How hard is University of Dayton to get into?
University of Dayton acceptance rate is 61.65% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 22,747 students applied and 14,023 were admitted to the school. Its acceptance rate is relatively high, making it somewhat easy to get into U of Dayton.
U of Dayton's acceptance rate is the 10th lowest among 71 Ohio colleges with competitive admission.
The median SAT score is 1290 and the ACT score is 28 at U of Dayton. U of Dayton's SAT score is 8th highest among 41 Ohio colleges that consider SAT score for admission.
To apply to U of Dayton, recommendations is required to submit and personal statement (or essay) is not required but considered. The SAT and ACT score is not required, but considered for admission. In addition, english proficiency test score is also considered (required).
Admission Statistics
For the academic year 2023-24, the acceptance rate of University of Dayton is 61.65% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 13.58%. 12,186 men and 10,299 women applied to U of Dayton and 6,883 men and 7,018 women students were accepted.
100 applicants who has another gender applied and 67 were accepted.55 accepted students' gender is unknown.
Among them, 998 men and 901 women were enrolled in U of Dayton (Fall 2023).
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
Median SAT and ACT Score
In 2024, 184 students (10% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 559 students (29%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees at U of Dayton.
The median SAT score is 1,290 with 640 SAT EBRW and 650 SAT Math median scores. The 75th percentile SAT score of EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading / Writing) is 680 and the 25th percentile is 600. The SAT Math 75th percentile score is 690 and 25th percentile is 595 .
The median ACT composite score is 28 with 75th percentile score of 31 and 25th percentile score of 26 at U of Dayton. The median ACT math score is 27 and the ACT English score is 28.
How competitive is U of Dayton's score?
The SAT and ACT scores at University of Dayton are similar to the average score compared to similar colleges (SAT: 1,311, ACT: 29 - private (not-for-profit) research university with high research activity).
The institutional SAT code for U of Dayton is 1834 and 4-digt code ACT code is 3342.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type
For the academic year 2023-24, total 1,904 first-year students enrolled in U of Dayton. The proportion of full-time students is 99.42% and part-time students is 0.58%.
By gender, the proportion of men students is 52.42% and women students is 47.32%. 0.26% of students has another gender.
The following table shows the first-year students by gender and enrolled type at U of Dayton.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
Application Requirements
It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Recommendations, and English Proficiency Test to its applicants.
The SAT and ACT test score is not reqired, but considered in admission process at U of Dayton. The english proficiency test is reqired .
The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply University of Dayton.
For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .
General Admissions Information
The following table provides general admission information for applying to U of Dayton.