Historical Acceptance Rates

Reed College's acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 27.16%, with 10,045 applicants and 2,728 accepted. This marks a decrease from the 30.79% acceptance rate in 2023, which also had 9,023 applicants and 2,779 accepted. The Early Action (EA) acceptance rate for 2024 stands at 40.48% with 3,948 applicants, while the Regular Decision (RD) acceptance rate is significantly lower at 18.52%, accepting only 1,130 of 6,097 RD applicants. Historically, Reed experienced a much higher acceptance rate of 42.33% in 2021, suggesting a trend of increasing selectivity over the recent application years.