Admissions & selectivity
Stephen F Austin State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Stephen F Austin State University?
Stephen F Austin State University’s reported acceptance rate is 94.0%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 94.0%
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.
Source: Stephen F Austin 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, Stephen F Austin State University reported 21,123 first-year applicants, with 17,614 admitted and 2,372 enrolled. The admission rate is 94.0%, so most applicants in the reported applicant pool received an offer.
That rate is above the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Stephen F Austin State University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported SAT score ranges for enrolled first-year students who submitted them. The middle half scored between 950 and 1130, and 48% of the entering class submitted SAT scores.
ACT score submitters in the entering class posted a middle-half range of 18 to 24. 11% of enrolled first-year students submitted ACT scores.
The ranges show where enrolled students who submitted scores landed, not admission thresholds. Among enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 9% finished in the first tenth of their high-school class and 32% in the first quarter.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Stephen F Austin State University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
48% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 950
- Median
- 1040
- 75th percentile
- 1130
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
11% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 18
- Median
- 21
- 75th percentile
- 24
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Stephen F Austin State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Stephen F Austin State University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 38.9%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 24.0%
- First-year retention
- 71.7%
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.
38.9% of undergraduates at Stephen F Austin State University receive Pell Grants. The university enrolls 8,728 undergraduates, and an estimated 24.0% arrive as transfers or part-time students.
That mix means the campus draws from two sizable groups: students relying on federal grant aid and students continuing coursework begun at another college. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 1,843 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 1,228 admitted, and 749 enrolled.
Neither group defines the whole campus, and both are large enough to shape the undergraduate experience. Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should review the program pages for their intended field.
These figures show the overall shape of the student body, not the odds for any single applicant.
Among full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants, 71.7% return for a second year, below the peer median of 73.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 53.3%, above the peer median of 49.1%.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 72% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class. Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort complete at 52.6%, 0.7 percentage points below the overall rate.
Enrolled students can expect persistence and completion rates that sit near the peer medians, with Pell recipients finishing close to the cohort as a whole.
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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