Admissions & selectivity
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania?
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania’s reported acceptance rate is 90.7%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 90.7%
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: Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania admitted 90.8% of applicants in the reported pool, above the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 7,628 first-year applicants, 6,821 admitted applicants, and 1,391 enrolled students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Kutztown University of Pennsylvania students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported an SAT range of 1070 to 1280 for enrolled first-year students who submitted scores. Just 6% of the entering class submitted SATs, so the middle half describes a small share of the cohort.
No enrolled students submitted ACT scores. Among enrolled first-year students with a reported high-school class rank, 11% were in the highest decile and 33% were in the upper quartile.
Applicants should use the 1070 to 1280 range as a snapshot of recent enrolled submitters, not as an admission cutoff.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
6% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1070
- Median
- 1180
- 75th percentile
- 1280
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 32.7%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 24.9%
- First-year retention
- 77.8%
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.
At Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Pell Grant recipients account for 32.7% of undergraduates, alongside an estimated 24.9% share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group. Federal enrollment data count 6,180 undergraduates, indicating a campus with both grant-aided entrants and people continuing study after prior college work.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 7,628 first-year applicants, 6,821 admitted, and 1,391 enrolled. These figures describe the enrollment mix rather than admission priorities or any applicant's odds.
Completing within six years is above the comparable-institution benchmark at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, though the completion picture differs for Pell recipients. The first-time full-time cohort’s six-year graduation rate is 53.8%, above the peer median of 49.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
First-year retention is 77.8%, also above its peer median of 73.7%. Pell recipients have a six-year completion rate of 51.1%, below the overall rate by 2.7 percentage points.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 82% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class, measuring those retained to the next fall. Enrolled students can expect retention to describe returning after the first year and the graduation rate to describe completion within six years.
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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