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Fordham acceptance rate

Fordham University · Bronx, New York · Private nonprofit · 10,512 undergraduates

59.3%
accepted, fall 2024
43,364
applications
25,719
offers of admission
2,492
enrolled (9.7% of those admitted)

Fordham admitted a larger share in fall 2024 than in any year since 2001: 59% of 43,364 applicants. Admission is easier than a decade ago: the rate climbed 11 points, from 48% in 2014 to 59%. Most admitted students go elsewhere. Only 9.7% of those offered a place enrolled in fall 2024 (2,492 of 25,719).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%20%40%60%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 55%2002 57%2003 54%2004 50%2005 50%2006 47%2007 42%2008 47%2009 50%2010 51%2011 42%2012 43%2013 47%2014 48%2015 48%2016 45%2017 46%2018 46%2019 46%2020 53%2021 58%2022 54%2023 56%2024 59%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202443,36425,71959.3%2,492
202343,66324,57356.3%2,426
202247,20325,55054.1%2,594
202146,27526,98058.3%2,879
202047,93625,18052.5%2,086
201947,93021,98845.9%2,270
201846,30821,31346.0%2,299
201745,14720,96646.4%2,283
201644,81620,26845.2%2,199
201542,81120,36647.6%2,211
201440,91219,68548.1%2,258
201336,18917,05547.1%1,967
201234,07014,62242.9%1,883
201131,79213,47842.4%1,986
201027,67614,02050.7%1,895
200924,55712,18149.6%1,835
200823,88711,16946.8%1,904
200722,0359,28142.1%1,784
200618,1618,44946.5%1,722
200514,2617,18850.4%1,703
200414,2617,18850.4%1,703
200312,8016,86253.6%1,728
200211,3806,43156.5%1,728
200110,6635,90155.3%1,663

Applications and offers

020k40k60k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 11k Admitted: 6k2002 Applied: 11k Admitted: 6k2003 Applied: 13k Admitted: 7k2004 Applied: 14k Admitted: 7k2005 Applied: 14k Admitted: 7k2006 Applied: 18k Admitted: 8k2007 Applied: 22k Admitted: 9k2008 Applied: 24k Admitted: 11k2009 Applied: 25k Admitted: 12k2010 Applied: 28k Admitted: 14k2011 Applied: 32k Admitted: 13k2012 Applied: 34k Admitted: 15k2013 Applied: 36k Admitted: 17k2014 Applied: 41k Admitted: 20k2015 Applied: 43k Admitted: 20k2016 Applied: 45k Admitted: 20k2017 Applied: 45k Admitted: 21k2018 Applied: 46k Admitted: 21k2019 Applied: 48k Admitted: 22k2020 Applied: 48k Admitted: 25k2021 Applied: 46k Admitted: 27k2022 Applied: 47k Admitted: 26k2023 Applied: 44k Admitted: 25k2024 Applied: 43k Admitted: 26k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women26,82216,45261.3%
Men16,5329,26056.0%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
660 to 730 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
660 to 750
ACT composite
30 to 33

Colleges similar to Fordham

The six private nonprofit four-year colleges closest to Fordham in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
American University
Washington, DC		62%7,266$41,302$85,458
Marist University
Poughkeepsie, NY		57%5,182$42,789$84,453
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA		60%5,447$43,885$113,513
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, FL		65%7,860$40,539$92,069
SMU
Dallas, TX		63%7,277$39,816$90,037
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY		67%13,215$37,405$84,700

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Fordham to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Fordham on College Scorecard