McDaniel College acceptance rate and admissions profile

McDaniel College, a private college in Maryland, reports a 78% acceptance rate and sits in the accessible band. In practice that means it admits most qualified applicants, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what McDaniel College weighs, where it ranks among Maryland schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1200, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

The factors that carry the most weight at McDaniel College are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and application essay. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from McDaniel College's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Among the 17 Maryland schools we track, McDaniel College ranks #11 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Johns Hopkins University (6%) and U.S. Naval Academy (9%) sit nearby, which makes Maryland a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

Applicants targeting McDaniel College often weigh University of Denver, University of Evansville, and Elizabethtown College, which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets). Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.