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# Southeast Missouri State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated September 30, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Southeast Missouri State University?

Southeast Missouri State University’s reported acceptance rate is 73.5%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
73.5%

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

At Southeast Missouri State University, the admission rate was 73.5%, so more than half of applicants in the reported pool were admitted. That figure is below the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do Southeast Missouri State University students report?

ACT scores provide the available academic reference at Southeast Missouri State University, describing enrolled students who submitted scores rather than the entire entering class. Applicants should compare their ACT result with 15 to 20, the range containing the middle half of submitted ACT scores for enrolled students.

The lower and upper ends mark the boundaries of that central group, not admission minimums or required cutoffs. Because the measure includes score submitters only, it offers a focused view of the academic profile represented in the entering class.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Southeast Missouri State University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
15

**75th percentile**
20

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Southeast Missouri State University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
30.4%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
25.8%

**First-year retention**
75.8%

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.

Southeast Missouri State University enrolls 6,373 undergraduates, including Pell Grant recipients and people continuing college work begun elsewhere. Pell Grant recipients account for 30.4% of undergraduates, a financial-access measure, and an estimated 25.8% enter as transfers or part-time students.

The composition suggests a campus attended by both aid recipients and students arriving with prior college experience. Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should compare the university's aid estimate and transfer-credit information before applying.

For full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants, the first-year retention rate is 75.8%, and the [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 57.9%. Both figures sit above the medians for comparable institutions (same type and size), which are 73.7% and 49.1% respectively.

Pell recipients in that entering cohort complete at 39.5%, which is 18.4 percentage points below the overall rate. Enrolled students can expect retention and graduation rates that outpace comparable institutions, but the experience is not uniform: Pell recipients finish at a markedly lower rate.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), 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](/about/).