Emory acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Emory admitted 3,869 of 37,561 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 10.3%. 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 Emory counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Emory acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 37,561 | 3,869 | 10.3% | 1,443 | 37.3% |
| 2024-25 | 34,614 | 3,562 | 10.3% | 1,438 | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33,255 | 3,543 | 10.7% | 1,426 | 40.2% |
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 Emory
Emory waitlist
Emory SAT and ACT scores
What Emory 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 Emory rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Standardized test scores, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities
- Important: Application essay, Recommendations, Volunteer work
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities
- Important: Standardized test scores, Application essay, Volunteer work
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities
- Important: Standardized test scores, Application essay, Volunteer work
Emory testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test optional for the 2026-2027 application cycle; SAT/ACT scores may be self-reported in the Common App or sent officially.
From Emory’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
C1 totals are the residency table totals. In 2025-26, C7 moves standardized test scores to Very Important and recommendations to Important.
Emory acceptance rate questions
- What is the Emory acceptance rate?
- Emory's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 37,561 first-year applicants and 3,869 admitted, an acceptance rate of 10.3%. It was 10.3% in 2024-25 and 10.7% in 2023-24.
- What is the Emory early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 1,049 of 4,728 early decision applicants were admitted (22.2%), against 10.3% 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 Emory students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1480 to 1540, and ACT submitters scored 33 to 35. 47.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Emory waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Emory offered 7,608 applicants a place on the waitlist; 6,422 accepted one, and 274 were admitted from it.
- Does Emory require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test optional for the 2026-2027 application cycle; SAT/ACT scores may be self-reported in the Common App or sent officially.
Applying to Emory?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Emory says it weighs.
Source: Emory Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Emory. All official acceptance rates