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Wilfrid Laurier Acceptance Rate: What Official Data Shows
Laurier's Registrar's Report: 43,183 full-time applications and 5,720 new full-time students in Fall 2025. Laurier’s Registrar’s Report counted 43,183 full-time undergraduate applications and 5,720 new full-time students for Fall 2025. Those are Laurier’s newest official admissions counts. Its program pages publish admission ranges, and its Registrar’s Report publishes application and new-registrant counts. Neither publishes an offers-made or admitted figure, so neither gives an acceptance rate. Every number below comes from one of those two official sources, with the exact page and date attached.
The short answer
- For Fall 2025, Laurier's Registrar's Report shows 43,183 full-time applications and 5,720 new full-time students.
- No offers-made count is published, so no acceptance rate can be worked out from these two numbers.
- Published admission ranges run from mid 70s to mid 90s depending on the program.
- The BBA plus University of Waterloo Computer Science double degree sits at mid 90s, while the standard BBA is high 80s.
- Laurier states that having the average admission requirement does not guarantee admission.
Reviewed October 8, 2026 · Laurier revises published ranges between cycles, so always confirm the current range on the live program page before applying
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How we got these numbers
We did not calculate a percentage for Laurier. The two counts in the opening answer are the grand-total row of table B3, "Applications and New Undergraduate Registrants by Faculty and Degree Type," in Laurier's Registrar's Report for Fall 2025. We re-read Laurier's downloadable file on October 8, 2026, and Fall 2025 is still the newest year.
| Count (Fall 2025) | What Laurier counts | What it is not |
|---|---|---|
| 43,183 full-time applications | Applications to full-time undergraduate programs, all faculties | Not people. One student can apply to several Laurier programs. |
| 5,720 new full-time students | New full-time undergraduate registrants | Not offers. Many students who get an offer choose another school. |
Laurier's report has no count of offers or admitted students, and none of its other tables add one. Without offers there is no honest acceptance rate, so we do not divide these two numbers. The program admission ranges below are the better guide to how hard a program is.
Source: Laurier Registrar's Report, table B3, Fall 2025 CSV, re-read October 8, 2026.
Official program-by-program admission ranges
Each Laurier program page publishes an average admission range and Ontario prerequisites. We re-read the pages below on October 8, 2026. None of them gives an acceptance-rate percentage, only the range and the prerequisite courses.
| Program | Current admission range | Ontario prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration (BBA) | High 80s | MHF4U and ENG4U at 70%; MCV4U or MDM4U at 60%. All prerequisite courses are included in the admission average. |
| BBA + University of Waterloo Computer Science | Mid 90s | MHF4U and MCV4U at 90%; ENG4U at 80%. This is a highly competitive double-degree route. |
| BBA + University of Waterloo Mathematics | Low 90s | MHF4U and MCV4U at 85%; ENG4U at 80%. |
| BBA + Laurier Computer Science | High 80s | MHF4U and MCV4U at 75%; ENG4U at 70%. |
| Computer Science BA or BSc | High 70s | MHF4U at 60%. The BSc also requires one of MCV4U, SCH4U, or SPH4U at 60%. |
| Data Science BSc | Mid 70s | MHF4U and MCV4U at 80%; ENG4U at 70%. |
| Economics | Low 80s | MHF4U and ENG4U at 70%; MCV4U or MDM4U at 60%. Required courses are included in the admission average. |
| Health Sciences BSc | Low 80s | MHF4U, SBI4U, and SCH4U at 60%. |
| Kinesiology BKin | Low 80s | SBI4U at 70% and one Grade 11 or 12 U/M mathematics course at 60%. Biology and English are included in the admission average. |
| Music BMus | Mid 70s | ENG4U at 60%, plus an audition, interview, reference, and optional portfolio. Music Therapy is not direct entry from high school. |
Source: Wilfrid Laurier University undergraduate admission requirements page. Laurier states that having the average admission requirement is required but that it “does not guarantee admission,” language confirmed live on October 8, 2026.
Applications and new registrants, Fall 2023 to 2025
Laurier’s own Registrar’s Report publishes a table, “Applications and New Undergraduate Registrants by Faculty and Degree Type,” for every term. The grand totals below are full-time and part-time application and new-registrant counts across every faculty. Laurier’s Registrar’s Report does not publish an offers-made or admitted count, so these figures cannot be turned into an acceptance rate. A new-registrant count blends admission with a student’s separate choice to enrol.
Source: Laurier Registrar's Report, Fall 2023; Laurier Registrar's Report, Fall 2024; Laurier Registrar's Report, Fall 2025, Table B3, grand total. Reviewed October 1, 2026. These count applications, not people, and Laurier doesn't publish offers. They are not an acceptance rate.
Show the numbers
| Fall term | Full-time applications | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 42,226 | Laurier Registrar's Report, Fall 2023 |
| Fall 2024 | 43,542 | Laurier Registrar's Report, Fall 2024 |
| Fall 2025 | 43,183 | Laurier Registrar's Report, Fall 2025 |
| Term | Full-time applications | Full-time new registrants | Part-time applications | Part-time new registrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 42,226 | 5,125 | 610 | 418 |
| Fall 2024 | 43,542 | 5,255 | 496 | 407 |
| Fall 2025 | 43,183 | 5,720 | 583 | 471 |
Source: Wilfrid Laurier University Registrar’s Report, table B3, Fall 2023 to 2025 editions. Laurier also participates in Common University Data Ontario (CUDO). Its current public landing page was reachable when checked on October 8, 2026, but this table uses Laurier’s Registrar report because it directly provides the cited applications and new registrations. No CUDO-derived acceptance percentage is presented here.
What actually determines Laurier admission
The ranges above are university-wide planning evidence, not guaranteed cut-offs. Laurier reviews the required prerequisite courses within the admission average, and offers an optional Applicant Background Summary (ABS) that can add extracurricular context during review. Laurier’s most competitive published routes are its double degrees with the University of Waterloo. The BBA plus Computer Science double degree currently publishes a mid-90s range, well above the high-80s standard BBA range.
For deadlines, the ABS, co-op entry, tuition, scholarships, and residence, see the complete Wilfrid Laurier admissions guide.
Official sources
Every figure on this page links back to the Laurier source it came from.
- Laurier Registrar's Report: B3, Fall 2025
Laurier's own Fall 2025 undergraduate application and new-registrant counts by faculty and degree type. On October 8, 2026, the downloadable CSV still reported 43,183 full-time applications and 5,720 new full-time students.
- Laurier Registrar's Report: B3, Fall 2024
The same official application-and-registrant table for Fall 2024, used for the year-over-year comparison above.
- Laurier Registrar's Report: B3, Fall 2023
The same official application-and-registrant table for Fall 2023, the earliest year in the comparison above.
- Undergraduate admission requirements (Ontario high school)
Laurier's statement that having the average admission requirement "is required, it does not guarantee admission." Each program's range is on its own program page, re-read October 8, 2026.
- Business Administration (BBA) program page
The current published BBA admission range (high 80s), re-read October 8, 2026.
- Common University Data Ontario (CUDO) index
Laurier's own index of CUDO reporting categories. Ontario Universities' public CUDO landing page was reachable October 8, 2026, but this guide uses Laurier's Registrar report because it provides the cited application and new-registrant counts directly; no CUDO-derived acceptance percentage appears here.
Frequently asked questions
Direct answers about Laurier's official admission ranges, current application and registration data, and what Laurier does not publish.
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