Admissions & selectivity
Southern Connecticut State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Southern Connecticut State University?
Southern Connecticut State University’s reported acceptance rate is 91.5%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 91.5%
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.
Source: Southern Connecticut State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 9,958 first-year applicants, 8,701 admitted applicants, and 1,308 enrolled students. Those counts describe a recent first-year admissions cycle.
The admission rate at Southern Connecticut State University is 91.5%, above the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Southern Connecticut State University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported an average high-school GPA of 3.27 for enrolled first-year students, with 98.5% reporting a GPA. That is an average among reported GPAs, not an admission cutoff.
The middle half of enrolled SAT submitters scored from 890 through 1170, and 21% of the class submitted SAT scores. Enrolled ACT submitters fell between 23 and 31 for the middle half.
Class-rank information covers a smaller share of the entering class: 26% reported a rank. Among those with a reported rank, 8% were in the upper tenth and 33% were in the upper quarter.
Applicants can place their own scores alongside the 890 through 1170 SAT range and the 23 through 31 ACT range, recognizing that these describe enrolled score submitters rather than minimums.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Southern Connecticut State University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
21% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 890
- Median
- 1030
- 75th percentile
- 1170
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
- 25th percentile
- 23
- Median
- 25
- 75th percentile
- 31
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Southern Connecticut State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Southern Connecticut State University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 40.8%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 43.4%
- First-year retention
- 77.9%
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.
Southern Connecticut State University has a mixed entry profile: Pell Grant recipients account for 40.8% of undergraduates, and an estimated 43.4% enter as transfers or part-time students. Federal data list 6,295 undergraduates, so the campus includes aid recipients and people continuing college work begun elsewhere.
The pattern points to more than one route into undergraduate study. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 1,792 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 1,552 admitted, and 798 enrolled.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 77% retention for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class, indicating that many enrolled students return for their next fall term. Federal data place first-year retention at 77.9%, above the peer median of 73.7% for comparable institutions in the same type and size.
The federal six-year graduation rate is above its peer median of 49.1%. Pell recipients’ six-year completion rate is 50.7%, above the overall rate by 0.8 percentage points.
For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, the university reported a 49.9% six-year graduation rate, with Pell recipients at 43.6%, below the overall rate. Enrolled students can expect progress measures to focus on returning after the first year and completing within six years.
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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