Admissions & selectivity
Aurora University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Aurora University?
Aurora University’s reported acceptance rate is 80.8%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 80.8%
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
At 80.8%, the admission rate indicates that offers went to a substantial share of that year’s applicant pool. This sits above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The rate summarizes an applicant pool rather than forecasting an individual decision.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Aurora University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a reported average high-school GPA of 3.51 among degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who reported a GPA. The GPA was reported for 99.8% of enrolled first-year students, and the figure is an average rather than a cutoff.
Applicants should use Aurora University’s SAT range of 875 to 1078 as context for enrolled score submitters, not as an admission minimum. That range covers the middle half of enrolled first-time, first-year SAT submitters; 8% submitted SAT scores.
The middle half of enrolled first-time, first-year ACT submitters scored from 20 to 26. ACT scores were submitted by 2% of those enrolled students, so both score ranges describe a limited group of submitters.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Aurora University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
8% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 875
- Median
- 1000
- 75th percentile
- 1078
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
2% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 20
- Median
- 23
- 75th percentile
- 26
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Aurora University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Aurora University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 45.0%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 47.0%
- First-year retention
- 77.1%
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.
Aurora University serves an undergraduate population with substantial Pell Grant participation and a large transfer presence. 45.0% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, a financial-access measure, and the university has 3,974 undergraduates overall.
An estimated 47.0% of undergraduates entered as transfers or part-time students, so the student body includes many people continuing studies begun elsewhere alongside those starting as first-year students. These figures describe who attends Aurora University, rather than admission priorities or any individual applicant's prospects.
Aurora University's retention and completion rates sit below the middle values for comparable institutions, even as Pell recipients complete at a higher rate than the overall cohort. The first-year retention rate is 77.1%, below the peer median of 83.4%, the middle value for comparable institutions in the same type and size.
Its six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 60.3%, below the peer median of 68.8%. Pell recipients in that cohort have a six-year completion rate of 62.2%, above the overall rate by 1.9 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect the published rates to describe outcomes for these cohorts, not a guarantee for any individual. The below-peer retention and graduation figures point in the same direction.
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.
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