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# Linfield University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Linfield University?

Linfield University’s reported acceptance rate is 85.2%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
85.2%

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.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Linfield University admits 85.2% of applicants, above the median of 75.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do Linfield University students report?

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported an average high-school GPA of 3.64 among enrolled first-year students, based on the 99.2% who reported a GPA. This is an average of those who reported, not a cutoff for admission.

High schools use different grading scales, some weighted and some not, so this figure is best read as a snapshot of recent enrollees rather than a benchmark for every applicant.

SAT and ACT ranges are not available for Linfield University in the data shown here. Missing scores do not establish whether tests are required, optional or excluded from review.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Linfield University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
30.3%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
30.9%

**First-year retention**
79.7%

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.

Linfield University enrolls 1,621 undergraduates, with an estimated 30.9% arriving as transfers or part-time students and 30.3% receiving Pell Grants. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 375 transfer applicants, of whom 215 were admitted and 109 enrolled.

The student body is built from two sizable groups: students who start here and students who continue work begun elsewhere.

Among full-time bachelor's-seeking students who start at Linfield, 79.7% return for a second year, above the peer median of 74.2% for comparable institutions. The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 70.5%, also above the peer median of 54.9%.

Pell Grant recipients complete at 70.0%, 0.5 percentage points below the overall rate. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a six-year graduation rate of 70.5% for the first-time, full-time fall 2018 entering class.

Pell recipients in that cohort completed at 71.4%. Both retention and completion run ahead of the peer medians, and the Pell completion rate sits close to the overall figure.

Enrolled students can expect persistence rates that exceed what is typical for institutions of this size and control.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).