Brandeis University Common Data Set 2025-26

MATest policy: Test-optional: SAT/ACT not required, considered if submitted (C8A, Fall 2027); no advising use (C8D); no clarification given (C8F blank)Compare with other schools AP credit policy

Acceptance rate

45.4%

4,430 of 9,756

Early decision rate

35.6%

Non-ED pool: 46.1%

SAT middle 50%

1370–1470

ACT middle 50%

31–34

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Admissions

AppliedC1	9,756
AdmittedC1	4,430
EnrolledC1	744
YieldC1	16.8%
Early decisionC21	242 of 680 (35.6%)
Early actionC22	Offered, counts not reported

Waitlist

Offered a placeC2	1,717
Accepted a placeC2	771
Admitted from waitlistC2	206
Odds if you stay on the listC2	26.7%

Test scores and GPA

Submitted SATC9	28%
Submitted ACTC9	8%
SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9	670–740
SAT Math (25th–75th)C9	660–750
Average high school GPAC12	3.84
GPA of 4.0C11	30.3%
GPA 3.75–3.99C11	29.5%
GPA 3.50–3.74C11	19.1%
GPA below 3.50C11	21.2%

Cost and financial aid

TuitionG1	$73,080
Required feesG1	$1,048
Food and housingG1	$20,260
Need fully met (first-years)H2	69.8%
Average % of need metH2	97.4%
Average need-based packageH2	$65,635
Average need-based grantH2	$61,952

What admissions looks at

Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
Class rankVery important
Academic GPAVery important
Standardized test scoresConsidered
Application essayImportant
Recommendation(s)Important
InterviewConsidered
Extracurricular activitiesImportant
Talent/abilityImportant
Character/personal qualities—
First generationConsidered
Alumni/ae relationConsidered
Geographical residenceConsidered
State residencyConsidered
Religious affiliation/commitmentConsidered
Volunteer workConsidered
Work experienceConsidered
Level of applicant's interestConsidered

From item C7.

Outcomes

UndergraduatesB1	3,358
First-year retentionB22	86%
4-year graduation rateB	—
6-year graduation rateB	81%

Notes on this filing

B1/B2 enrollment: undergrad total 3358 taken from printed total; B22 retention 86% from Fall 2024 cohort of 735, 631 still enrolled.
C1: applied, admitted and enrolled totals are sums of the men, women and unknown rows (4219+5532+5=9756; 1684+2742+4=4430; 306+437+1=744); they match the residency table.
C2: waitlist rows mapped by position: offered 1717, accepted a place 771, admitted from waitlist 206.
C7: 'Character/personal qualities' has no checkmark in any column, so it is left null.
C8A: test policy applies to Fall 2027 admissions; C8F clarification is blank.
C9: SAT and ACT percent submitting are 28% and 8%; SAT/ACT percentile bands were printed without a published percent-submitting denominator beyond these.
C11: below-3.50 share is the sum of the 3.25-3.49, 3.00-3.24, 2.50-2.99 and 2.0-2.49 bands (10.60+5.60+3.30+1.70=21.20); the printed column totals 100.10.
Early decision applied/admitted (680/242) are for the Fall 2024 entering class, not Fall 2025, per the filing.
Early action: offered per C22, but no applied or admitted counts are printed.
B4-B11 graduation: six-year rate 81.00% from the Fall 2019 cohort (H line); four-year rate is not printed, so it is null rather than computed.
G1: private institution tuition $73,080; food and housing first-year $20,260; required fees first-year $1,048. The housing-only line prints as $111560, which is inconsistent with food and housing minus food only (20260-8700=11560); likely a typo, not used.
H2: pct_need_fully_met computed as line h (268) / line d (384) = 69.8%, per the rule. pct_with_need_awarded_aid not printed and not computed, so null.
H2 avg_need_based_grant uses line K (need-based scholarship/grant average, $61,952); avg_need_based_package uses line J ($65,635), first-time first-year column.
H1 aid year is 2024-25 final; the filing states this as the reporting year for aid items, not 2025-26.

Source: Brandeis University Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.