Admissions & selectivity
Saint Louis University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Saint Louis University?
Saint Louis University’s reported acceptance rate is 75.0%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 75.0%
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 Louis University admits 75.0% of applicants, a rate that sits near the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). Most applicants receive an offer, and the rate does not signal a narrow gate.
What SAT and ACT scores do Saint Louis University students report?
The enrolled class at Saint Louis University brings a wide range of test scores. Among students who submitted SAT results, the middle 50% scored between 1,200 and 1,410.
For the ACT, the middle 50% ranged from 25 to 31. These figures describe the enrolled class, not a set of minimum requirements.
An applicant whose scores sit near the lower end of those ranges is still part of the picture, and the university's 75.0% admission rate means most who apply are admitted. The ranges are a benchmark for the academic profile of recent entering students, not a cutoff.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Saint Louis University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 1200
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1410
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
- 25
- 75th percentile
- 31
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at Saint Louis University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 16.9%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 25.7%
- First-year retention
- 87.8%
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 Louis University enrolls 7,267 undergraduates and admits 75.0% of applicants, a rate that sits above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). Pell Grant recipients make up 16.9% of undergraduates, and an estimated 25.7% of students enter as transfers or part-time students.
Together, those figures describe a campus where most students arrive through the traditional first-year path, with a smaller share of Pell-eligible and transfer students shaping the undergraduate community. Applicants who are Pell-eligible or who plan to transfer should connect early with the university's financial aid and transfer-advising offices.
These offices can help clarify how credits and aid packages apply before the first semester begins.
Saint Louis University graduates its students at a rate that exceeds the norm for comparable institutions. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 79.5%, above the peer median of 68.8% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
First-year retention is also strong: 87.8% of students return for a second year, compared with a peer median of 83.4%. Pell Grant recipients complete at a rate of 61.9%, which sits below the overall six-year rate by 17.6 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect a university where the entering class as a whole graduates at a rate well above that of similar schools, and where most first-year students return. Students who receive Pell Grants should connect with the university's academic support and financial wellness resources early.
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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