CollegeNumbers  /  Schools  /  University of Notre Dame
Common Data Set 2025-2026

University of Notre Dame

IN · Private (nonprofit) · ~9,000 undergraduates

View University of Notre Dame's complete Common Data Set on CollegeNumbers
Acceptance rate · 2025-2026
9.4%

University of Notre Dame's admit rate has fallen 17.7 percentage points across the 7 reported years on file.

SAT · 50th
1500
Range 1460–1540
6-yr grad
95.0%
Retention 98.0%
Undergrads
8,950
8:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from University of Notre Dame's officially-published 2025-2026 Common Data Set.
University of Notre Dame Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate9.4% SAT (50th)1,500 ACT (50th)34 Undergraduates8,950 6-yr graduation95.0% Retention98.0% Tuition (FT)$65,025 Student–faculty ratio8:1

Recent years

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.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2025-20260.0%295.0%98.0%1,500
2024-202511.3%2,08295.0%99.0%1,510
2023-202412.4%2,07596.0%98.0%—
2022-202312.9%2,03796.0%97.0%—
2021-202215.1%2,05996.0%98.0%—

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where University of Notre Dame applicants also apply
Georgetown UniversityDC · 13.5% admit · SAT 1480 · 7,908 UG Vanderbilt UniversityTN · 5.4% admit · SAT 1530 · 7,366 UG Duke UniversityNC · 5.7% admit · SAT 1548 · 6,523 UG University of MichiganMI · 16.4% admit · SAT 1470 · 35,358 UG Boston CollegeMA · 16.2% admit · SAT 1500 · 9,654 UG Northwestern UniversityIL · 7.7% admit · SAT 1540 · 9,060 UG Cornell UniversityNY · 8.4% admit · SAT 1530 · 16,138 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
Emory UniversityGA · 10.3% admit · SAT 1510 · 7,407 UG Washington University in St LouisMO · 12.1% admit · SAT 1540 · 8,220 UG Carnegie Mellon UniversityPA · 11.1% admit · SAT 1540 · 7,304 UG Brown UniversityRI · 5.4% admit · SAT 1540 · 7,910 UG University of PennsylvaniaPA · 5.4% admit · SAT 1550 · 10,013 UG

What the data says about University of Notre Dame

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.

01

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 39 percentage points.

University of Notre Dame's 95.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 38.7 pp.

02

First-year retention is among the highest in the index.

University of Notre Dame's 98.0% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 21.2 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

See University of Notre Dame next to peer schools

Compare every CDS field — admissions, aid, outcomes — side by side.

Open in CollegeNumbers compare
Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

Federal data layers — College Scorecard, EADA athletics, Clery campus safety, FSA financial responsibility — are joined on top. Every value traces back to its primary source. All covered schools →