Admissions & selectivity
Middle Tennessee State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Middle Tennessee State University?
Middle Tennessee State University’s reported acceptance rate is 69.1%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 69.1%
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: Middle Tennessee State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, Middle Tennessee State University reported 17,724 first-year applicants, 11,277 admitted applicants, and 3,267 enrolled first-year students. Federal admissions data show an admission rate of 69.1%, below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The rate describes an outcome for a reported entering class, not a forecast for an individual applicant.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Middle Tennessee State University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported that ACT scores offer the broader view of its entering class, with 92% of enrolled first-time, first-year students submitting them. Applicants should compare their ACT result with the 19 to 25 range for enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters; it describes the middle half of submitters, not a minimum.
The SAT range for enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters was 1020 to 1220, with 7% of the entering class submitting SAT scores. The reported average high-school GPA was 3.62, based on reported GPAs from 100.0% of enrolled first-year students. The ACT range and reported GPA offer the fuller academic snapshot.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Middle Tennessee State University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
7% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1020
- Median
- 1120
- 75th percentile
- 1220
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
92% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 19
- Median
- 22
- 75th percentile
- 25
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Middle Tennessee State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Middle Tennessee State University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 31.8%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 34.8%
- First-year retention
- 79.5%
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.
Middle Tennessee State University serves a campus with a substantial share of Pell Grant recipients: 31.8% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants. Undergraduate enrollment is 16,301, and an estimated 34.8% of undergraduates entered as transfers or part-time students.
That mix suggests a student body that includes both aid recipients and many people continuing college after starting elsewhere. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 4,205 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 2,503 admitted, and 1,493 enrolled.
Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should review their aid offer and transfer-credit evaluation before deciding whether to enroll.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, Middle Tennessee State University reported that 79% of the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class returned the next fall. For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, the university reported a 53.6% six-year graduation rate; Pell recipients completed at 44.8%, below the overall rate.
Federal measures likewise place first-year retention at 79.5%, below the median of 83.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 53.7%, below the comparable-institution median of 65.0%.
Pell recipients complete within six years at 50.5%, below the overall rate by 3.2 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect retention and completion measures that sit below comparable-institution medians.
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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