Admissions & selectivity
Augustana College Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Augustana College?
Augustana College’s reported acceptance rate is 62.7%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 62.7%
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.
Source: Augustana College Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, Augustana College reported 7,956 first-year applicants, 5,273 admitted applicants, and 671 enrolled students. The federal admission rate was 62.7%, compared with the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Augustana College students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.40 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students, based on the 100.0% who reported a GPA. For enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores, the middle half scored from 1020 to 1280; 49% submitted SAT scores.
Among ACT submitters, the middle half scored from 21 to 28, with 10% submitting ACT scores. Among enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 22% placed in the highest tenth of their high-school class and 55% in the highest quarter. 30% of the entering class reported a rank.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Augustana College. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
49% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1020
- Median
- 1140
- 75th percentile
- 1280
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
10% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 21
- Median
- 24
- 75th percentile
- 28
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Augustana College Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Augustana College?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 24.0%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 10.4%
- First-year retention
- 82.1%
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.
Augustana College enrolls 2,490 undergraduates, including 24.0% who receive Pell Grants and an estimated 10.4% who arrive as transfers or part-time students. That mix suggests a student body that includes both grant-aided undergraduates and people continuing coursework begun elsewhere, rather than one defined by a single route into college.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 264 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 192 admitted, and 73 enrolled.
The 72.9% six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is above the 68.8% peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Its 82.1% first-year retention rate is below the 83.4% peer median, so the two measures point in different directions.
Pell recipients in the cohort complete within six years at 65.9%, below the overall rate by 7.0 percentage points. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 82% retention for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class.
For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, it reported a 72.0% six-year graduation rate; the Pell recipient rate was 62.0%, below the overall rate. Enrolled students can use these measures to set expectations for returning after the first year and completing within six years, with a separate completion view for Pell recipients.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, 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.