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# Bradley University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Bradley University?

Bradley University’s reported acceptance rate is 76.8%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
76.8%

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.

First-year applicants and admitted students · CDS 2024-25

**Applicants**
9,458

**Admitted**
7,260

Source: Bradley University Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Bradley University admits 76.8% of applicants, a rate that sits above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 9,458 applicants and 7,260 admitted students.

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

SAT and ACT ranges are not available for Bradley University in the data shown here. Missing scores do not establish whether tests are required, optional or excluded from review.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Bradley University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
31.7%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
13.3%

**First-year retention**
82.7%

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.

Bradley University enrolls 3,574 undergraduates, and 31.6% of them receive Pell Grants. An estimated 13.3% enter as transfers or part-time students, so the campus includes students who started elsewhere alongside those who began as first-years.

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 9,458 first-year applicants and 7,260 admitted students. For transfer applicants, it reported 792 degree-seeking applicants, 331 admitted, and 120 enrolled.

The first-time full-time cohort at Bradley University completes at a six-year rate of 76.2%, which is above the 68.8% median for comparable institutions (same type and size). First-year retention sits at 82.7%, just below the peer median of 83.4%.

Pell recipients in that cohort finish at 68.6%, 7.6 percentage points below the overall rate. The gap is a fact about the entering class, not a prediction for any one student.

A student who enrolls can expect a university where most peers finish. The Pell completion rate, while not matching the overall figure, still sits near seventy percent.

## 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/).