University of Notre Dame is a highly competitive school and its admissions statistics make University of Notre Dame one of the 50 most competitive schools for undergraduate admissions globally. Similar to the trends across all top schools, University of Notre Dame acceptance rates have continued to decline over the past 8 years and will almost certainly continue to do so into the future.
The Class of 2019 was the single most challenging year to be admitted to University of Notre Dame ever to date. For the Class of 2019, 18,156 students applied to University of Notre Dame of which 3,577 students were accepted, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 19.7%. Overall applications increased by 1.4% over last year (2018 to 2019) from 17,897 to 18,156.
For the Class of 2019, 1,400 students were admitted through the early admissions process. Total early applications totaled 4,700, yielding an early acceptance rate of 29.8%. Early applications decreased by 28.3% over last year (2018 to 2019) from 6,551 to 4,700.
