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# Auburn University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Auburn University?

Auburn University’s reported acceptance rate is 45.9%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
45.9%

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

Auburn University admits a smaller share of applicants than comparable institutions of its type and size. Its admission rate is 45.9%, below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do Auburn University students report?

Auburn University’s submitted-score ranges show where the middle portion of recent enrolled score submitters fell, rather than setting admission thresholds. For SAT submitters, the middle 1,260 to 1,390 range covers the twenty-fifth through seventy-fifth percentiles; ACT submitters’ corresponding range is 26 to 31.

These figures describe enrolled students who submitted scores, not every enrolled student or a minimum for admission. Applicants can compare their results with Auburn’s own 1,260 through 1,390 SAT range and 26 through 31 ACT range, keeping in mind that the ranges describe recent enrolled submitters.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Auburn University. 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**
1260

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1390

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**
26

**75th percentile**
31

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

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Auburn University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
12.5%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
16.7%

**First-year retention**
94.8%

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.

Auburn University has 26,816 undergraduates, with 12.5% receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 16.7% entering as transfers or part-time students. That composition includes students using federal grant aid as well as people continuing coursework begun elsewhere, rather than a campus defined by a single entry route.

Auburn University records first-year retention and [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/)s that sit above comparable-institution medians, though Pell recipients complete at a lower rate. The six-year graduation rate is 82.0%, which exceeds the peer median of 65.0% for comparable institutions.

First-year retention stands at 94.8%, likewise above the comparable-institution median of 83.1%. Among Pell recipients in the same cohort, the six-year completion rate is 70.0%, falling below the overall rate by 12.0 percentage points.

Those who enroll should expect most first-year classmates to return and the entering class to finish at rates that outpace the comparable-institution median.

## 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/).