Admissions & selectivity
Saint Peter's University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Saint Peter's University?
Saint Peter's University’s reported acceptance rate is 90.3%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 90.3%
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 Peter's University admits 90.3% of applicants. The university's rate sits well above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). Most applicants receive an offer.
What SAT and ACT scores do Saint Peter's University students report?
SAT and ACT ranges are not available for Saint Peter's University in the data shown here. Missing scores do not establish whether tests are required, optional or excluded from review.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at Saint Peter's University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 52.0%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 38.0%
- First-year retention
- 71.8%
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 Peter's University is a private nonprofit university in Jersey City, New Jersey, enrolling 2,135 undergraduates. The student body includes a large share of Pell Grant recipients, at 52.0%, and an estimated 38.0% of entrants arrive as transfers or part-time students.
The campus draws from more than one entry route. Applicants who are Pell-eligible should know that they would join a student body where more than half of undergraduates receive the grant.
For the full-time bachelor's-seeking first-year cohort, the first-year retention rate is 71.8% and the six-year graduation rate is 58.3%. Both run below the medians for comparable institutions (same type and size), which are 83.4% and 68.8%.
Pell recipients in that entering cohort complete at 51.3%, which is 7.0 percentage points below the overall six-year 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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