Admissions & selectivity
Purdue University Fort Wayne Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Purdue University Fort Wayne?
Purdue University Fort Wayne’s reported acceptance rate is 83.9%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 83.9%
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
Purdue University Fort Wayne admits 83.9% of applicants, a rate that reflects broad access rather than narrow selectivity. The median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size) sits close by, so the university's admissions posture is typical for its peer group.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Purdue University Fort Wayne students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.34 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students, based on the 99.2% who reported a GPA. This is an average, not a cutoff.
Among enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores, the middle half scored from 970 to 1200; 34% submitted SAT scores. For the 4% who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ranged from 21 to 28.
Of the entering class, 61% reported a high-school class rank; among those students, 13% were in the upper ten percent of their class and 36% in the upper twenty-five percent. Applicants can compare their own record against these ranges.
They describe enrolled students who provided scores or rank, not every admitted student or a minimum for admission.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
34% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 970
- Median
- 1080
- 75th percentile
- 1200
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
4% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 21
- Median
- 24
- 75th percentile
- 28
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Purdue University Fort Wayne Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Purdue University Fort Wayne?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 24.8%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 22.7%
- First-year retention
- 66.6%
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.
Purdue University Fort Wayne enrolls 5,484 undergraduates, with 24.8% receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 22.7% arriving as transfers or part-time students. The campus draws from both traditional first-year students and people continuing coursework begun elsewhere.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 915 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 666 admitted, and 277 enrolled.
At Purdue University Fort Wayne, the first-year retention rate is 66.6%, below the median of 73.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 36.3%, also below the peer median of 49.1%.
Pell Grant recipients in that cohort complete at a rate of 38.6%, which is 2.3 percentage points above the university's overall six-year figure. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 64% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class.
The numbers describe an institution where finishing a degree is not the norm, and where Pell Grant recipients complete at a rate that exceeds the university's overall figure.
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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