Admissions & selectivity
Towson University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Towson University?
Towson University’s reported acceptance rate is 82.0%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 82.0%
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.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Towson University admitted 82.0% of applicants in the reported entering class, a rate that describes the share admitted from that year’s applicant pool rather than an individual forecast. That rate is above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do Towson University students report?
Towson University presents score ranges as context for recent enrolled score submitters, rather than as admission thresholds. The middle half of SAT scores submitted by enrolled students ran from 950 to 1,235, and the corresponding ACT range was 19 to 27.
These ranges describe submitted scores among enrolled students, not minimums for admission. Applicants should compare their own SAT score with 950 through 1,235 and their ACT score with 19 through 27, using those ranges as context for the school’s enrolled score submitters.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Towson University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 950
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1235
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.
- 25th percentile
- 19
- 75th percentile
- 27
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at Towson University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 35.8%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 34.2%
- First-year retention
- 82.8%
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.
Towson University brings together a sizable undergraduate population, federal grant recipients, and people arriving with previous college credits. Its undergraduate enrollment is 16,136; 35.8% receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 34.2% transfer in.
That mix points to a campus serving applicants using federal grant aid alongside those continuing a college education. For Pell-eligible applicants, the cost calculator can put a grant-adjusted price in personal terms.
Transfer applicants should review transfer information for their intended field before applying. These figures describe the undergraduate mix, not admission priorities or individual admission odds.
Towson University shows a completion picture in which retention sits near the peer level and six-year graduation is higher. Among full-time bachelor's-seeking first-year students, 82.8% return for their second year, just below the peer median of 83.1% for comparable institutions.
The first-time full-time cohort has a six-year graduation rate of 69.5%, above the peer median of 65.0%. Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort have a six-year completion rate of 68.3%, below the overall rate by 1.2 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect these rates to describe cohort patterns rather than a guarantee for an individual path. The higher graduation figure alongside near-peer retention gives the reported outcomes a mixed but generally favorable pattern.
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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