Reed College

Portland, OR · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
29.2%
2,804 admitted
SAT · 50th
1410
Range 1320–1490
6-yr grad
73.0%
Retention 89.8%
Undergrads
1,267
8:1 S-F
Admissions
35.6% / 50.8%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications9,606
Overall admit rate29.2%
In-state admit rate35.6%
Out-of-state admit rate50.8%
Enrolled342 · 12.2% yield
Admitted from waitlist110 of 5,305
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1410
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1320–1490 · 61.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W680720760
Math630690740
Comp132014101490
ACT
255075
Comp293234
Cost & aid
$69,040
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$69,040
Fees$310
Room & board$16,440
Books$1,050
Avg need-based grant$55,923
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$26,598
Academics
8 : 1
student-faculty ratio
89.8% retention
Student-faculty8 : 1
Retention89.8%
4-year graduation58.8%
6-year graduation73.0%
Enrollment
1,267
undergraduates
36 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates1,267
First-year342
Transfer13
Full-time98%
Female57%
International (freshmen)36
Rankings
#44
Princeton Review
Best Value Colleges (Private Schools)
SourceListRankYr
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#4426
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#6326
NicheBest Colleges in America#14026
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#22626
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingOregon colleges7
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
$0
application fee
waivable
Regular decisionFebruary 15 → May 1
Early decision11/15 → 12/20 · binding
Early decision 212/20
Early action11/15 → 2/15
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyNot used for admission
Admissions URLhttps://www.reed.edu/admission-aid/how-t…
Admissions emailadmission@reed.edu
Admissions phone503-777-7511
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Oberlin College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Oberlin College OH · Private (nonprofit)33.0%14202K
Whitman College WA · Private (nonprofit)40.2%1K
Wesleyan University CT · Private (nonprofit)16.5%1420
Carleton College MN · Private (nonprofit)21.8%15001K
Bard College NY · Private (nonprofit)52.1%2K
Pomona College CA · Private (Nonprofit)7.1%15201K
Lewis & Clark College OR · Private (nonprofit)71.2%1K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Reed College

25 years of Reed College's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.