Admissions & selectivity
Fayetteville State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Fayetteville State University?
Fayetteville State University’s reported acceptance rate is 82.2%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 82.2%
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
Fayetteville State University admits 82.2% of applicants, a rate that sits close to the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do Fayetteville State University students report?
Fayetteville State University enrolls students across a wide academic spectrum, with the middle half of SAT submitters scoring between 890 and 1,090. For those who took the ACT, the middle range is 15 to 19.
These figures represent the twenty-fifth and seventy-fifth percentiles of enrolled students who provided scores, not a cutoff for admission. An applicant can use the university's own 890 to 1,090 SAT band and 15 to 19 ACT band as one reference point alongside the rest of their application.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Fayetteville State University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 890
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1090
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
- 15
- 75th percentile
- 19
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at Fayetteville State University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 56.6%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 58.1%
- First-year retention
- 75.3%
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.
Fayetteville State University enrolls 5,762 undergraduates, and the student body is shaped by two large entry routes. 56.6% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 58.1% arrive as transfers or part-time students.
The campus draws heavily from students who use federal grant aid alongside people continuing coursework begun at other institutions.
Of full-time students who start at Fayetteville State University, 75.3% return for a second year, above the peer median of 73.7%. The six-year graduation rate is 38.5%, below the peer median of 49.1%.
Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort complete at 41.3%, which is 2.8 percentage points above the overall rate. Enrolled students can expect retention that runs near the peer median and a Pell completion rate that slightly exceeds the overall figure.
Data & methodology
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.
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