University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 8,818 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 11%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $25,339per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 95%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $113,12410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Students are randomly assigned to a single-sex residence hall and usually stay in it until they graduate or move off campus. Everyone must live on campus for six semesters.
Source: Notre Dame Magazine, 2017; Notre Dame, Sept 2017 announcement
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 11%About 1 in 10 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%)
- 1455–1560Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 33–35Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. 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
- $25,339full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $86,125sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $67,607Source: 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
- $113,12410 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 8,818Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 17%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 10%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Villanova University Villanova, PA — admits 27%
- Butler University Indianapolis, IN — admits 85%
- Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX — admits 44%
- Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA — admits 48%
Also worth a look
- Brown University Providence, RI — admits 5%
- Duke University Durham, NC — admits 6%
- University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA — admits 5%
- Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA — admits 26%
- Dartmouth College Hanover, NH — admits 5%
- Harvard University Cambridge, MA — 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 Notre Dame, 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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