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Matriculating Class 2031  ·  Bulletin No. 04  ·  October 2026

Early Decision  ·  Barnard  ·  2025-26 Common Data Set

Should you apply Early Decision to Barnard?

Barnard does not publish an Early Decision admit rate. Its Common Data Set prints its Early Decision admits but not its Early Decision applications, so no Early Decision rate can be computed. Here is what it does publish.

Not publishedEarly Decision admit rate
10.1%All applicants
1,048Admitted
10,426Applied

Admit rates computed from Barnard's own counts in its 2025-26 Common Data Set (sections C1 and C21), for applicants who entered in fall 2025.

Test scores of enrolled students

Test25th50th75th
SAT composite148015101540
ACT composite323435

Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted scores (section C9).

Dates

  1. Early Decision deadline

As Barnard filed them in its 2025-26 Common Data Set. This cycle's dates can move; the school's admissions office has the final word.

This cycle

No Barnard results have been reported yet for the Class of 2031. Decisions land in mid-December.

Anonymous reports from applicants, counted as they come in. Share of what was reported, never an admit rate.

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Source Barnard, 2025-26 Common Data Set, read 2026-10-27. Counts are printed in the school's own filing; rates are computed from them. Nothing here is estimated. File SHA-256 35f9ba1bd297c975.

Other Early Decision schools

Boston College33.4%Boston University31.3%Carnegie Mellon20.6%Claremont McKenna22.1%Colgate35.5%Columbia14.0%Cornell18.8%Dartmouth21.6%Davidson29.1%Duken/pEmory22.2%Hamilton28.1%Johns Hopkins10.9%Middlebury39.0%Northwestern20.4%Penn13.3%Reedn/pRice11.3%Smith33.5%Tufts32.0%UChicagon/pUSCn/pVanderbilt14.1%Vassar38.4%Washington & Lee27.6%WashU St. Louis27.0%Wellesley29.4%Wesleyan42.8%Williams26.6%

Number shown is the published Early Decision admit rate; n/p means the school does not publish it.