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# Quincy University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Quincy University?

Quincy University’s reported acceptance rate is 50.9%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
50.9%

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.

First-year applicants and admitted students · CDS 2025-26

**Applicants**
1,873

**Admitted**
1,032

Source: Quincy University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Quincy University admitted 50.9% of applicants, below the median of 75.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 1,873 first-year applicants, 1,032 admitted applicants, and 317 enrolled students.

## What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Quincy University students report?

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, Quincy University reported an SAT middle-half range of 1000 to 1200 among enrolled first-year students who submitted scores, representing 35% of the class. The ACT middle-half range was 20 to 25, with 25% submitting ACT scores.

These ranges describe enrolled score submitters rather than admission minimums. The reported average high-school GPA was 3.47 among degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who reported a GPA, and 97.0% of the class reported one.

Among first-year students with a reported class rank, 24% ranked in the highest tenth and 43% in the highest quarter; 57% of the entering class reported a rank. Applicants should compare their scores with the 1000 to 1200 SAT and 20 to 25 ACT ranges as context for recent enrolled submitters.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Quincy University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

**35% of entering students submitted SAT scores**

SAT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
1000

**Median**
1110

**75th percentile**
1200

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

**25% of entering students submitted ACT scores**

ACT: reported composite scores

**25th percentile**
20

**Median**
22

**75th percentile**
25

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Source: Quincy University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.

## Who enrolls at Quincy University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
29.7%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
24.0%

**First-year retention**
70.0%

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.

Quincy University enrolls a mix of grant-aided undergraduates and people continuing coursework begun elsewhere. 29.7% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, the undergraduate enrollment is 1,010, and an estimated 24.0% enter as transfers or part-time students.

This composition suggests more than one route into the university, without describing admission priorities. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 314 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 182 admitted, and 118 enrolled.

At Quincy University, the federal figures place both early persistence and six-year completion below the medians for comparable institutions. Of full-time bachelor's-seeking first-year students, 70.0% return for the next year, compared with a peer median of 74.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

The first-time full-time cohort has a 45.0% [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/), below the peer median of 54.9%. Pell recipients in that cohort complete within six years at 46.5%, above the overall rate by 1.5 percentage points.

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 63% retention for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class. For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, it reported a 44.0% six-year graduation rate; Pell recipients completed at 29.0%, below the overall rate.

Enrolled students can expect progress to be tracked through next-year return and completion within six years.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).