Historical Acceptance Rates

Syracuse University's overall acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 41.69%, with 42,089 applicants and 17,545 students accepted. This marks a significant drop from the previous year, 2023, where the acceptance rate was 51.75% and 21,471 out of 41,489 applicants were admitted. The Early Action acceptance rate has remained stable at 66.0% over the past few years. Meanwhile, the Regular Decision acceptance rate fell from 50.97% in 2023 to 40.35% in 2024, indicating increasing selectivity in this admissions round. Historically, the overall acceptance rates have varied between 41.69% and 59.0% from 2021 to 2024, showing a trend of declining acceptance rates in recent applications.