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# Fresno Pacific University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Fresno Pacific University?

Fresno Pacific University’s reported acceptance rate is 64.1%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
64.1%

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

Fresno Pacific University admits 64.1% of applicants. The admission rate is below the median of 75.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do Fresno Pacific University students report?

SAT and ACT ranges are not available for Fresno Pacific University 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 Fresno Pacific University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
58.4%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
57.5%

**First-year retention**
71.6%

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.

Fresno Pacific University enrolls 1,544 undergraduates, and the student body is built from two large entry points: 58.4% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 57.5% arrive as transfers. That composition means the campus draws heavily from students who use federal grant aid and from those continuing coursework begun elsewhere, rather than from a single traditional pathway.

Retention and completion at Fresno Pacific University run close to the peer medians. The first-year retention rate is 71.6%, against a median of 74.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 50.0%, compared with a peer median of 54.9%. Pell recipients in the same entering cohort complete at 44.4%, which is 5.6 percentage points below the overall rate.

Enrolled students can expect a campus where the Pell completion gap is a known figure, and where the graduation rate sits within a few points of the peer median.

## 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/).