Admissions & selectivity
The University of Texas at San Antonio Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at UTSA?
UTSA’s reported acceptance rate is 86.8%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 86.8%
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: The University of Texas at San Antonio Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
The University of Texas at San Antonio admitted 86.8% of applicants, a rate above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 25,422 applicants and 22,063 admitted students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled UTSA students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, The University of Texas at San Antonio reported that 61% of its entering class submitted SAT scores. The middle half of those SAT submitters scored from 1010 to 1210.
Among the 7% who submitted ACT scores, the middle half scored from 19 to 25. Far more of the entering class submitted SAT scores than ACT scores, so the SAT range describes more of the class.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at UTSA. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
61% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1010
- Median
- 1110
- 75th percentile
- 1210
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
7% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 19
- Median
- 23
- 75th percentile
- 25
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: The University of Texas at San Antonio Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at UTSA?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 44.1%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 48.8%
- First-year retention
- 79.8%
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.
The University of Texas at San Antonio enrolls 30,580 undergraduates, with an estimated 48.8% of students entering as transfers or part-time students. Pell Grant recipients make up 44.1% of undergraduates, reflecting broad financial access.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 25,422 first-year applicants and 22,063 admitted students. For transfer applicants, it reported 5,215 applicants, 4,668 admitted, and 3,153 enrolled.
The composition suggests a university that serves a large number of students who begin elsewhere, alongside a substantial share of Pell-eligible undergraduates. Pell-eligible applicants can expect to join a student body where nearly half of undergraduates share that financial background.
The first-year retention rate is 79.8%, below the peer median of 83.1% for comparable institutions. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 52.6%, also below the peer median of 65.0%.
Pell recipients complete at a rate of 55.6%, which is above the overall rate by 3.0 percentage points. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 80% for the first-time, full-time fall 2023 entering class.
Enrolled students can expect an institution where Pell recipients graduate at a slightly higher rate than the student body overall, though retention and six-year completion trail the peer medians.
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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