University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 7,569 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 4%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $16,776per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 95%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $103,87210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Every student takes the Core, shared courses across seven areas from the arts and humanities to math and the sciences, with writing instruction built in and a language requirement. Some version of it has been required since 1931.
Source: UChicago College, the Core
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 4%About 1 in 22 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1510–1580Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 34–35Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From University of Chicago's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
84% had a 3.75 or higher. The average was 4.54. Schools count GPA differently (weighted or not), so compare ranges loosely.
- Admit rate in this report
- 4%2,039 admitted of 45,533 first-year applicants
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1500–156057% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 34–3525% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 97%100% were in the top quarter.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- How challenging your classes were
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Activities
- A talent or ability
- Character and personal qualities
Considered
- GPA
- Class rank
- Test scores
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Where you live
- Living in the state
- Religious affiliation
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
Not considered
- Interview
- Showing interest in the school
Where you'd stand
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Sources: University of Chicago Common Data Set 2025–26. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $16,776full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $94,971sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $73,962Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 95%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 99%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $103,87210 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 7,569Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 17%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 20%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Villanova University Villanova, PA — admits 27%
- Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL — admits 82%
- Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA — admits 48%
- Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH — admits 37%
Also worth a look
- Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN — admits 6%
- Emory University Atlanta, GA — admits 11%
- Harvard University Cambridge, MA — admits 4%
- Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY — admits 4%
- Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD — admits 6%
- Stanford University Stanford, CA — admits 4%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for University of Chicago, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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