Reed acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Reed admitted 2,804 of 9,606 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 29.2%. 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 Reed counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Reed acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 9,606 | 2,804 | 29.2% | 342 | 12.2% |
| 2024-25 | 9,431 | 2,321 | 24.6% | 303 | 13.1% |
| 2023-24 | 10,045 | 2,728 | 27.2% | 351 | 12.9% |
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 Reed
Reed waitlist
Reed SAT and ACT scores
What Reed 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 Reed rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay
- Important: Class rank, Recommendations, Interview, Character/personal qualities
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay
- Important: Class rank, Recommendations, Interview, Character/personal qualities
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Application essay
- Important: Class rank, Recommendations, Interview, Character/personal qualities
Reed testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-blind: Reed will neither require nor use SAT or ACT results in admission review. The first-year checklist asks for self-reported scores if available but says neither will be used in the evaluation. AP and IB results may be submitted for credit after enrolling.
From Reed’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Links are to each year's Section C. The 2025-26 C21 lists early decision dates but no counts. The admissions page now describes a test-blind policy; C9 still reports ranges for enrolled students who submitted scores.
Reed acceptance rate questions
- What is the Reed acceptance rate?
- Reed's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 9,606 first-year applicants and 2,804 admitted, an acceptance rate of 29.2%. It was 24.6% in 2024-25 and 27.2% in 2023-24.
- What is the Reed early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2024-25, 80 of 526 early decision applicants were admitted (15.2%), against 24.6% 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 Reed students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1320 to 1490, and ACT submitters scored 29 to 34. 61.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Reed waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Reed offered 5,305 applicants a place on the waitlist; 2,597 accepted one, and 110 were admitted from it.
- Does Reed require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-blind: Reed will neither require nor use SAT or ACT results in admission review. The first-year checklist asks for self-reported scores if available but says neither will be used in the evaluation. AP and IB results may be submitted for credit after enrolling.
Applying to Reed?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Reed says it weighs.
Source: Reed Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Reed. All official acceptance rates