placement into JPNS 152, credit granted for 151 upon completion of 152 with grade of B+ or higher. | |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 5 | Potential placement into JPNS 201, Credit for 151 and 152 with completion of 201 with grade B+ or higher. | |
| Latin | 4 | LATN 102 | |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | Credit for ECON 108 for 4 or 5 in Microeconomics plus 3, 4, 5 in Macroeconomics. | |
| Microeconomics | 4 | Credit for ECON 108 for 4 or 5 in Microeconomics plus 3, 4, 5 in Macroeconomics. | |
| Music Theory | 4 | 4 | MUSC 110 |
| Physics 1 | 5 | 4 | Four general college hour credits; these credits cannot be used to satisfy any of the requirements for the PHYS/ASTR major or minor. |
| Physics 2 | 5 | 4 | Four general college hour credits; these credits cannot be used to satisfy any of the requirements for the PHYS/ASTR major or minor. |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | Conditional credit granted for PHYS 122. Can be placed into PHYS 123 or PHYS 143 and will earn credit for PHYS 122 upon completion with a B- or better. | |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 5 | 4 | Credit for PHYS 114, conditional credit for PHYS 122, and students can be placed into PHYS 123 or PHYS 143 and will earn credit upon completion of the course in which they are placed with a B- or better. |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | Conditional credit granted for PHYS 113 or PHYS 121. Can be placed into PHYS 114, PHYS 122, or PHYS 142 and will earn credit upon completion of the course in which they are placed with a B- or better. | |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 5 | Credit granted for PHYS 113 or PHYS 121, and students can be placed into PHYS 114, PHYS 122 or PHYS 142 | |
| Psychology | 4 | 4 | PSYC 101 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | Placement by department in SPAN 152. Credit granted for SPAN 151 upon completion of SPAN 152 with a grad of "B+" or better. | |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 5 | Placement by department in SPAN 200. Credit granted for SPAN 151 and SPAN 152 upon completion of SPAN 200 with grade of "B+" or better. | |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | Placement by department in SPAN 152. Credit granted for SPAN 151 upon completion of SPAN 152 with grade of "B+" or better. | |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 5 | Placement by department in SPAN 200. Credit granted for SPAN 151 and SPAN 152 upon completion of SPAN 200 with grade of "B+" or better. | |
| Statistics | 4 | 4 | STAT 180 |
| United States Government and Politics | 4 | 4 | Four credits in political science. No additional credit if Comparative Government and Politics is taken as well. |
| United States History | 5 | 4 | Elective history credit. A maximum of four credits in History will be awarded. |
| World History: Modern | 5 | 4 | Elective history credit. A maximum of four credits in History will be awarded. |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
83%
Come back for a second year
91%
Typical earnings
$88,358
a year, 10 years after starting here
- University of Rochester$93,799
- All colleges$90,887
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 21 majors here have earnings data.
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