Early Decision
Brandeis University Early Decision Acceptance Rate 2025-2026
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What is Brandeis University's early decision acceptance rate?
Brandeis University admitted 35.6% of its Early Decision applicants — 242 of 680 — according to its 2025-2026 Common Data Set. Everyone else in the same applicant pool was admitted at 46.1%, so the Early Decision rate was 0.8x the rest. These are the counts the school itself reported, not an estimate.
Source: Brandeis University's Common Data Set 2025-2026.
What Brandeis University reported · Common Data Set 2025-2026
Early Decision · 242 admitted of 680 applied
35.6%
Everyone else in the same pool
46.1%
Early Decision rate ÷ rest-of-pool rate
0.8x
This compares two rates the school published for two groups of applicants. The Early Decision pool is not a random slice of the applicants — recruited athletes, legacy applicants and QuestBridge matches are counted inside it — so this is a difference between the school’s two pools, not a multiplier on your own chances.
Does applying early decision to Brandeis University help?
Not on Brandeis University's published figures. Early Decision applicants were admitted at 35.6%, a lower rate than the 46.1% for everyone else (0.8x). In that cycle, applying early did not come with a higher admit rate, so the published figures give no reason to spend your one binding Early Decision application here for the odds.
Source: Brandeis University's Common Data Set 2025-2026.
Is early decision at Brandeis University binding?
Yes. Early Decision is binding wherever it is offered, Brandeis University included: you may apply Early Decision to only one school, and if admitted you commit to attend and withdraw your other applications. The usual exception is an aid offer your family cannot afford, so check the costs on this page before you apply.
Source: Brandeis University's Common Data Set 2025-2026.
When is Brandeis University's early decision deadline?
For the 2026-27 application cycle, Brandeis University set its Early Decision deadline at Nov 2, 2026. Its Early Decision II round closes Jan 15, 2027. Regular Decision applications are due Jan 15, 2027. Early Decision is binding, so compare the costs on this page before that date, not after an offer arrives.
Source: the Common App requirements grid, 2026-27 cycle, checked Sep 27, 2026.
Admitted SAT · middle 50% · College Scorecard 2024
1390–1520
Half of admitted students scored inside this range. It is the admitted band, not a minimum and not a cutoff, and it covers the whole entering class rather than the Early Decision round alone.
What families actually pay (AY 2023–24)
Early Decision is binding, so accepting one ends the option of comparing two aid offers. These are the published averages before that choice is made.
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.
Across the 8 recorded cycles from 2017 to 2024, Brandeis University's overall acceptance rate rose from 34.2% to 40.5%. That is the whole entering class — Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision together — not the Early Decision round on its own.
See the year-by-year series →Common Data Set — the school's own annual filing, published by the school itself for the cycle named beside each figure. Source: Brandeis University’s 2025-2026 Common Data Set.