Admissions & selectivity
Calvin University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Calvin University?
Calvin University’s reported acceptance rate is 70.9%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 70.9%
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
Calvin University admits 70.9% of applicants, a rate that sits close to the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The figure means the university admits the large majority of students who apply.
What SAT and ACT scores do Calvin University students report?
The enrolled class at Calvin University brings a broad range of academic preparation. Among students who submitted SAT scores, the middle 50% earned between 1,083 and 1,330; for the ACT, the middle 50% ranged from 24 to 30. These figures describe the enrolled class, not minimum requirements.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Calvin University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 1083
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1330
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.
- 25th percentile
- 24
- 75th percentile
- 30
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at Calvin University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 17.4%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 12.0%
- First-year retention
- 86.8%
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.
Calvin University enrolls 3,193 undergraduates, with 17.4% receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 12.0% arriving as transfers or part-time students. The university admits 70.9% of applicants, close to the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The composition points to a campus where most students enter directly from high school, alongside a smaller share of transfer students and a modest Pell-eligible population.
The first-time full-time cohort at Calvin University graduates at a rate of 74.1% within six years. That result is higher than the median of 68.8% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
For full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year students, the share returning for a second year is 86.8%. That outcome is higher than the median of 83.4% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Pell recipients in that same cohort complete at 69.2%, which falls short of the overall six-year rate by 4.9 percentage points. Students who enroll can expect a campus where most first-year entrants return and a strong majority finishes within six years.
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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