What is the University of San Francisco acceptance rate?

University of San Francisco's Common Data Set for 2024-25 reports 24,888 first-year applicants and 15,358 admitted, an acceptance rate of 61.7%. It was 50.8% in 2023-24 and 71.2% in 2022-23.

What is the University of San Francisco early decision acceptance rate?

In 2024-25, 42 of 85 early decision applicants were admitted (49.4%), against 61.7% 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 University of San Francisco students have?

In 2024-25, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1200 to 1380, and ACT submitters scored 25 to 30. 12.4% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.

How many students get off the University of San Francisco waitlist?

In 2024-25, University of San Francisco offered 1,327 applicants a place on the waitlist; 768 accepted one, and 364 were admitted from it.

Official acceptance rates

University of San Francisco acceptance rate and admissions statistics

University of San Francisco admitted 15,358 of 24,888 first-year applicants in its 2024-25 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 61.7%. 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 University of San Francisco counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.

University of San Francisco acceptance rate by year

Common Data Set section C1, first-year applicants
CDS year	Applied	Admitted	Acceptance rate	Enrolled	Yield
2024-25	24,888	15,358	61.7%	920	6.0%
2023-24	25,709	13,052	50.8%	1,124	8.6%
2022-23	23,103	16,444	71.2%	1,555	9.5%

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 University of San Francisco

Common Data Set section C21
CDS year	ED applicants	ED admitted	ED admit rate	Overall rate
2024-25	85	42	49.4%	61.7%
2023-24	122	58	47.5%	50.8%
2022-23	146	91	62.3%	71.2%

University of San Francisco waitlist

Common Data Set section C2
CDS year	Offered a place	Accepted a place	Admitted from it	Admitted, of those who accepted
2024-25	1,327	768	364	47.4%
2023-24	3,239	786	403	51.3%
2022-23	1,863	711	68	9.6%

University of San Francisco SAT and ACT scores

Common Data Set section C9, enrolled first-year students who submitted scores
CDS year	SAT 25th to 75th	ACT 25th to 75th	Submitted an SAT
2024-25	1200 to 1380	25 to 30	12.4%
2023-24	1240 to 1370	26 to 31	15.0%
2022-23	1230 to 1390	27 to 31	17.3%

What University of San Francisco 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 University of San Francisco rated in the top two tiers.

2024-25: Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA; Important: Application essay, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work
2023-24: Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA; Important: Application essay, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work
2022-23: Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA; Important: Application essay, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work

University of San Francisco testing policy for students applying in 2026-27

Test-optional: USF does not require standardized test scores for undergraduate admission; SAT/ACT may be submitted (official or self-reported) and are superscored.

From University of San Francisco’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.

How these numbers were read

USF has not yet posted a 2025-26 Common Data Set. The 2022-23 C1 has no total line, so totals are the sums of the men and women rows.

University of San Francisco acceptance rate questions

What is the University of San Francisco acceptance rate?: University of San Francisco's Common Data Set for 2024-25 reports 24,888 first-year applicants and 15,358 admitted, an acceptance rate of 61.7%. It was 50.8% in 2023-24 and 71.2% in 2022-23.
What is the University of San Francisco early decision acceptance rate?: In 2024-25, 42 of 85 early decision applicants were admitted (49.4%), against 61.7% 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 University of San Francisco students have?: In 2024-25, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1200 to 1380, and ACT submitters scored 25 to 30. 12.4% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
How many students get off the University of San Francisco waitlist?: In 2024-25, University of San Francisco offered 1,327 applicants a place on the waitlist; 768 accepted one, and 364 were admitted from it.
Does University of San Francisco require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?: Test-optional: USF does not require standardized test scores for undergraduate admission; SAT/ACT may be submitted (official or self-reported) and are superscored.

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Source: University of San Francisco Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with University of San Francisco. All official acceptance rates