University of Dayton - Admission Criteria

• Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  1	Secondary School Record
  3	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  5	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  N	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.2.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	45%
  Second fifth	26%
  Third fifth	18%
  Fourth fifth	10%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Contact the school directly.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 82%, SAT math scores over 500 87%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 39%, SAT math scores over 600 46%, ACT scores over 24 64%, SAT verbal scores over 700 7%, SAT math scores over 700 11%, ACT scores over 30 14%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	13%
  25-29	n/a	n/a	40%
  20-24	n/a	n/a	37%
  Below 20	n/a	n/a	10%
  Unknown	n/a	n/a	n/a