Temple acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Temple admitted 36,922 of 42,824 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 86.2%. 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 Temple counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Temple acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 42,824 | 36,922 | 86.2% | 5,303 | 14.4% |
| 2024-25 | 40,817 | 32,838 | 80.5% | 4,926 | 15.0% |
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 Temple
Early decision counts: Not published. Temple’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
Temple waitlist
Temple SAT and ACT scores
What Temple 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 Temple rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: None recorded
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: None recorded
Temple testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-optional through the Temple Option: SAT/ACT scores are 'entirely optional and in no way required for admission'. Applicants who choose test-optional are not evaluated on scores, still get scholarship and Honors consideration, and cannot change the choice after a decision.
From Temple’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Temple posts its 2025-26 and 2024-25 Common Data Sets, so two years are shown. The 2025-26 C2 is blank. Temple has no early decision plan.
Temple acceptance rate questions
- What is the Temple acceptance rate?
- Temple's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 42,824 first-year applicants and 36,922 admitted, an acceptance rate of 86.2%. It was 80.5% in 2024-25.
- What SAT scores do Temple students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1030 to 1310, and ACT submitters scored 23 to 30. 19.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Temple waitlist?
- In 2024-25, Temple offered 2,030 applicants a place on the waitlist; 354 accepted one, and 118 were admitted from it.
- Does Temple require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-optional through the Temple Option: SAT/ACT scores are 'entirely optional and in no way required for admission'. Applicants who choose test-optional are not evaluated on scores, still get scholarship and Honors consideration, and cannot change the choice after a decision.
Applying to Temple?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Temple says it weighs.
Source: Temple Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Temple. All official acceptance rates