Admissions & selectivity
Rowan University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Rowan University?
Rowan University’s reported acceptance rate is 77.7%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 77.7%
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: Rowan University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Rowan University admits 77.7% of applicants, a rate that sits right alongside the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 22,410 applicants, 17,152 admitted students, and 3,455 enrolled first-year students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Rowan University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, Rowan University reported that enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores posted a middle-half range of 1100 to 1300. 26% of the entering class submitted SAT scores.
ACT submitters accounted for 1% of the class, with a middle-half range of 23 to 30. Prospective students should use the university's own 1100–1300 SAT range and 23–30 ACT range to gauge where recent enrolled submitters fell, not as fixed admission requirements.
Among enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 16% had a class rank in the upper tenth of their high school class and 40% in the upper quarter. These shares describe only students with a reported rank, not the entire entering class.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Rowan University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
26% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1100
- Median
- 1200
- 75th percentile
- 1300
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
1% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 23
- Median
- 25
- 75th percentile
- 30
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Rowan University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Rowan University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 33.1%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 35.2%
- First-year retention
- 82.3%
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.
Rowan University is a public university in Glassboro, New Jersey, enrolling 15,841 undergraduates. The student body is shaped by two large entry routes: 33.1% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 35.2% arrive as transfers or part-time students.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 22,410 first-year applicants, 17,152 admitted, and 3,455 enrolled. Pell recipients and transfer students make up a substantial share of the undergraduate body.
Both groups should use the cost calculator to estimate their own grant-adjusted price and review the transfer information alongside their intended field.
Of full-time bachelor's-seeking students who start at Rowan, 82.3% return for a second year. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 67.4%, which sits above the peer median of 65.0% for comparable institutions.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 83% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class. For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, the six-year graduation rate was 68.9%, and Pell recipients in that cohort completed at 58.4%.
Pell recipients in the federal cohort complete at 67.3%, which is 0.1 percentage points below the overall rate. Enrolled students can expect persistence and completion that run close to the peer medians, with Pell outcomes nearly matching 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.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.