Admissions & selectivity
Baldwin Wallace University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Baldwin Wallace University?
Baldwin Wallace University’s reported acceptance rate is 75.7%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 75.7%
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: Baldwin Wallace University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Baldwin Wallace University admits a somewhat larger share of applicants than its comparable-institution benchmark. The federal admission rate is 75.7%, above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 4,406 first-year applicants and 3,410 admitted applicants. These counts describe a recent admissions cycle without predicting an individual decision.
The reported rate summarizes an applicant pool, rather than determining any one applicant's odds.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Baldwin Wallace University students report?
Test-score ranges describe a small share of the entering class, so they offer context rather than admission thresholds. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, Baldwin Wallace University reported that 19% of enrolled first-year students submitted SAT scores; the middle half of those submitters scored from 1078 to 1263.
For ACT submitters, who accounted for 18% of enrolled first-year students, the middle half scored from 24 to 28. The university reported an average high-school GPA of 3.72 among enrolled first-year students who reported GPA; it is an average, not a cutoff.
Among first-year students with a reported class rank, 17% were in the upper tenth of their high-school class and 44% were in the upper quarter.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Baldwin Wallace University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
19% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1078
- Median
- 1195
- 75th percentile
- 1263
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
18% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 24
- Median
- 26
- 75th percentile
- 28
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Baldwin Wallace University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Baldwin Wallace University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 29.2%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 17.8%
- First-year retention
- 83.8%
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.
At Baldwin Wallace University, an estimated 17.8% share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group points to undergraduate entry routes beyond the first year. Its 2,842 undergraduates include 29.2% receiving Pell Grants, so federal grant recipients and transfer arrivals are both part of the campus composition.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 171 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 134 admitted, and 85 enrolled. The enrollment and transfer figures describe who attends, rather than admission priorities or any individual applicant’s odds.
Baldwin Wallace University shows a split persistence picture: returning after the first year is slightly stronger than its comparable-institution benchmark, but six-year graduation is lower. The first-year retention rate for full-time bachelor’s-seeking entrants is 83.8%, compared with a peer median of 83.4%, the middle value for comparable institutions in the same type and size.
The first-time full-time cohort’s six-year graduation rate is 66.8%, below the 68.8% peer median. Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort have a six-year completion rate of 59.4%, below the overall rate by 7.4 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect retention to compare favorably with peers, while the lower six-year graduation rate remains a separate benchmark for completing on that timetable.
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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