Admissions & selectivity
Morehead State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Morehead State University?
Morehead State University’s reported acceptance rate is 77.2%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 77.2%
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.
Source: Morehead State University Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Morehead State University admitted 77.2% of applicants, a rate below the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 8,393 first-year applicants and 6,575 admitted applicants.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Morehead State University students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, Morehead State University reported ACT scores from 19 to 25 for the middle half of enrolled first-year submitters; 85% submitted ACT scores. SAT submitters made up 4% of enrolled first-year students, with the middle half scoring from 1003 to 1233.
These ranges describe enrolled students who submitted scores, not admission minimums. The university reported an average high-school GPA of 3.46 among enrolled first-year students who reported GPA.
Among first-year students with a reported class rank, 21% ranked in the upper tenth of their class and 46% ranked in the upper quarter.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Morehead State University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
4% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1003
- Median
- 1110
- 75th percentile
- 1233
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
85% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 19
- Median
- 21
- 75th percentile
- 25
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Morehead State University Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Morehead State University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 29.5%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 19.7%
- First-year retention
- 65.0%
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.
Morehead State University enrolls undergraduates through both direct entry and transfer routes: 29.5% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 19.7% enter as transfers or part-time students. Federal enrollment data list 4,578 undergraduates, suggesting a campus with both grant-aided students and people continuing coursework begun elsewhere.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 689 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 421 admitted, and 293 enrolled. These figures describe the routes students use to attend, rather than admission priorities or any individual applicant's odds.
At Morehead State University, the six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 52.2%, which sits above the peer median of 49.1% for comparable institutions. The first-year retention rate is 65.0%, below the peer median of 73.7%.
Pell recipients in that cohort complete at 43.2%, which is 9.0 percentage points below the overall rate. A student enrolling here should plan on a path where finishing is more likely than at comparable schools.
The first year is a hurdle a significant share of the entering class does not clear.
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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