Editing University of Chicago (section)

== Student body and admissions ==
{{Infobox U.S. college admissions|year=2023|ref=<ref>{{cite web |title=Class of 2027 Profile |url=https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/class-2027-profile |website=College Admissions |access-date=April 28, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |admit rate=4.8%|admit rate change=-3.3|yield rate=87.9%|yield rate change=+24.2|float=right}}

In fall 2024, the university enrolled 7,569 undergraduate students, 10,968 graduate students, and 750 non-degree students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Enrollment {{!}} University Registrar |url=https://registrar.uchicago.edu/data-reporting/historical-enrollment/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=registrar.uchicago.edu}}</ref> The college class of 2025 is composed of 53% male students and 47% female students. Twenty-seven percent of the class identify as Asian, 19% as Hispanic, and 10% as Black. Eighteen percent of the class is international.<ref name="collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu">{{Cite web|url=https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/class-2025-profile|title=Class of 2025 Profile &#124; College Admissions|date=December 30, 2021|access-date=March 18, 2022|archive-date=December 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230004705/https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/class-2025-profile|url-status=dead }}</ref> The university is [[need-blind]] for domestic applicants.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://financialaid.uchicago.edu/about |website=Financial Aid |publisher=University of Chicago |access-date=May 4, 2023 |language=en |date=February 13, 2018 |archive-date=August 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810083407/https://financialaid.uchicago.edu/about |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Admissions to the University of Chicago has become highly selective over the past two decades, reflecting changes in the application process, school popularity, and marketing strategy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Record-low acceptance rate as applicant numbers increase|url=https://www.chicagomaroon.com/2015/04/14/record-low-acceptance-rate-as-applicant-numbers-increase/|access-date=February 7, 2021|website=www.chicagomaroon.com|language=en|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414182811/https://www.chicagomaroon.com/2015/04/14/record-low-acceptance-rate-as-applicant-numbers-increase/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Acceptance rate falls by one third, reaching record low of 18 percent|url=https://www.chicagomaroon.com/2010/4/2/acceptance-rate-falls-by-one-third-reaching-record-low-of-18-percent/|access-date=April 22, 2021|website=www.chicagomaroon.com|language=en|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422025238/https://www.chicagomaroon.com/2010/4/2/acceptance-rate-falls-by-one-third-reaching-record-low-of-18-percent/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hoover|first=Eric|date=November 5, 2010|title=Application Inflation|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/application-inflation/|access-date=April 22, 2021|website=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422204405/https://www.chronicle.com/article/application-inflation/|url-status=live}}</ref> Between 1996 and 2023, the acceptance rate of the college fell from 71% to 4.7%.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The University of Chicago Magazine: October 2001, Features|url=https://magazine.uchicago.edu/0110/features/abuse.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126132935/https://magazine.uchicago.edu/0110/features/abuse.html|archive-date=January 26, 2021|access-date=February 7, 2021|website=magazine.uchicago.edu}}</ref> For the Class of 2027, the acceptance rate was 4.7%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Class of 2027 Profile |url=http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/class-2027-profile |access-date=April 26, 2024 |website=College Admissions |language=en}}</ref>

The middle 50% band of [[SAT]] scores for the undergraduate class of 2025 was 1510–1570 (98th–99th percentiles),<ref name="collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu" /> the average [[MCAT]] score for students entering the Pritzker School of Medicine class of 2024 was 519 (97th percentile),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pritzker.uchicago.edu/admissions/admissions-faq|title=&#124; Pritzker School of Medicine &#124; The University of Chicago|website=pritzker.uchicago.edu|access-date=November 1, 2019|archive-date=November 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101222451/https://pritzker.uchicago.edu/admissions/admissions-faq|url-status=live}}</ref> the median [[GMAT]] score for students entering the full-time Booth MBA program class of 2023 was 740 (97th percentile),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagobooth.edu/mba/full-time/admissions/class-profile |title=Full-Time MBA Class Profile |publisher=The University of Chicago Booth School of Business |access-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216151137/https://www.chicagobooth.edu/programs/full-time |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the median [[LSAT]] score for students entering the Law School class of 2021 was 172 (99th percentile).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.law.uchicago.edu/class-profile |title=The University of Chicago – The Law School Profile 2020–2021 |date=October 11, 2019 |publisher=The University of Chicago |access-date=March 18, 2022 |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304081648/https://www.law.uchicago.edu/class-profile |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2018, the University of Chicago attracted national headlines by becoming the first major research university to no longer require SAT/ACT scores from college applicants.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/06/16/now-that-the-university-of-chicago-dropped-its-testing-requirement-for-applicants-will-other-elite-colleges-follow/|title=Perspective {{!}} Now that the University of Chicago dropped its testing requirement for applicants, will other elite colleges follow?|last=Selingo|first=Jeffrey J.|date=June 16, 2018|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=June 18, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617114050/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/06/16/now-that-the-university-of-chicago-dropped-its-testing-requirement-for-applicants-will-other-elite-colleges-follow/|archive-date=June 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>