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# The University of Olivet Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at The University of Olivet?

The University of Olivet’s reported acceptance rate is 83.3%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
83.3%

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 an admission rate of 83.2%, The University of Olivet admits a large share of applicants in its reported pool. This figure summarizes admissions decisions for that year’s pool rather than predicting an individual decision.

The rate stands above the median of 75.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do The University of Olivet students report?

SAT and ACT ranges are not available for The University of Olivet in the data shown here. Missing scores do not establish whether tests are required, optional or excluded from review.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at The University of Olivet?

**Pell Grant recipients**
49.5%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
25.1%

**First-year retention**
61.4%

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.

Access is the clearest part of the enrollment picture at The University of Olivet: 49.5% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants. The university has 892 undergraduates, and an estimated 25.1% arrive as transfers or part-time students.

This points to a campus whose undergraduate body includes people using federal grant aid and people continuing college work begun elsewhere, rather than only traditional first-time entrants. These figures describe the people enrolled, not admission priorities or an individual admission decision.

The University of Olivet retains 61.4% of its full-time first-year students, and 35.3% of the entering cohort finishes within six years. Both figures sit below the medians for comparable institutions, where retention is 74.2% and the six-year rate is 54.9%.

Pell Grant recipients complete at a higher rate than the cohort as a whole. Their six-year rate is 42.7%, which is 7.4 percentage points above the overall figure.

An enrolled student should know that the graduation rate describes the first-time, full-time group and does not capture everyone who starts here.

## 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/).