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Acceptance Rate History

Brandeis University Acceptance Rate: 40.5% in 2024 (2013–2024 history)

MA · Current rate: 40.5%

College Scorecard · IPEDSU.S. Dept. of Education
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What is Brandeis University's acceptance rate in 2024?

Brandeis University's acceptance rate in 2024 is 40.5%, up from 35.3% in 2023.

College Scorecard 2024

Regular Decision acceptance rate at Brandeis University

Outside Early Decision, Brandeis University admitted 4,188 of 9,076 applicants in the 2025-2026 cycle: 46.1%. That counts everyone who did not apply Early Decision.

Brandeis University's Early Decision II deadline for the 2026-27 cycle is Jan 15, 2027.

Calculated from published counts · Common Data Set 2025-2026 · checked Oct 2026

Year-by-Year Data

YearAcceptance RateApplicantsAdmitted
202440.5%10,4624,237
202335.3%11,2823,984
202239.4%9,9173,908
202139.1%9,7963,834
202033.4%10,2233,414
201929.9%11,3433,391
201831.2%11,7983,675
201734.2%11,7214,011
201633.4%11,3513,796
201534.0%10,5283,582
201435.2%10,0043,523
201337.0%9,4963,517

Source: IPEDS Admissions Survey (NCES) · College Scorecard

Cost

Sticker pricePublished cost of attendance — tuition, fees, housing and food. (AY 2023–24)
$86,448/yr
What families actually payAvg. for families receiving federal aid (AY 2023–24)
$35,736/yr
4-year totalSticker cost of attendance × 4 years. (AY 2023–24)
$345,792
Tuition(AY 2024–25)
$68,080/yr
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entryFormer students, federal earnings records. (measured 2020–21, entry cohort 2009–11)
$77,231/yr

The same school, two different prices

Family income under $30k: $13,363/yr · Family income over $110k: $54,885/yr (AY 2023–24)

Average paid by students receiving federal aid, by family income (College Scorecard). International students are not eligible for U.S. federal aid, so they are not in this cohort and typically pay closer to the sticker price.

High-income families typically pay closer to sticker.

Admitted Student Profile

SAT Range · Middle 50% (25th–75th)

1390–1520

College Scorecard 2024

Admitted students at Brandeis University scored between 1390 and 1520 on the SAT (middle 50%).

Source: College Scorecard · U.S. Dept of Education

How to read these numbers

  • The 2024 rate covers Brandeis University's whole applicant pool — early and regular applications counted together in one figure. It is not the rate of any single round.
  • 1390–1520 is the middle half of admitted scores, not a cutoff: a quarter of admitted students scored below 1390, and a quarter scored above 1520.
  • The table above holds 12 reported years, 2013 through 2024. Across them Brandeis University's rate ranged from 29.9% to 40.5%, so any single year is one point inside that range.

Each figure above describes a class a school already admitted in a completed cycle. It is a record of who was admitted, not a measurement of any one application.

Source: College Scorecard · IPEDS Admissions Survey (NCES) · U.S. Dept. of Education

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SAT

4001390–1520

Middle 50% of admitted students scored 1390–1520.

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Trend Analysis

Brandeis University's acceptance rate has increased from 37.0% in 2013 to 40.5% in 2024. The most notable shift occurred in 2021.

Analysis compiled from official data trends.

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