Admissions & selectivity
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania?
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s reported acceptance rate is 93.1%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 93.1%
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
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania reported 8,055 applicants, 7,346 admitted applicants, and 2,084 enrolled applicants. The public university admitted 93.1% of applicants, above the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.43 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students, with 100.0% of the class reporting a GPA. This is an average of those who reported, not a cutoff.
The middle half of enrolled students who submitted SAT scores earned between 980 and 1190, though only 24% of the entering class submitted scores. ACT submitters made up 1% of the class, with a middle-half range of 21 to 26.
Among enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 10% graduated in the highest tenth of their high-school class and 32% in the highest quarter. 75% of the entering class reported a rank, so these shares describe that subset rather than the whole class.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- 25th percentile
- 980
- 75th percentile
- 1190
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
- 25th percentile
- 21
- 75th percentile
- 26
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Who enrolls at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 31.8%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 15.6%
- First-year retention
- 77.6%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
These measures use different populations and reporting periods, rather than one current entering class. The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania serves a mix of grant-supported undergraduates and people continuing coursework begun elsewhere. It enrolls 9,210 undergraduates; 31.8% receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 15.6% enter after transferring.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 8,055 first-year applicants, 7,346 admitted, and 2,084 enrolled first-year students. Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should use the cost calculator and map prior coursework to the program they intend to enter.
The Pell share and transfer estimate describe two distinct entry points into a university of this size.
Students who begin at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania return and complete at rates above the peer medians. Its first-year retention rate is 77.6%, above the peer median of 73.7% for comparable institutions.
The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 54.5%, above the peer median of 49.1%. Pell recipients complete within six years at 55.2%, above the overall rate by 0.7 percentage points.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported retention of 79% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class. Enrolled students can expect most first-year students to return and a majority of the entering cohort to complete within six years.
Data & methodology
A missing figure does not mean zero. 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.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.