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# Aquinas College Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated September 30, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Aquinas College?

Aquinas College’s reported acceptance rate is 89.9%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
89.9%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Aquinas College admits a broad share of its reported applicant pool: its admission rate is 89.9%. That rate is above the median of 75.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size), so the school’s recent admission outcome differs from that peer midpoint.

Applicants should place Aquinas College on an application list only after comparing their transcript and submitted scores with its published academic ranges.

## What SAT and ACT scores do Aquinas College students report?

At Aquinas College, submitted test scores offer applicants a reference point, not a set of admission minimums. Applicants should compare SAT results with the college's 910 to 1,140 range, which covers the middle half of SAT scores among enrolled students who submitted them.

The corresponding ACT range runs from 20 to 26 for enrolled score submitters. These figures do not describe every member of the entering class, since they cover only those who submitted each test.

Used as context, the two ranges can help applicants place their own scores within the reported spread while considering the rest of their academic record.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Aquinas College. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range

**Approximate lower endpoint**
910

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1140

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
20

**75th percentile**
26

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Aquinas College?

**Pell Grant recipients**
23.9%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
18.1%

**First-year retention**
78.3%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

Aquinas College enrolls 1,083 undergraduates. Among them, 23.9% receive Pell Grants; an estimated 18.1% began their studies at another institution.

The student body therefore includes recent high-school graduates, students who started at another college, and families who qualify for federal need-based aid. That mix points to a community where direct entrants and returning students share the classroom.

This blend suggests the college serves students from a range of backgrounds and starting points. Several entry paths, not one, shape the student body.

Aquinas College shows above-peer continuation and completion rates, though Pell recipients finish at a lower rate than the full cohort. Among full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year students, 78.3% return for their second year; the peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions in the same type and size, is 74.2%.

The first-time full-time cohort’s [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 65.4%, compared with 54.9%. Pell recipients in that cohort have a six-year completion rate of 55.3%, below the overall rate by 10.1 percentage points.

Enrolled students can expect these rates to describe cohort outcomes, not a guarantee for any individual. Above-peer retention and completion point in the same direction, while the Pell completion figure remains lower.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).