
For the application year 2024, the University of Portland has a Regular Decision acceptance rate of 89.1%, with 7,391 students accepted from a pool of 8,289 applicants. This marks a significant decrease from the previous year’s acceptance rate of 95.4% in 2023 when 8,624 of 9,041 applicants were admitted. Over the past six years, acceptance rates have fluctuated considerably, with rates varying from a low of 61.5% in 2019 to peaks over 92% in 2022. This trend indicates increasing competitiveness, especially with the acceptance rate dropping from 81.2% in 2021 to the current rate of 89.1%.