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# Central Connecticut State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Central Connecticut State University?

Central Connecticut State University’s reported acceptance rate is 73.3%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
73.3%

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**
10,176

**Admitted**
8,070

Source: Central Connecticut State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 10,176 first-year applicants, 8,070 admitted applicants, and 1,762 enrolled first-year students. For its reported entering class, Central Connecticut State University admitted 73.3% of applicants.

That rate is below the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Central Connecticut State University students report?

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported an average high-school GPA of 3.15 among enrolled first-year students who reported one, representing 98.0% of the class. SAT scores from 900 to 1140 marked the middle half of enrolled submitters, who made up 43% of the entering class.

The middle half of ACT submitters scored from 23 to 28. Among first-year students with a reported class rank, 11% were in the highest tenth and 31% were in the highest quarter; 29% of the entering class reported a rank.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Central Connecticut State University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

**43% of entering students submitted SAT scores**

SAT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
900

**Median**
1010

**75th percentile**
1140

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

ACT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
23

**Median**
25

**75th percentile**
28

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Source: Central Connecticut State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.

## Who enrolls at Central Connecticut State University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
38.4%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
39.2%

**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.

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 2,073 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 1,420 admitted applicants, and 866 enrolled transfer students. Central Connecticut State University enrolls 7,822 undergraduates.

Pell Grant recipients make up 38.4% of undergraduates, and an estimated 39.2% enter as transfers or part-time students. The mix points to an undergraduate population that includes aid recipients and many people continuing college after beginning elsewhere.

Applicants who are Pell-eligible or planning to transfer should ask how their aid and prior coursework will be assessed before applying.

Of students who start full time, 77.1% return for a second year, above the peer median of 73.7% for comparable institutions. The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 48.4%, just below the peer median of 49.1%.

Pell recipients finish at 57.0%, 8.6 percentage points above the overall rate. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that 76% of the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class returned for a second year.

For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, the six-year rate was 49.7%, with Pell recipients completing at 43.8%, below the overall rate. Enrolled students can expect a public university where retention runs above the peer median and Pell recipients complete at a higher rate than the cohort overall.

## 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/).