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# Florida Atlantic University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at FAU?

FAU’s reported acceptance rate is 66.1%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
66.1%

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 66.1% at Florida Atlantic University falls below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled FAU students report?

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.87 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students, with 99.8% of the class reporting a GPA. This is an average, not a cutoff.

For the 76% of the entering class who submitted SAT scores, the middle half scored between 1050 and 1220. Among the 23% who submitted ACT scores, the corresponding range was 21 to 26.

These ranges describe enrolled students who submitted scores, not minimums for admission. Of the 62% of enrolled first-year students who reported a class rank, 15% were in the highest tenth of their high-school class and 46% were in the highest quarter.

Applicants can compare their own scores and class standing against these figures, keeping in mind that they reflect recent enrolled students rather than admission thresholds.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at FAU. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

**76% of entering students submitted SAT scores**

SAT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
1050

**Median**
1120

**75th percentile**
1220

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

**23% of entering students submitted ACT scores**

ACT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
21

**Median**
23

**75th percentile**
26

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Source: Florida Atlantic University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.

## Who enrolls at FAU?

**Pell Grant recipients**
33.9%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
50.2%

**First-year retention**
84.5%

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.

Florida Atlantic University is a public university in Boca Raton, Florida, enrolling 23,757 undergraduates. An estimated 50.2% of those students arrive as transfers or part-time students, and 33.9% receive Pell Grants.

The composition is a campus where most students did not start as first-time freshmen, and a significant share use federal grant aid. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported an average high-school GPA of 3.87 among enrolled first-year students, with 99.8% of the entering class reporting a GPA.

At Florida Atlantic University, 84.5% of full-time bachelor's-seeking students return for a second year, and 62.6% finish within six years. Both figures sit close to the medians for comparable institutions (same type and size), where retention is 83.1% and the six-year rate is 65.0%.

Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort complete at 60.5%, 2.1 percentage points below the overall rate. Enrolled students can expect a campus where most full-time entrants return and the majority finish within six years, with completion rates for Pell recipients running close to the overall figure.

## 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/).