Admissions & selectivity
Simpson College Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Simpson College?
Simpson College’s reported acceptance rate is 86.2%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 86.2%
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
Simpson College admits 86.2% of applicants, above the median of 75.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do Simpson College students report?
For enrolled ACT score submitters at Simpson College, the central score range runs from 31 to 33. It covers the middle half of those who submitted ACT results, from the twenty-fifth through the seventy-fifth percentiles.
These are scores reported by enrolled students, so they describe a recent group at the college rather than an admission floor or every member of the entering class. Applicants should weigh their own ACT result against Simpson College’s 31 to 33 range when deciding whether to include the college on an application list.
A score inside or outside that span does not predict an admission decision, but the range gives a concrete reference point for the academic profile of recent enrolled score submitters.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Simpson College. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- 25th percentile
- 31
- 75th percentile
- 33
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at Simpson College?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34.6%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 11.8%
- First-year retention
- 81.3%
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.
At Simpson College, federal grant aid and transfer entry are both part of the undergraduate mix. Pell Grants go to 34.6% of undergraduates, a financial-access measure rather than a description of family background.
The college has 1,227 undergraduates, and an estimated 11.8% enter after beginning coursework elsewhere. This points to an undergraduate body that includes both students using Pell support and people arriving through more than one educational route.
These figures describe enrollment composition, not admission priorities or an individual decision.
The published persistence picture is stronger than the comparable-institution medians on both measures. Simpson College retains 81.3% of its full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year cohort, above the peer median of 74.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Its six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 63.3%, also above the peer median of 54.9%. For enrolled undergraduates, these rates describe a cohort in which returning after the first year and completing within six years both exceed the relevant comparison points.
The retention and graduation figures therefore point in the same direction for persistence through a degree.
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.