Admissions & selectivity
Grambling State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Grambling State University?
Grambling State University’s reported acceptance rate is 44.9%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 44.9%
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
Grambling State University admits 44.9% of applicants, well below the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do Grambling State University students report?
Grambling State's enrolled students who submitted SAT scores fall between 920 and 1,080 at the middle. For the ACT, the middle half of submitters scored from 15 to 19.
These figures come from students who chose to include scores with their application, so they reflect the submitters, not the whole entering class or a required threshold. An applicant can hold their own results next to the university's 920–1,080 SAT range and 15–19 ACT range as one point of reference among others.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Grambling State University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 920
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1080
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 Grambling State University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 75.0%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 15.9%
- First-year retention
- 66.1%
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.
75.0% of undergraduates at Grambling State University receive Pell Grants, a share that places federal grant aid at the center of how students finance their degrees. Total undergraduate enrollment is 4,164.
An estimated 15.9% enter as transfers or part-time students, mixing continuing students with first-time entrants. That composition means most students arrive with need-based aid.
A smaller share changes institutions mid-degree, carrying credits from previous colleges. The campus therefore serves both recent high-school graduates and students continuing from other colleges.
Pell-eligible applicants should weigh the for their income band before deciding, and transfer applicants should verify credit acceptance in their intended field.
Persistence and completion at Grambling State University both trail the medians for comparable institutions. The first-year retention rate is 66.1%, against a peer median of 73.7%.
The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 36.2%, while the peer median sits at 49.1%. Pell recipients in that entering cohort complete at 35.3%.
That is 0.9 percentage points below the overall rate. The shared challenge is staying enrolled and finishing.
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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