Test-optionalED + EA

Fordham University

NY · Private · Mid-Atlantic · National university · Top 100 tier · 9,843 undergraduates (medium)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate54.1%
ED rate67.5%228 of 338
Regular round (est.)†54%includes Early Action

† Regular round (est.) = (all admitted students − Early Decision admits) ÷ (all applicants − Early Decision applicants). It also includes Early Action, because the Common Data Set does not report Early Action counts.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2022

Admission rates

OverallEarly Decision
0%35%70%'19'20'21'2245.9%52.5%58.3%54.1%51.8%57.7%68.1%67.5%

ED share of the enrolled freshman class (% of first-years admitted ED, not an admit rate)

ED admits ÷ enrolled first-years
0%10%20%'19'20'21'2210.1%7.0%8.8%no data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Decision I & II (binding) + Early Action (non-binding) · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. Superscores ACT sections across pre- and post-September 2025 versions.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

School’s words: “you must have your official test scores submitted within three weeks of submitting your enrollment deposit.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡37.8%SAT 27.4% + ACT 10.4%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT27.4%
712 students
Submitted ACT10.4%
270 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2022. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1330–1460 median 1400
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
660–730
500800
SAT Math
660–750 median 710
500800
ACT composite
30–33 median 32
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2022

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22100%100%37.0%37.8%74.0%72.0%26.0%27.4%32.0%33.0%11.0%10.4%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22no data1240–1400140012401320–1450145013201330–146014601330

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
363228'19'20'21'2228–32322827–32322730–33333030–333330

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2022: 8%
  • 2021: 0.3%
  • 2020: 41%
  • 2019: 48%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 CDS not available2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 CDS not available2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 CDS not available2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2023; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
  5. Fall 2023 Not reported2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Test-optional2019-20 CDS

Notes

Sources