Early Decision
University of San Francisco Early Decision Acceptance Rate 2024-2025
CA
What is University of San Francisco's early decision acceptance rate?
University of San Francisco admitted 42 of its 85 Early Decision applicants, 49.4%, according to its 2024-2025 Common Data Set. That pool is under the 400 applications this site requires before comparing it with everyone else, so no rest-of-pool rate or multiple is given: on a pool this small, a ratio is noise, not leverage.
Source: University of San Francisco's Common Data Set 2024-2025.
What University of San Francisco reported · Common Data Set 2024-2025
Early Decision · 42 admitted of 85 applied
49.4%
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 rate describes that group, not an applicant like you.
Does applying early decision to University of San Francisco help?
University of San Francisco's figures cannot say. Its Early Decision pool, 85 applications, is under the 400 this site requires before comparing it with everyone else, so there is no rest-of-pool rate or multiple to weigh. The 49.4% Early Decision rate also counts recruited athletes, legacy applicants and QuestBridge matches, so it describes that group, not you.
Source: University of San Francisco's Common Data Set 2024-2025.
Is early decision at University of San Francisco binding?
Yes. Early Decision is binding wherever it is offered, University of San Francisco 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: University of San Francisco's Common Data Set 2024-2025.
When is University of San Francisco's early decision deadline?
For the 2026-27 application cycle, University of San Francisco set its Early Decision deadline at Nov 1, 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
1190–1390
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, University of San Francisco's overall acceptance rate fell from 65.6% to 61.7%. 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. University of San Francisco’s filing