Admissions & selectivity
Susquehanna University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Susquehanna University?
Susquehanna University’s reported acceptance rate is 81.4%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 81.4%
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: Susquehanna University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Susquehanna University admitted 81.4% of applicants, a higher share than the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). For applicants, that comparison describes a broader admission outcome than the peer midpoint, without predicting an individual decision.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 5,339 first-year applicants, 4,222 admitted applicants, and 535 enrolled students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Susquehanna University students report?
Submitted-score ranges offer context for enrolled students who sent scores, rather than admission minimums. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, Susquehanna University reported that the middle half of SAT submitters scored from 1100 to 1290, and submitters represented 38% of enrolled first-year students.
The ACT range ran from 25 to 30 for its middle half, with 3% of enrolled first-year students submitting ACT scores. Applicants can place their own SAT results alongside the university’s 1100 to 1290 range, recognizing that it describes recent enrolled submitters.
Among first-year students with a reported class rank, 23% were in the upper tenth of their high-school class and 55% were in the upper quarter. These score and rank figures describe parts of the entering class, not universal thresholds.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Susquehanna University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
38% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1100
- Median
- 1190
- 75th percentile
- 1290
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
3% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 25
- Median
- 28
- 75th percentile
- 30
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Susquehanna University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Susquehanna University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 24.9%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 5.1%
- First-year retention
- 86.3%
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.
Susquehanna University has an undergraduate enrollment of 2,163, with Pell Grant recipients accounting for 24.9% of undergraduates. The estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 5.1%, so the campus includes both students beginning their studies there and those continuing work started elsewhere.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 132 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 113 admitted, and 39 enrolled. The enrollment mix describes who attends rather than how any application will be evaluated.
Susquehanna University shows above-peer first-year persistence and six-year completion, though Pell recipients complete at a lower rate. The first-time full-time cohort has a six-year graduation rate of 81.7%, above the 68.8% peer median for comparable institutions.
Its first-year retention rate is 86.3%, higher than the 83.4% peer median. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 87% retention to the next fall for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class.
For Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort, six-year completion is 68.5%, below the overall rate by 13.2 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect retention and completion measures above the peer medians, alongside a lower Pell completion figure.
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.