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- World ranking
- #24QS 2027Source
- Tuition · international
- $63,801per year · 2023
- Acceptance rate
- 4.5%2024
About University of Chicago
The University of Chicago was incorporated in 1890 by the American Baptist Education Society with major funding from John D. Rockefeller, and it opened in 1892 under its first president, William Rainey Harper. Physicists there achieved the first controlled nuclear chain reaction in 1942. It is known for the Core curriculum in its undergraduate College and for influential schools of thought in economics, sociology and law.
At a glance
- Founded
- 1890
- Type
- Private
- Campus
- Urban
- Motto
- Crescat scientia; vita excolatur (Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched) Source
Chicago, United States41.850, -87.650
Open on mapRankings
- QSQS#24World · 2027Source
- THETHE#15World · 2026Source
- CWURCWUR#10World · 2026United States #8Source
- ARWUARWU#9World · 2026Source
- NCSES HERDNCSES HERD#54United States and outlying areas · Total R&D expenditures · 2024Source
Admissions & how to apply
- Check the entry requirements for your course and qualifications.
- Apply on the university’s own application page.
- Pay the application fee ($75).
Application fee
- Per application$75Source
Costs & aid
International tuition$63,801per year · 2023
- Fees$1,818
- Room & board2023$19,221
US net price$16,776
What US families pay after grants, by household income. International students usually pay the full price.
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Outcomes
- Admit rate
- 4.5%
- SAT average
- 1554
- ACT middle
- 34
- Graduate in 4 years
- 85.2%
- Graduate in 6 years
- 95%
- Return after year one
- 99.3%
- Pell grant students
- 17.3%
- Students with federal loans
- 4.9%
- Median debt
- $12,000
Median earnings after starting
Student body
US government and university data. Figures describe past students, not your own chances. Source
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