Admissions & selectivity
Lindenwood University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Lindenwood University?
Lindenwood University’s reported acceptance rate is 56.8%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 56.8%
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: Lindenwood University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
At Lindenwood University, 56.8% of applicants were admitted, a smaller share than the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In practice, that rate means admission was offered to a little more than half of that year’s applicant pool.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 5,660 first-year applicants, 3,394 admitted applicants, and 687 enrolled students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Lindenwood University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that 6% of enrolled first-year students submitted ACT scores, so the score information describes a limited portion of the entering class. Applicants should compare their ACT result with 21 to 28, the range for the middle half of enrolled students who submitted ACT scores, rather than treating it as a minimum.
The university also reported an average high-school GPA of 3.34 among enrolled first-year students, with 90.1% reporting a GPA. That GPA is an average, not a cutoff.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Lindenwood University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
6% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 21
- Median
- 23
- 75th percentile
- 28
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Lindenwood University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Lindenwood University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 30.0%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 53.4%
- First-year retention
- 65.6%
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.
Lindenwood University enrolls 4,624 undergraduates. An estimated 53.4% of them arrive as transfers or part-time students, and 30.0% receive Pell Grants.
The student body is built from multiple entry points rather than a single first-year pipeline. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 1,605 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 889 admitted, and 634 enrolled.
A Pell-eligible applicant should use the cost calculator to estimate a grant-adjusted price. A transfer applicant should review the transfer credit policies alongside their intended program.
At Lindenwood University, the federal retention and completion figures sit below those of comparable institutions. The first-time full-time cohort’s six-year graduation rate was 49.3%, below the peer median of 68.8% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
First-year retention was 65.6%, also below its peer median of 83.4%. Pell recipients’ six-year completion rate was 48.3%, below the overall rate by 1.0 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect both staying through the first year and finishing within six years to be measures worth following. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a 70% retention rate for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class.
For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, it reported a 55.6% six-year graduation rate, with Pell recipients at 45.1%, below the overall 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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