Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 140 Title IV programs, 45 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 95 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing45 · 32.1%
- No Data95 · 67.9%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 21
Action history · 44
- Nov 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jul 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
- Jun 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- May 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Apr 2025Voluntary Withdrawal ReceivedAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,695 students received $11.2M in Pell grants, alongside $176.7M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 2,227 borrowers who entered repayment, 11 (0.4%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Emory
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus80
- Non-campus2
- Public property4
Includes 27 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- National origin2
- Race1
- Religion1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Evans Hall2 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Evans Hall2 firesDamage $100-$999
- Eagle Hall (formerly Longstreet-Means)1 fireElectricalDamage $100-$999
Data quality: 26 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Emory vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Emory selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectEmory University | 91% | — | 15,175 | $22,585 | R1 Research |
| 86% | 14.0% | 13,310 | $39,949 | R1 Research | |
| 94% | 5.9% | 13,575 | $15,846 | R1 Research | |
| 97% | 5.7% | 17,499 | $29,612 | R1 Research | |
| 84% | 18.9% | 19,852 | $37,244 | R1 Research | |
| 76% | 77.8% | 12,813 | $36,131 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 89% | 14.0% | 14,375 | $32,872 |
Institutions like Emory
Explore the federal data for institutions in Emory's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchLouisiana
Tulane University of Louisiana
Grad rate86%Admit rate14.0%Enrollment13,310Net price$39,949View data - R1 ResearchTennessee
Vanderbilt University
Grad rate94%Admit rate5.9%Enrollment13,575Net price$15,846View data - R1 ResearchNorth Carolina
Duke University
Grad rate97%Admit rate5.7%Enrollment17,499Net price$29,612View data - R1 ResearchFlorida
University of Miami
Grad rate84%Admit rate18.9%Enrollment19,852Net price$37,244View data - R1 ResearchColorado
University of Denver
Grad rate76%Admit rate77.8%Enrollment12,813Net price$36,131View data
Campuses
The 1 campus that make up Emory University.
Emory Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The mission of the Institutional Research and Decision Support (IRDS) team is to be a good custodian of institutional data by integrating information from various stewards to develop comprehensive, valid reports and analyses to support enterprise decision making.
Visit IR office page- Justin ShepherdAssistant Vice Provost, Institutional Research and Decision Support
Common Data Set
Emory's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C134,614 applied → 3,562 admitted (10.3%) → 1,438 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Highly selective — 10.3% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1480–1540 (median 1510).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 32–35 (median 34).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
Waitlist outcome
C26,098 offered a waitlist spot, 3,355 accepted it, 109 admitted (3.2% of those who stayed on).
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $92,176 (2025-2026).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $92,176 → about $26,694 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($65,482); 100% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H191% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H527% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $24,562 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 91%; first-year retention 96%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 1 pts above the overall rate (92% vs 91%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I363% of classes have under 20 students; 12% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~33% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B216% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B17,407 undergraduates and 7,772 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D12,445 transfer applicants → 396 admitted (16.2%) → 141 enrolled
Source publications
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