Bryn Mawr acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Bryn Mawr admitted 1,199 of 4,260 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 28.1%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Bryn Mawr counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Bryn Mawr acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 4,260 | 1,199 | 28.1% | 329 | 27.4% |
| 2024-25 | 4,094 | 1,205 | 29.4% | 380 | 31.5% |
| 2023-24 | 3,278 | 1,018 | 31.1% | 361 | 35.5% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr waitlist
Bryn Mawr SAT and ACT scores
What Bryn Mawr says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Bryn Mawr rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Application essay, Recommendations
- Important: Academic GPA, Interview, Extracurricular activities, Character/personal qualities
- 2024-25
- Very important: Class rank, Application essay, Recommendations
- Important: Academic GPA, Interview, Extracurricular activities, Character/personal qualities
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Recommendations, Application essay
- Important: Class rank, Academic GPA, Interview, Extracurricular activities, Character/personal qualities
Bryn Mawr testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-optional: applicants may choose not to provide SAT or ACT scores; SAT and ACT are accepted, highest section scores considered; self-reported scores accepted, official scores required on enrollment.
From Bryn Mawr’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Totals are the women's rows; the college reports no men. The 2023-24 document prints no year header; its year follows its Fall 2023 cohort.
Bryn Mawr acceptance rate questions
- What is the Bryn Mawr acceptance rate?
- Bryn Mawr's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 4,260 first-year applicants and 1,199 admitted, an acceptance rate of 28.1%. It was 29.4% in 2024-25 and 31.1% in 2023-24.
- What is the Bryn Mawr early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 194 of 470 early decision applicants were admitted (41.3%), against 28.1% of all applicants. Early decision applicants are a different pool who commit to enroll, so the two rates are not a like-for-like comparison.
- What SAT scores do Bryn Mawr students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1300 to 1470, and ACT submitters scored 29 to 33. 65.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Bryn Mawr waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Bryn Mawr offered 593 applicants a place on the waitlist; 305 accepted one, and 37 were admitted from it.
- Does Bryn Mawr require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-optional: applicants may choose not to provide SAT or ACT scores; SAT and ACT are accepted, highest section scores considered; self-reported scores accepted, official scores required on enrollment.
Applying to Bryn Mawr?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Bryn Mawr says it weighs.
Source: Bryn Mawr Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Bryn Mawr. All official acceptance rates