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Common Data Set 2024-2025

University of Louisville

KY · Public · ~17,100 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2024-2025
79.4%

University of Louisville's admit rate has risen 6.5 percentage points across the 3 reported years on file.

SAT · 50th
1120
Range 1010–1230
6-yr grad
61.2%
Retention 81.5%
Undergrads
17,086
14:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from University of Louisville's officially-published 2024-2025 Common Data Set.
University of Louisville Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate79.4% SAT (50th)1,120 ACT (50th)23 Undergraduates17,086 6-yr graduation61.2% Retention81.5% Tuition (FT)$29,736 Student–faculty ratio14:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2024-202579.4%3,12061.2%81.5%1,120
2021-202274.4%2,69561.6%76.7%—
2018-201972.9%2,93256.6%80.3%—

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where University of Louisville applicants also apply
University of KentuckyKY · 92.9% admit · SAT 1170 · 25,534 UG Indiana University-BloomingtonIN · 75.9% admit · SAT 1310 · 38,463 UG University of Cincinnati-Main CampusOH · 88.0% admit · SAT 1250 · 34,447 UG University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleTN · 43.6% admit · SAT 1330 · 32,041 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
Towson UniversityMD · 80.6% admit · SAT 1070 · 16,361 UG Kansas State UniversityKS · 82.0% admit · SAT 1150 · 15,650 UG West Chester University of PennsylvaniaPA · 75.8% admit · SAT 1170 · 14,657 UG University of Nevada-RenoNV · 83.1% admit · SAT 1170 · 20,204 UG

What the data says about University of Louisville

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.

The schools University of Louisville applicants most commonly also apply to range from 15.2% admit to 92.9% admit — a 77.7 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.

02

Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.

University of Louisville's 79.4% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

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