University of Chicago admissions

Private universities · IL. Fall 2023 first-year figures from federal (IPEDS) data. UChicago does not publish admissions by high school, so these figures cover all applicants.

In fall 2023, University of Chicago admitted 1,849 of 38,631 applicants (4.8%). Its admit rate was 6.2% in fall 2019 and 4.8% in fall 2023. 14% of its first-year students in fall 2022 were California residents. 6 California high schools list UChicago among the colleges their graduates enrolled in.

Admit rate

4.8%

1,849 admitted of 38,631 applicants

Yield

88%

1,626 admitted students enrolled

SAT, middle 50%

1510–1570

Reading and math combined, among students who submitted scores

ACT, middle 50%

34–35

Composite, among students who submitted scores

By year

Fall	Applicants	Admitted	Admit rate	Enrolled	SAT	ACT
2023	38,631	1,849	4.8%	1,626	1510–1570	34–35
2022	37,522	2,039	5.4%	1,729	1500–1580	34–35
2021	37,974	2,460	6.5%	2,053	1510–1580	33–35
2020	34,350	2,510	7.3%	1,847	1500–1570	34–35
2019	34,641	2,137	6.2%	1,726	1500–1570	33–35

A dash means IPEDS has no figure for that year, e.g. test ranges while the college was test-optional.

Where first-year students come from

Where UChicago's first-year students lived when admitted, fall 2022.

UChicago fall 2022 first-year students by residence
Lived in	Enrolled	Share
California	242	14%
Elsewhere in the U.S.	1,153	67%
Abroad	330	19%

Enrolled students only: the federal data has no applicants or admits by residency. Colleges report this in even-numbered years, and some in odd years too, so the newest year shown may be older than the figures above. Abroad means living outside the U.S. when admitted, not citizenship; students whose residence was not reported are left out. Source: U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS).

California high schools that report graduates here

Graduates of 6 California high schools are reported here, from the schools’ own published lists.