University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · Private nonprofit · 8,818 undergrads (medium, suburb) · website ↗

Roman Catholic
Test-optional
$75 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$7,244
$30,000 – $48,000	$7,254
$48,000 – $75,000	$11,432
$75,000 – $110,000	$18,670
Over $110,000	$45,321
All incomes (average)	$26,780

Sticker tuition and fees: $65,025 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use University of Notre Dame's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$18,438
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$18,438
Books and supplies	$1,250
Other expenses, on campus	$1,950
Other expenses, off campus	$1,950

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (2,037 of them) in 2022–23; 68% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	59%	$51,128
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	14%	$5,555
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	58%	$49,591
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	22%	$4,098

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1520
Median ACT: 34
Students with Pell grants: 14%
Graduation rate (6yr): 95%
Freshman retention: 99%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $99,980
Median debt at graduation: $19,000
International undergrads: 639 (7.1%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Test-optional
Application fee: $75
Students per faculty member: 8 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 88%
Open admission: No

Middle 50% of test scores, fall 2024

25th to 75th percentile of enrolled first-year students who submitted scores. A quarter scored below the first figure and a quarter above the second. Section ranges can't be added together into a total-score range.

SAT Reading and Writing: 720–770
SAT Math: 735–790
ACT composite: 33–35

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Considered if submitted
High school class rank	Considered if submitted
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Required
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Considered if submitted
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Considered if submitted
Work experience	Considered if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Considered if submitted

First-time applicants: 28,353
Admitted: 3,510
Enrolled: 2,075

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Business27%

Engineering15%

Social Sciences14%

Biology & Life Sciences12%

Computer Science7%

Psychology4%

Visual & Performing Arts3%

Health & Nursing3%

Mathematics & Statistics2%

Architecture2%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (39)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Finance and Financial Management Services	297	$141,543	$160,313national $83,343	$19,500
Economics	266	$84,700	$122,637national $82,686	$19,000
Political Science and Government	177	$64,041	$94,297national $63,293	$19,000
Computer and Information Sciences, General	174	$114,035	$142,970national $92,374	$19,500
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	148	$41,170	$65,458national $62,451	$17,780
Mathematics and Statistics, Other	125	$91,548	$123,663national $88,839	$17,565
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	125	$90,623	$124,557national $86,176	$19,000
Mechanical Engineering	116	$82,656	$99,859national $92,135	$15,600
Biology, General	100	$37,601	—national $57,214	$18,500
Psychology, General	96	$53,775	$69,793national $50,706	$19,000
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs	88	$19,376	$58,126national $61,911	$20,982
Biological and Physical Sciences	77	$42,526	$102,801national $58,891	$19,150
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	75	$68,020	$85,619national $55,000	$19,500
International/Globalization Studies	66	$70,939	—national $59,972	$20,350
Theological and Ministerial Studies	64	$45,317	$54,758national $44,535	$19,000
Chemical Engineering	61	$84,581	$113,614national $98,158	$19,000
Accounting and Related Services	61	$81,226	$115,909national $76,194	$17,500
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	55	—	—national $65,466	$18,840
Marketing	53	$70,783	$91,088national $69,303	$19,000
English Language and Literature, General	50	$45,787	$60,998national $48,590	$19,000
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering	45	$89,587	$112,828national $100,647	$15,000
Business/Commerce, General	45	$87,457	$111,444national $68,407	$21,375
History	45	—	$70,423national $50,680	$16,497
Civil Engineering	43	$76,811	$85,781national $86,517	$15,250
Architecture	42	$70,513	$82,983national $66,914	$24,500
Philosophy	37	$75,466	—national $54,455	$15,000
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	36	$62,573	$64,880national $39,775	$19,000
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	35	$81,169	$103,022national $98,207	$16,750
Sociology	34	$54,923	$69,704national $52,657	$19,250
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	32	$38,518	$60,369national $53,072	$15,000
Mathematics	32	$79,514	$92,118national $69,562	$14,000
Design and Applied Arts	31	$56,560	$83,414national $51,490	$19,750
Area Studies	30	$48,594	$75,832national $56,625	—
Physics	30	—	$110,029national $76,786	$15,500
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	25	—	$64,152national $51,710	—
Anthropology	22	$42,570	—national $46,676	—
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	21	$35,900	—national $55,012	—
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	16	—	$75,950national $81,171	—
Management Information Systems and Services	4	—	$122,821national $83,290	—

Master's degrees (4)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Theological and Ministerial Studies	87	$45,331	$58,621national $61,300	—
Engineering Science	59	$86,549	$137,274national $123,681	$20,500
Architecture	16	—	$82,270national $74,139	$74,500
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	8	—	$78,951national $75,122	—

First professional degrees (10)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Law	187	$136,137	$142,699national $107,773	$121,186
Applied Mathematics	—	$143,935	—	$50,500
International/Globalization Studies	—	$69,308	—	—
Computational Science	—	$145,374	—	—
Business/Commerce, General	—	$76,840	$92,953national $95,485	—
Business Administration, Management and Operations	—	$130,339	$166,604national $214,836	$52,871
Accounting and Related Services	—	$76,360	$122,025national $121,885	—
Finance and Financial Management Services	—	$113,882	$152,667national $152,881	—
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	—	$101,709	$182,186national $180,735	$36,500
Marketing	—	$137,699	—	—

Doctoral degrees (3)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Chemistry	27	$98,644	$116,010national $115,386	—
Biology, General	20	$70,146	$101,099national $92,983	—
Physics	14	$96,071	—national $130,153	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 97 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed. These figures are calculated for all 2 campuses that share this college's federal student-aid ID, so a branch campus shows its institution's figures.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 400 Main Building, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: (574) 631-5000
Institutional accreditor: Higher Learning Commission

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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