Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Acceptance Rate & Admissions

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus reported 11,478 first-year applicants and 10,665 admitted applicants. The federal admission rate of 90.7% sits above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

That pattern means the reported applicant pool was admitted at a higher rate than at comparable institutions.

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus enrolls 2,627 undergraduates through both direct-entry and transfer routes: 21.9% receive Pell Grants, while an estimated 24.8% entered as transfers or part-time students. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 1,304 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 368 admitted, and 238 enrolled.

This mix describes a campus that includes federal grant recipients and people continuing college work begun elsewhere.

Of full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants, 77.0% return for a second year. That sits below the 83.4% median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 53.3%, against a peer median of 68.8%. Pell recipients in that same cohort complete at 51.9%, 1.4 percentage points below the rate for the entering cohort as a whole.

Students who enroll should expect retention and completion outcomes that trail the medians for comparable institutions. Pell recipients and the overall cohort finish at nearly the same rate.