Admissions & selectivity
Maryville University of Saint Louis Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Maryville University of Saint Louis?
Maryville University of Saint Louis’s reported acceptance rate is 95.1%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 95.1%
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: Maryville University of Saint Louis Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Maryville University of Saint Louis admits 95.1% of applicants, a rate that sits well above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 6,692 first-year applicants and 6,366 admitted applicants, with 835 enrolling.
What SAT and ACT scores do Maryville University of Saint Louis students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, Maryville University of Saint Louis reported the class rank of enrolled first-year students. 20% of those with a reported rank finished in the upper tenth of their high-school class.
28% finished in the upper fourth. The class-rank picture is broad: 80% of those who reported a rank finished in the upper half of their class.
These figures describe enrolled students who submitted a rank, not every enrolled student or a minimum for admission. The denominator for each share is students with a reported class rank, not the entire entering class.
SAT and ACT ranges are not available for Maryville University of Saint Louis 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 Maryville University of Saint Louis?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 36.4%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 53.3%
- First-year retention
- 84.7%
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.
Maryville University of Saint Louis enrolls 5,658 undergraduates. An estimated 53.3% of them arrive as transfers or part-time students, and 36.4% receive Pell Grants.
The student body is built from multiple entry points rather than a single traditional path. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 6,692 first-year applicants, 6,366 admitted, and 835 enrolled.
For transfer students, it reported 1,952 applicants, 1,400 admitted, and 632 enrolled. The counts describe who enrolled, not an individual applicant's odds.
A transfer or Pell-eligible applicant should run the cost calculator for a grant-adjusted estimate and check the transfer policies alongside a chosen field.
Maryville University of Saint Louis keeps 84.7% of full-time bachelor's entrants through the first year, a shade above the 83.4% median for comparable institutions. The six-year graduation rate for that cohort is 66.2%, a few points below the peer median of 68.8%.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 83% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class. Pell recipients complete at 51.1%, 15.1 percentage points below the overall rate.
Enrolled students see persistence near the peer median, with a completion gap that is worth weighing against the return the degree delivers.
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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