Admissions & selectivity
Kennesaw State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Kennesaw State University?
Kennesaw State University’s reported acceptance rate is 69.2%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 69.2%
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.
Source: Kennesaw State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Kennesaw State University admitted 69.2% of applicants, a rate below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 33,513 applicants, 26,622 admitted, and 9,537 enrolled first-year students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Kennesaw State University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.48 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students, based on the 98.5% who reported a GPA. This is an average, not a cutoff.
For the 41% of the entering class who submitted SAT scores, the middle half of enrolled submitters scored between 1010 and 1210. Among the 12% who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ranged from 19 to 26.
These ranges describe enrolled students who submitted scores, not every enrolled student or a minimum for admission. 78% of the entering class reported a high-school class rank.
Among those who did, 18% finished in the highest tenth of their class and 43% finished in the highest quarter. Applicants can compare their own profile with these figures, keeping in mind that they describe recent enrolled students rather than setting fixed thresholds.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Kennesaw State University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
41% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1010
- Median
- 1100
- 75th percentile
- 1210
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
12% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 19
- Median
- 22
- 75th percentile
- 26
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Kennesaw State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Kennesaw State University?
Kennesaw State admitted 69.2% of applicants in the Fall 2024 reporting period. Its ACT range was 19–26 among enrolled students who submitted scores.
The SAT chart runs from 1,000 to 1,220, but those endpoints add section percentiles rather than report verified composite-score percentiles. Use the ranges as historical context and check the testing policy for your application cycle.
Pell Grant recipients made up 37.7% of undergraduates in 2023–24. The historical first-generation share was 26.9%, based on pooled 2015–16 and 2016–17 cohorts.
The two measures should not be combined into a description of one current cohort or treated as evidence of an individual student’s aid eligibility.
Kennesaw’s Fall 2024 entering-student measure was 26.2%; it includes entrants outside the first-time, full-time group, including part-time students. It does not isolate transfer enrollment.
First-year retention was 76.7% for the Fall 2023 cohort. Read this as a separate measure of continuation after entry, not as another admission requirement.
- Pell Grant recipients
- 37.7%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 26.2%
- First-year retention
- 76.7%
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.
Kennesaw State University enrolled 41,254 undergraduates, with an estimated 26.2% of students transferring in. Pell Grant recipients make up 37.7% of undergraduates, reflecting broad financial access.
The university admitted 69.2% of applicants, below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that 78% of the entering class submitted a high-school class rank.
Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should confirm credit-transfer policies and financial-aid timelines early.
Of full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants, 76.7% return after the first year and 52.2% finish within six years. Both figures sit below the peer medians of 83.1% and 65.0% for comparable institutions.
For Pell recipients, the six-year completion rate is 47.1%, 5.1 percentage points below the overall rate. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 80% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class.
The six-year graduation rate for the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class was 50.1%, with Pell recipients in that cohort completing at 48.5%, below the overall rate. Students enrolling here should expect that most return after the first year, yet finishing within six years is less certain than at comparable institutions.
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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