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# Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus?

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus’s reported acceptance rate is 90.7%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
90.7%

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 2024-25

**Applicants**
11,478

**Admitted**
10,665

Source: Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

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.

## What SAT and ACT scores do Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus students report?

SAT and ACT ranges are not available for Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus in the data shown here. Missing scores do not establish whether tests are required, optional or excluded from review.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus?

**Pell Grant recipients**
22.0%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
24.8%

**First-year retention**
77.0%

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.

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](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) 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.

## 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/).