Reed College's admit rate has fallen 5.8 percentage points across the 6 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 29.2% | 342 | 73.0% | 89.8% | 1,410 |
| 2024-2025 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-2024 | 27.2% | 351 | 76.0% | 86.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 30.4% | 338 | 80.0% | 86.0% | 1,410 |
| 2021-2022 | 43.7% | 444 | 73.0% | 87.4% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Admit rate has tightened 14.5 percentage points over 4 reporting cycles.
Reed College's admit rate fell from 43.7% (2021-2022) to 29.2% (2025-2026) — a 14.5 pp drop. Year-over-year: 43.7 → 30.4 → 27.2 → 29.2. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Reed College applicants most commonly also apply to range from 6.8% admit to 71.2% admit — a 64.4 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 17 percentage points.
Reed College's 73.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 16.7 pp.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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