Marist's Accepted Student Profile

A Snapshot of the Class of '26

We selected our class of over 1,300 freshman from nearly 11,000 applicants. This year's freshmen class include students from all corners of the map. In the Midwest, students enrolled from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Wisconsin; on the west coast, from California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, and Nevada; and from the south, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Every state in the Northeast as well Puerto Rico and District of Columbia are represented in the class in 2026.

Internationally, 26 countries are represented, including Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom. 
Over 26% self-identify as students of color.

Marist is rated as “highly selective.”

Below you will find the academic profile of the average student who was admitted.

GPA: 89-96 or 3.3 – 4.0 (recalculated)

The middle 50% of accepted students averaged between 89 and 96 for their GPA.

SAT: 

The middle 50% of admitted students scored between 1220 and 1350 on the Math and Evidence-Based Reading and Writing sections of the SAT.

ACT: 27 to 32

The middle 50% of accepted students scored between 26 and 30 on the ACT.

Honors

The middle 50% of accepted students took between 3 and 10 Honors Courses.

Average= 6

AP

The middle 50% of accepted students took between 2 and 6 AP Courses.

Average = 4