Louisville, KY · Public · 14,727 undergraduates · urban

University of Louisville

Less selective

Louisville combines a metropolitan research university with structured engineering co-op and strong ties to the city’s healthcare and logistics economy.

Institutional profile

Established Solid in mobility, and solid in affordability.

Academic standing Steady

Affordability Solid

Career outcomes Steady

Mobility Solid

Student experience Steady

Admission: 80.5% admitted
Price by income: Resident and nonresident prices differ
Completion: 58.2%

What sets University of Louisville apart

Academic design

Engineering, business, health, sciences, education, and liberal arts coexist with extensive professional-school infrastructure.

Campus pattern

Belknap Campus sits south of downtown; the Health Sciences Center occupies a separate downtown medical district.

Career & value signal

Louisville offers healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, business, and engineering employers.

Can I get in?

80.5% admitted

Start with the academic record, then make the intended direction and school-specific fit concrete.

Recent applicant pool

14,821

About 81 in every 100 applicants were admitted.

Admission rate 80.5%

Entering class

Academic range

SAT middle 50%1020–1250

8801400

ACT middle 50%19–27

1432

Of admitted students, 15% submitted an SAT, and 88% submitted an ACT. Treat the SAT range as a guide to the students who submitted that test, not to everyone admitted.

Academic benchmarkLess selective

In the season card

Where your GPA sits in the entering class

The full entering-class GPA distribution for University of Louisville, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.

See where I land

In the season card

What University of Louisville weighs when it reads a file

See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.

Course rigor
GPA
Test scores
Essay
Recommendations
Extracurriculars
Demonstrated interest

See what counts here

What moves the application

The evidence that separates a strong file

Show preparation for this curriculum

Engineering, business, health, sciences, education, and liberal arts coexist with extensive professional-school infrastructure.

Make institutional fit specific

Louisville combines a metropolitan research university with structured engineering co-op and strong ties to the city’s healthcare and logistics economy.

Use the application route carefully

Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.

How to apply

Rounds, route, and required materials

Build the calendar around the earliest realistic application round and assemble each required item once.

Regular Decisionrolling

Fee and waiver$30 application fee

Fee waiver: accepted

Major and program admission

Some fields have their own entry path.

The college admit rate above covers the university as a whole. These requirements apply only to the named program.

BusinessAdmits separately