New York University
NY · Private · Mid-Atlantic · National university · Top 50 tier · 29,046 undergraduates (large)
Admission rates
Latest admit rates
† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Admission rates
Early plans
Fall 2027 applicants
Testing
Testing policy
Superscoring
What this means:
- SAT
- Superscores
- ACT
- Superscores
Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026
Same sentence appears under both SAT and ACT; ACT superscored with or without Science. Only one form of testing may be submitted. Test-optional through 2027-28.
How to send scores
Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment
Self-report via NYU Applicant Portal; NYU page says only one form of testing may be submitted.
School’s words: “Applicants are welcome to self-report unofficial test scores for application review through their Applicant Portal ... If an applicant is admitted and chooses to enroll, they will have to send official test scores.”
Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026
Students submitting scores
‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.
Score ranges (middle 50%)
Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Share of enrolled students submitting scores
SAT composite, middle 50%
ACT composite, middle 50%
Year-by-year data, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
| CDS year | Admitted | Admit rate | ED rate | ED share of class | Est. % submitting | % SAT | % ACT | SAT mid-50 | ACT mid-50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 ↗ | 12,873 | 16.2% | 27.8% | Not reported | 92% | 64% | 28% | 1370-1510 | 30-34 | |
| 2020-21 ↗ | 16,918 | 21.1% | Not reported | Not reported | 91% | 64% | 27% | 1390-1510 | 31-34 | Early Decision counts not reported |
| 2021-22 ↗ | 12,380 | 13% | Not reported | Not reported | 32% | 22.7% | 9.3% | 1450-1550 | 32-35 | Early Decision counts not reported |
| 2022-23 ↗ | 12,539 | 12.5% | Not reported | Not reported | 37% | 26% | 11% | 1470-1560 | 33-35 | Early Decision counts not reported |
| 2023-24 ↗ | 10,693 | 9.4% | Not reported | Not reported | 39% | 27% | 12% | 1480-1550 | 33-35 | Early Decision counts not reported |
| 2024-25 ↗ | 10,232 | 9.2% | Not reported | Not reported | 38% | 28% | 10% | 1480-1550 | 34-35 | Early Decision counts not reported |
| 2025-26 ↗ | 10,340 | 9.1% | Not reported | Not reported | 37% | 27% | 10% | 1480-1550 | 34-35 | Early Decision counts not reported. |
Waitlist admit rate
Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.
Test policy in each Common Data Set
History only. The current policy is under Testing above.
- Fall 2027 Recommended2025-26 CDS
- Fall 2026 Recommended2024-25 CDS
- Fall 2025 Recommended2023-24 CDS
- Fall 2024 Recommended2022-23 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2023; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
- Fall 2023 Recommended2021-22 CDS
- Fall 2022 Recommended2020-21 CDS
- Fall 2021 Not reported2019-20 CDS
From the school's website
Figures from the school’s own pages that add to its Common Data Set. Each links its source.
NYU's March 2025 announcement reports a 7.7% admit rate from more than 120,000 applicants. This differs from the Common Data Set figure on this page.
Source: NYU announcement, March 2025: offers of admission to the Class of 2029 ↗
Notes
- NYU's Common Data Set marks 'Recommended' on the combined SAT-or-ACT row and 'Considered if submitted' on the SAT-only and ACT-only rows. See NYU's testing page for its current policy.
- NYU's Common Data Set does not report Early Decision counts. NYU's March 2025 announcement reports more than 25,000 Early Decision applications.