Admissions & selectivity
Kean University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Kean University?
Kean University’s reported acceptance rate is 75.9%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 75.9%
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
Kean University admitted 75.9% of applicants in the reported entering class, below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). Put plainly, the figure is the share of that year's applicants offered admission, rather than a forecast for an individual decision.
What SAT and ACT scores do Kean University students report?
At Kean University, SAT scores for enrolled students who submitted them fall in a middle range from 930 to 1,150. This range describes submitted scores among enrolled students, not a minimum score or the profile of every person who enrolled.
The lower end marks where the central span begins, and the upper end marks where it ends. It offers a view of recent score submitters rather than an admissions rule.
Applicants should compare their own SAT result with Kean University's 930 to 1,150 range as they build an application list. The published range is context for planning rather than a cutoff.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Kean University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 930
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1150
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.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at Kean University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 47.9%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 43.9%
- First-year retention
- 76.1%
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.
Kean University serves an undergraduate population with a substantial share receiving Pell Grants, making financial access central to the campus composition. 47.9% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and undergraduate enrollment is 11,433.
An estimated 43.9% of undergraduates enter through transfer routes, so the student body includes many people continuing work begun at other institutions alongside those starting their bachelor’s education here. For Pell-eligible applicants, the cost calculator can put grant aid and likely net price in personal terms.
Transfer applicants should review the program pages for their intended field alongside the university’s transfer information, since transfer entry represents a notable part of the undergraduate mix. These figures describe who attends Kean University, rather than admission priorities or any applicant’s likelihood of admission.
At Kean University, the reported path from a first year to a degree sits below comparable institutions overall. Among full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year students, 76.1% return for a second year; 83.1% is the median for comparable institutions, making Kean’s rate lower in that comparison.
For the first-time full-time cohort, the six-year graduation rate is 46.6%, against a peer median of 65.0%, again lower. Pell recipients in that cohort have a 55.1% six-year completion rate, above the overall rate by 8.5 percentage points.
The overall measures trail peers, whereas the Pell figure is higher than the schoolwide completion rate.
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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