Tulane acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Tulane admitted 4,763 of 32,942 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 14.5%. 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 Tulane counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Tulane acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 32,942 | 4,763 | 14.5% | 1,858 | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32,609 | 4,559 | 14.0% | 1,838 | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27,936 | 4,077 | 14.6% | 1,867 | 45.8% |
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 Tulane
Tulane waitlist
Tulane SAT and ACT scores
What Tulane 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 Tulane rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA, Extracurricular activities, Volunteer work
- Important: Standardized test scores, Application essay, Recommendations, Character/personal qualities, First generation, Level of applicant's interest
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA, Extracurricular activities, Volunteer work
- Important: Standardized test scores, Application essay, Recommendations, Character/personal qualities, First generation, Level of applicant's interest
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA
- Important: Recommendations, Standardized test scores, Application essay, Extracurricular activities, Character/personal qualities, First generation, Volunteer work, Level of applicant's interest
Tulane testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test-optional: Tulane does not require the SAT or ACT for admission but considers testing when it is submitted. Scores are listed as optional in the application instructions, and Tulane encourages submitting them above 1300 SAT / 28 ACT and for merit scholarships.
From Tulane’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
The 2023-24 document prints no year header; its year comes from its file name.
Tulane acceptance rate questions
- What is the Tulane acceptance rate?
- Tulane's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 32,942 first-year applicants and 4,763 admitted, an acceptance rate of 14.5%. It was 14.0% in 2024-25 and 14.6% in 2023-24.
- What is the Tulane early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 1,209 of 2,077 early decision applicants were admitted (58.2%), against 14.5% 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 Tulane students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1430 to 1500, and ACT submitters scored 32 to 34. 11.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Tulane waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Tulane offered 5,842 applicants a place on the waitlist; 3,158 accepted one, and 64 were admitted from it.
- Does Tulane require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test-optional: Tulane does not require the SAT or ACT for admission but considers testing when it is submitted. Scores are listed as optional in the application instructions, and Tulane encourages submitting them above 1300 SAT / 28 ACT and for merit scholarships.
Applying to Tulane?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Tulane says it weighs.
Source: Tulane Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Tulane. All official acceptance rates