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# Frostburg State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Frostburg State University?

Frostburg State University’s reported acceptance rate is 89.2%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
89.2%

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

Admission was relatively common at Frostburg State University: 89.2% of applicants to the reported entering class were admitted. That rate is above the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

It summarizes a past applicant pool, so it does not determine an individual applicant’s outcome.

## What SAT and ACT scores do Frostburg State University students report?

SAT and ACT ranges are not available for Frostburg State 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 Frostburg State University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
32.2%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
40.4%

**First-year retention**
69.3%

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.

Transfer pathways are a sizable part of the undergraduate picture at Frostburg State University. Federal enrollment data count 2,909 undergraduates, with 32.2% receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 40.4% arriving as transfers or part-time students.

That mix suggests a campus serving both grant-aided undergraduates and people continuing coursework begun elsewhere. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 1,784 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 1,418 admitted, and 540 enrolled.

Completion clears the peer benchmark, but first-year retention does not. For the first-time full-time cohort at Frostburg State University, the [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 49.7%, compared with 49.1% at comparable institutions.

The first-year retention rate is 69.3%, against a peer median of 73.7%. Pell recipients in that cohort complete within six years at 58.6%, above the overall rate by 8.9 percentage points.

Enrolled students can expect completion to align more closely with peers than first-year retention. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that 73% of the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class were retained to the next fall.

It reported a six-year graduation rate of 45.0% for the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, with Pell recipients at 36.0%, below the overall 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/).