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# Augustana College Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## 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.

First-year applicants and admitted students · CDS 2025-26

**Applicants**
7,956

**Admitted**
5,273

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**

SAT: reported composite 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**

ACT: reported composite 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](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) 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](/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/).