Admissions & selectivity
Ferris State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Ferris State University?
Ferris State University’s reported acceptance rate is 91.4%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 91.4%
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
Ferris State University admits 91.4% of applicants, a rate that reflects broad access rather than narrow selectivity. The rate sits above the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Ferris State University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.35 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students, with 99.7% of the class reporting a GPA. The middle half of enrolled SAT submitters scored between 900 and 1120; 73% of the entering class submitted SAT scores.
For the 1% who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ranged from 20 to 24. These ranges describe the students who enrolled and submitted scores, not a minimum for admission.
An applicant can use the university's own 900 to 1120 SAT band and 20 to 24 ACT band as context for the scores of recent enrolled submitters.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Ferris State University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
73% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 900
- Median
- 1000
- 75th percentile
- 1120
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
1% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 20
- Median
- 22
- 75th percentile
- 24
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Ferris State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Ferris State University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34.2%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 33.6%
- First-year retention
- 77.6%
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.
Ferris State University enrolls 8,106 undergraduates. 34.2% receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 33.6% arrive as transfers or part-time students. Pell-eligible applicants should review the net-price estimates for their income band.
Ferris State University retains first-year students at a rate above comparable institutions, and its Pell Grant recipients graduate slightly ahead of the overall class. Among first-time, full-time students, 77.6% return for a second year, above the peer median of 73.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The six-year graduation rate is 46.9%, just below the peer median of 49.1%. Pell Grant recipients complete at 49.9%, which is above the overall rate by 3.0 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect a university where first-year persistence runs ahead of comparable institutions, and where Pell Grant recipients finish slightly above the overall class.
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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