Admissions & selectivity
Saint Edward's University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Saint Edward's University?
Saint Edward's University’s reported acceptance rate is 81.4%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 81.4%
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
Saint Edward's University admitted 81.4% of applicants in the reported entering class, a rate above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). That comparison describes how the reported outcome differed from similar institutions, without predicting an individual decision.
What SAT and ACT scores do Saint Edward's University students report?
Enrolled students who submitted SAT scores posted a middle range from 970 to 1,240. For those who took the ACT, the middle half fell between 22 and 28.
These figures mark the twenty-fifth and seventy-fifth percentiles of recent score submitters, not a floor for admission. They show where the central portion of enrolled students with scores on file landed.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Saint Edward's University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 970
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1240
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.
- 25th percentile
- 22
- 75th percentile
- 28
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at Saint Edward's University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 42.4%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 29.1%
- First-year retention
- 79.7%
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.
Saint Edward's University draws a student body with substantial Pell Grant use and a notable transfer presence. 42.4% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, a financial-access measure, and the estimated 29.1% share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group points to more than one route into the university.
Undergraduate enrollment is 2,493 undergraduates. These figures describe a campus that includes aid recipients and people continuing studies begun elsewhere, rather than a single entry pattern.
Saint Edward's University has retention and completion rates below those at comparable institutions. Among full-time bachelor's-seeking first-year entrants, 79.7% return for a second year, below the peer median of 83.4%, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The first-time full-time cohort's six-year graduation rate is 62.6%, below its peer median of 68.8%. Pell recipients in that cohort have a six-year completion rate of 62.1%, below the overall rate by 0.5 percentage points.
The peer comparisons point downward, while the Pell completion figure sits close to the overall rate.
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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