Admissions & selectivity
DeSales University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at DeSales University?
DeSales University’s reported acceptance rate is 77.1%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 77.1%
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
An admission rate of 77.1% means DeSales University admitted most applicants in the reported pool. That outcome is above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size), indicating a broader admission outcome than the peer midpoint.
What SAT and ACT scores do DeSales University students report?
The middle 50% of enrolled students who submitted SAT scores scored between 1,090 and 1,260. For those who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ranged from 27 to 28.
These ranges describe the scores of recent enrolled students who chose to submit them, not a minimum for admission. They offer one way to see where your own scores would sit among those who provided them.
Applicants can compare their results with the university's own SAT and ACT ranges. Keep in mind that the ranges describe recent enrolled submitters, not every enrolled student.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at DeSales University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 1090
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1260
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
- 27
- 75th percentile
- 28
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at DeSales University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 23.8%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 20.8%
- First-year retention
- 83.0%
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.
DeSales University enrolls 2,128 undergraduates through more than one entry route: 23.8% receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 20.8% entered after beginning elsewhere. This is an undergraduate population that includes people using federal grant aid and people continuing prior college work, rather than only first-time entrants.
For Pell-eligible applicants, the cost calculator can estimate an aid-adjusted price; transfer applicants should review the transfer information for their intended field. These enrollment measures describe the students on campus, not admission priorities or an individual applicant's admission outcome.
The persistence picture is mixed: DeSales University’s six-year graduation rate is above its comparable-institution benchmark, but first-year retention sits just below its own benchmark. Among full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year students, 83.0% return for a second year, compared with 83.4%, the peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size).
For the first-time full-time cohort, 72.2% complete within six years, above the 68.8% peer median. The six-year completion rate for Pell recipients is 56.8%, below the overall rate by 15.4 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect a graduation result above the comparable-institution median, alongside a first-year return rate that is close to it.
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.