Admissions & selectivity
Metropolitan State University of Denver Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Metropolitan State University of Denver?
Metropolitan State University of Denver’s reported acceptance rate is 98.8%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 98.8%
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.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Metropolitan State University of Denver admits 98.8% of applicants, a rate that sits above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do Metropolitan State University of Denver students report?
Enrolled students who submitted ACT scores at Metropolitan State University of Denver posted results running from 17 to 26. Enrolled students who submitted SAT scores posted results running from 880 to 1,130.
These ranges come from enrolled students who submitted scores. They do not describe the full entering class or any published admission minimum.
Prospective students should weigh their ACT scores against the 17 to 26 range and their SAT scores against the 880 to 1,130 range. That indicates their place among recent enrolled students who submitted scores.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 880
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1130
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.
- 25th percentile
- 17
- 75th percentile
- 26
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at Metropolitan State University of Denver?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 35.5%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 65.7%
- First-year retention
- 62.9%
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.
Metropolitan State University of Denver is a public university in Denver, Colorado, enrolling 15,002 undergraduates. The student body is shaped by two large currents: 35.5% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 65.7% arrive as transfers or part-time students.
The campus draws heavily from students who use federal grant aid alongside a large population continuing coursework begun at other institutions. For Pell-eligible applicants, the cost calculator on this site can estimate a grant-adjusted price.
At Metropolitan State University of Denver, the first-year retention rate for full-time bachelor's-seeking students is 62.9%. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 31.5%.
Both figures sit below the medians for comparable institutions (same type and size), where retention is 83.1% and the six-year rate is 65.0%. Pell recipients in the entering cohort complete at a higher rate than the cohort as a whole.
Their six-year completion rate is 36.1%, which is 4.6 percentage points above 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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