Emory University
What Emory University's own numbers say, from its Common Data Set 2025-26.
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Early DecisionEmory University
Emory University's ED number is inflated.
22% of Early Decision applicants get in, but that pool includes recruited athletes and legacies, admitted at far higher rates. Without them, our estimate is about 17%. Everyone else: 8.6%.
ED, as reported22%
ED, without hooks (estimate)≈17%
Everyone else8.6%
Source: Emory University's Common Data Set 2025-26; hooked share is an estimate (A12)
Getting harderEmory University
Getting into Emory University is 1.5× harder than in 2019.
The admit rate fell from 16% (2019-20) to 10% (2025-26).
2019-2016%
2025-2610%
Source: Emory University's Common Data Set 2025-26
Women and menEmory University
At Emory University, men get in 1.3× as often.
Men are admitted at 12%, women at 9.3%.
Men12%
Women9.3%
Source: Emory University's Common Data Set 2025-26
WaitlistEmory University
Emory University's waitlist is a long shot: 4.3%.
274 of 6,422 students who stayed on the list got in.
Admitted off the list4.3%
Not admitted96%
Source: Emory University's Common Data Set 2025-26
Early DecisionEmory University
73% of Emory University's class is filled in Early Decision.
That leaves about 394 seats for 32,833 applicants outside ED.
Admitted Early Decision73%
Everyone else27%
Source: Emory University's Common Data Set 2025-26
MoneyEmory University
Emory University meets 100% of need.
The average need-based grant is $66,428 a year, against tuition of $70,300.
Average grant$66k
Tuition$70k
Source: Emory University's Common Data Set 2025-26
8 more things the data says PRO
- Early Decision filled about 73% of the 2025-26 first-year class, more than every similar college.
- After ED, 394 of 1,443 seats were left for 32,833 other applicants: about one seat for every 83.
- The admit rate has moved down steadily, from 15.6% in 2019-20 to 10.3% in 2025-26. If the trend holds, expect about 8.0% in 2026-27.
- ED applicants were admitted at 22%, against 8.6% for everyone else: 2.6 times the rate.
- It reports meeting 100% of financial need for first-years who have need.
- 6,422 students stayed on the waitlist and 274 were admitted from it (4.3%).
- Women were admitted at a lower rate: 9.3% for women against 11.8% for men.
- Applications rose 36% from 2018-19 to 2025-26 (27,559 to 37,561), faster than 56% of colleges here.
What students say PRO
From students' own posts on Reddit and admissions forums: self-reported, unverified, never used in your odds.
- Most admits who named a round (29 of 34) applied Regular Decision, with SAT scores mostly 1460 to 1590 or ACT 32 to 36, and GPAs mostly 3.7 to 4.0.
- Many admits were debate, speech or mock trial leaders, often captains with state or national finishes, alongside Model UN and student government posts.
- Many had research or published work, like first-authored papers, preprints, hospital lab internships, conference talks and university labs.
- Many founded a nonprofit, business or club, like a financial literacy nonprofit, a manufacturing business, a hackathon or two investment clubs.
- Several admits balanced family duties, like caring for a sibling or relative with a disability, interpreting, or working in a family business, with school.
- Students report a very large waitlist, over 4,000 to 7,500 people, with only about 60 to 95 offers expected, and applicants are told to respond promptly or risk being withdrawn.
- Posters say Emory got tougher, with applications rising to 43,269 and the admit rate near 12%, and RD described as hard even for strong applicants.
- Students report Oxford College is a separate track, with some admitted to Oxford while waitlisted or rejected on the main campus.
- Admits report generous aid and merit, like the full-ride Woodruff Scholarship, tuition-free for families earning under $200k and an appeal that added $10k.
- Families report a very high cost, about $98k a year, and international applicants report limited or no full-ride aid.
Every number, year by year: Emory University on Open College Data. Something wrong? Suggest a correction.