University of Miami's admit rate has fallen 6.3 percentage points across the 25 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
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.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 17.6% | 2,686 | 84.8% | 93.0% | 1,400 |
| 2024-2025 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2023-2024 | 18.5% | 2,328 | 84.0% | 92.0% | 1,410 |
| 2022-2023 | 18.9% | 2,371 | 84.0% | 92.0% | 1,390 |
| 2021-2022 | 28.5% | 2,766 | 84.0% | 93.0% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
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.
Admit rate has tightened 10.9 percentage points over 4 reporting cycles.
University of Miami's admit rate fell from 28.5% (2021-2022) to 17.6% (2025-2026) — a 10.9 pp drop. Year-over-year: 28.5 → 18.9 → 18.5 → 17.6. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 28 percentage points.
University of Miami's 84.8% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 28.5 pp.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools University of Miami applicants most commonly also apply to range from 5.6% admit to 47.1% admit — a 41.5 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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