2025-2026
Accept rate
83.5%
- Applicants
- 56,376
- Admits
- 47,080
- Enrolled
- 7,492
- Yield
- 15.9%
The University of Arizona received 56,376 applications for 2025-2026 and admitted 83.5% of applicants; 7,492 admitted students enrolled (a 15.9% yield). That compares with an acceptance rate of 78.6% in 2016-2017. The middle 50% of enrolled first-year students scored 1090–1320 on the SAT and 20–28 on the ACT. The total cost of attendance was $31,206, and the average need-based grant was $16,905.
| Year | Applications | Admits | Enrolled | Accept Rate | Yield Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 56,376 | 47,080 | 7,492 | 83.5% | 15.9% |
| 2024-2025 | 58,339 | 50,252 | 9,240 | 86.1% | 18.4% |
| 2023-2024 | 56,466 | 48,369 | 9,158 | 85.7% | 18.9% |
| 2022-2023 | 52,103 | 45,195 | 9,069 | 86.7% | 20.1% |
| 2021-2022 | 48,202 | 41,996 | 8,622 | 87.1% | 20.5% |
| 2020-2021 | 43,540 | 37,064 | 7,334 | 85.1% | 19.8% |
| 2019-2020 | 40,854 | 34,558 | 7,683 | 84.6% | 22.2% |
| 2018-2019 | 39,941 | 33,717 | 7,750 | 84.4% | 23.0% |
| 2017-2018 | 33,608 | 28,089 | 7,362 | 83.6% | 26.2% |
| 2016-2017 | 36,166 | 28,433 | 7,753 | 78.6% | 27.3% |
Relative importance reported in the latest available Common Data Set.
| Factor | Very Important | Important | Considered | Not Considered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic | ||||
| Rigor of secondary school record | ✓ | |||
| Class rank | ✓ | |||
| Academic GPA | ✓ | |||
| Standardized test scores | ✓ | |||
| Application essay | ✓ | |||
| Recommendation(s) | ✓ | |||
| Nonacademic | ||||
| Interview | ✓ | |||
| Extracurricular activities | ✓ | |||
| Talent/ability | ✓ | |||
| Character/personal qualities | ✓ | |||
| First generation | ✓ | |||
| Alumni/ae relation | ✓ | |||
| Geographical residence | ✓ | |||
| State residency | ✓ | |||
| Religious affiliation/commitment | ✓ | |||
| Volunteer work | ✓ | |||
| Work experience | ✓ | |||
| Level of applicant's interest | ✓ | |||