University of DenverUniversity of Denver
Denver, CO · West
University of Denver has an acceptance rate of 77.8% and a middle-50% SAT range of 1240-1410. The numbers below show who gets in and what it costs.
- Acceptance rate
- 77.8%
- SAT mid-50
- 1240-1410
- Cost after aid
- $36,131
- Graduation rate
- 76%
What University of Denver says matters
How University of Denver rates each admissions factor in its Common Data Set, with the full published numbers below.
- Acceptance rate
- 77%
- 14,519 of 18,785
- Yield
- 9.2%
- 1,337 enrolled
- SAT mid-50
- 1210-1380
- ACT mid-50
- 28-32
- CDS year
- 2024-25
Acceptance rate by gender
- Men
- 75%5,942 of 7,885
- Women
- 79%8,577 of 10,900
The full Common Data Set
Every figure University of Denver published for 2024-25, section by section.
First-Time, First-Year Admission55
Applications
- Total first-time, first-year men who applied
- 7,885
- Total first-time, first-year women who applied
- 10,900
- Total first-time, first-year another gender who applied
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year unknown gender who applied
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year men who were admitted
- 5,942
- Total first-time, first-year women who were admitted
- 8,577
- Total first-time, first-year another gender who were admitted
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year unknown gender who were admitted
- 0
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year men who enrolled
- 575
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year men who enrolled
- 12
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year women who enrolled
- 739
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year women who enrolled
- 1
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year another gender who enrolled
- 0
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year another gender who enrolled
- 0
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year unknown gender who enrolled
- 0
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year unknown gender who enrolled
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year students who applied
- 18,785
- Total first-time, first-year students who were admitted
- 14,519
- Total first-time, first-year students who enrolled
- 1,337
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 5,841
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 4,255
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 408
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 12,075
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 9,840
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 882
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 869
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 424
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 47
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 0
First-time, first-year Profile
- Submitting SAT Scores
- 0.24
- Submitting ACT Scores
- 0.13
- Submitting SAT Scores
- 323
- Submitting ACT Scores
- 178
- SAT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 1,210
- SAT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 1,310
- SAT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 1,380
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 50th Percentile
- 660
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 75th Percentile
- 700
- SAT Math: 25th Percentile
- 580
- SAT Math: 50th Percentile
- 640
- SAT Math: 75th Percentile
- 690
- ACT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 28%
- ACT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 31%
- ACT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 32%
- ACT Math: 25th Percentile
- 25%
- ACT Math: 50th Percentile
- 28%
- ACT Math: 75th Percentile
- 34%
- ACT English: 25th Percentile
- 25%
- ACT English: 50th Percentile
- 30%
- ACT English: 75th Percentile
- 34%
- ACT Composite: Below 6
- 100
Admission Policies
- Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?
- Yes
- If yes, maximum period of postponement:
- -
Transfer Admission1
Application for Admission
- Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering first-year student?
- Yes
Academic Offerings and Policies2
Special Study Options
- Accelerated program
- X
- Double major
- X
Student Life23
Activities Offered
- Campus Ministries
- X
- Choral groups
- X
- Concert band
- X
- Dance
- X
- Drama/theater
- X
- International Student Organization
- X
- Jazz band
- X
- Literary magazine
- X
- Model UN
- X
- Music ensembles
- X
- Opera
- X
- Pep band
- X
- Radio station
- X
- Student government
- X
- Student newspaper
- X
- Student-run film society
- X
- Symphony orchestra
- X
Housing
- Apartments for married students
- X
- Apartments for single students
- X
- Fraternity/sorority housing
- X
- Theme housing
- X
- Wellness housing
- X
- Living Learning Communities
- X
Financial Aid1
Institutional Aid
- If your institution has recently implemented any major financial aid policy, program, or initiative to make your institution more affordable to incoming students such as replacing loans with grants, or waiving costs for families below a certain income level please provide details:
- I.INSTRUCTIONALFACULTYANDCLASSSIZE I-1. Please report the number of instructional faculty members ineach category for Fall 202 . Include facultywhoareonyourinstitution’spayrollonthecensusdateyourinstitutionusesforIPEDS/AAUP. Thefollowingdefinitionoffull-timeinstructionalfacultyisusedbytheAmericanAssociationofUniversity Professors (AAUP) in its annual Faculty Compensation Survey (the part time definitions are not used by AAUP). Instructional Faculty is defined as those members of the instructional-research staff whose major regular assig nment is instruction, including those with released time for research. Use the chart below to determine inclusions and exclusions: Full-time Part-time Includeonly Instructional faculty in preclinical and clinical medicine, faculty who are not iftheyteach A paid(e.g.,thosewhodonatetheirservicesorareinthemilitary),orresearch- Exclude oneormore only faculty, post-doctoral fellows, or pre-doctoral fellows non-clinical credit courses Include if Administrativeofficerswithtitlessuchasdeanofstudents,librarian,registrar, they teach B coach, and the like, even though they may devote part of their time to Exclude oneormore classroom instruction and may have faculty status non-clinical credit courses C Otheradministrators/staffwhoteachoneormorenon-clinicalcreditcourses Exclude Include even though they do not have faculty status D Undergraduateorgraduatestudentswhoassistintheinstructionofcourses, Exclude Exclude but have titles such as teaching assistant, teaching fellow, and the like E Facultyonsabbaticalorleavewithpay Include Exclude F Facultyonleavewithoutpay Exclude Exclude G Replacementfacultyforfacultyonsabbaticalleaveorleavewithpay Exclude Include Full-timeinstructionalfaculty: facultyemployedonafull-timebasisforinstruction(includingthosewith released timefor research) Part-time instructionalfaculty: Adjuncts and other instructors being paid solely for part- time classroom instruction. Also includes full-time faculty teaching less than two semesters, three quarters, two trimesters, or two four- month sessions. Employees who are not considered full-time instruction faculty but who teach one or more non- clinical credit courses may be counted as part-time faculty. Minority faculty : includes faculty who designate themselves as Black, non-Hispanic; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, or Hispanic. Doctorate : includes such degrees as Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education, Doctor of J uridical Science, and Doctor of Public Health in any field such as arts, sciences, education, engineering, business, and public administration.Alsoincludesterminaldegreesformerly designatedas“firstprofessional,”includingdentistry (DDS or DMD), medicine (MD), optometry (OD), osteopathic medicine (DO), pharmacy (DPharm or BPharm), podiatric medicine (DPM), veterinary medicine (DVM), chiropractic (DC or DCM), or law (JD). Terminal master’s degree : a master’s degree that is considered the highest degree in a field: example, M. Arch (in architecture) and MFA (master of fine arts in art or theater). Full-time Part-time Total A Totalnumberofinstructionalfaculty B Totalnumberwhoaremembersofminoritygroups C Totalnumberwhoarewomen D Totalnumberwhoaremen E Totalnumberwhoarenonresident (international) F Totalnumberwithdoctorate,orotherterminaldegree G Totalnumberwhosehighestdegreeisamaster’sbutnota terminal master’s H Totalnumberwhosehighestdegreeis a bachelor’s I Totalnumberwhosehighestdegreeisunknownorother(Note: Items f, g, h, and i must sum up to item a.) J Totalnumberinstand-alonegraduate/professionalprogramsin which faculty teach virtually only graduate-level students I-2.StudenttoFacultyRatio Report the Fall 202 ratio of full-time equivalent students (full-time plus 1/3 parttime) to full-time equivalent instructionalfaculty(fulltimeplus1/3parttime).Intheratiocalculations,exclude bothfacultyandstudentsin stand-alone graduate or professionalprograms such as medicine, law, veterinary, dentistry, social work, business, or public health in which faculty teach virtually only graduate level students. Donotcountundergraduateorgraduatestudentteachingassistantsasfaculty. Fall202 StudenttoFacultyratio: to1 (basedon studentsand faculty) I-3.UndergraduateClassSize Inthetablebelow,please usethefollowingdefinitionstoreportinformationaboutthesizeofclassesandclass sections offered in the Fall202 term. Class Sections: A class section is an organized course offered for credit, identified by discipline and number, meeting at a stated time or times in a classroom or similar setting, and not a subsection such as a laboratory or discussionsession.Undergraduateclasssectionsaredefinedasanysectionsinwhichatleastonedegree-seeking undergraduatestudentisenrolledforcredit.Excludedistancelearningclassesandnoncreditclassesandindividual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Exclude students in independentstudy,co-operative programs,internships,foreign language tapedtutorsessions,practicums,andall students in one-on-one classes. Each class section should be counted only once and should not be duplicated because of course catalog cross-listings. Class Subsections: A class subsection includes any subsection of a course, such as laboratory, recitation, and discussion subsections that are supplementary in nature and are scheduled to meet separately from the lecture portion of the course. Undergraduate subsections are defined as any subsections of courses in which degree- seekingundergraduatestudentsenrolledforcredit. Asabove, excludenoncreditclassesandindividualinstruction suchasdissertationorthesisresearch,musicinstruction,orone-to-onereadings.Eachclasssubsectionshouldbe counted only once and should not be duplicated because of cross-listings. Usingtheabovedefinitions,pleasereportforeachofthefollowingclass-sizeintervalsthenumberof class sections and classsubsections offeredin . Forexample,a lectureclasswith800studentswhomet at anothertimein40separatelabswith20studentsshouldbecountedonceinthe“100+”columninthe class section column and 40 times under the “20-29” column of the class subsections table. NumberofClassSectionswithUndergraduatesEnrolled UndergraduateClassSize(providenumbers) 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 100+ Total CLASS SECTIONS 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 100+ Total CLASSSUB- SECTIONS J.DisciplinaryareasofDEGREESCONFERRED DegreesconferredbetweenJuly1,202 andJune30,202 Foreachofthefollowingdisciplineareas,providethepercentageofdiplomas/certificates,associate,and bachelor’s degrees awarded. To determine the percentage, use majors, not headcount (e.g., students with one degree but a double major will be represented twice). Calculate the percentage from your institution’s IPEDS Completions by using the sum of 1st and 2nd majors for each CIP code a s the numerator and the sum of the Grand Total by 1st MajorsandtheGrandTotalby 2 ndmajorasthedenominator.Ifyouprefer,youcancomputethepercentages using 1st majors only. Diploma/ CIP202 Category Certificates Associate Bachelor's Categories to Include Agriculture 01 Naturalresourcesandconservation 03 Architecture 04 Area,ethnic,andgenderstudies 05 Communication/journalism 09 Communication technologies 10 Computerandinformationsciences 11 Personalandculinaryservices 12 Education 13 Engineering 14 Engineeringtechnologies 15 Foreignlanguages,literatures,andlinguistics 16 Familyandconsumersciences 19 Law/legalstudies 22 English 23 Liberalarts/generalstudies 24 Libraryscience 25 Biological/lifesciences 26 Mathematicsandstatistics 27 Militaryscienceandmilitarytechnologies 28and29 Interdisciplinary studies 30 Parksandrecreation 31 Philosophyandreligiousstudies 38 Theologyandreligiousvocations 39 Physicalsciences 40 Sciencetechnologies 41 Psychology 42 Diploma/ CIP202 Category Certificates Associate Bachelor's Categories to Include HomelandSecurity,lawenforcement,firefighting,and 43 protective servicesprotective servicesprotective servicesprotective services Publicadministrationandsocialservices 44 Socialsciences 45 Constructiontrades 46 Mechanicandrepairtechnologies 47 Precisionproduction 48 Transportationandmaterialsmoving 49 Visualandperformingarts 50 Healthprofessionsandrelatedprograms 51 Business/marketing 52 History 54 Other TOTAL(shouldbe=100%)
Disciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred1
Diploma/Certificates
- TOTAL (should = 100%)
- 100%
About University of Denver
University of Denver is a small private university in Denver, CO, in a city setting.
What University of Denver looks for
University of Denver admits the majority of applicants who meet its baseline academic profile. For most students applying here, the work is in writing applications that reflect real fit rather than treating the application as a checklist. Demonstrated interest matters more here than at the most selective schools. Visiting, attending an info session, and asking real questions of admissions all move the needle.
Frequently asked
What SAT score do I need for University of Denver?
University of Denver's middle 50% SAT range is 1240 to 1410. A score in or above that band keeps you in the conversation; below it, the rest of your application has to do more work.
What ACT score do I need for University of Denver?
Middle 50% ACT range is 28 to 33. The top of that range or above is what most admitted students submit when they choose to send a score.
What is the acceptance rate at University of Denver?
University of Denver admits roughly 78% of applicants. An acceptance rate above 40% means a strong application can land here without high-end stats.
What does University of Denver actually cost after financial aid?
Average net cost (after institutional aid) is about $36,131 per year. Net cost varies enormously by family income; run the school's net price calculator for an estimate that reflects your situation.
Is University of Denver a reach, match, or safety for me?
Compare your stats to the middle 50% above. If you are at or below the 25th percentile, treat University of Denver as a reach. If you are in the middle 50%, it is a match. Above the 75th percentile and the school accepts above 25% overall, it is closer to a safety. Selectivity below 20% should be treated as a reach for everyone, period.
