Admissions & selectivity
University of Central Missouri Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of Central Missouri?
University of Central Missouri’s reported acceptance rate is 63.8%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 63.8%
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.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
The University of Central Missouri admits 63.8% of applicants, a rate well below the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 5,637 applicants, 3,600 admitted students, and 1,026 enrolled first-year students.
What SAT and ACT scores do University of Central Missouri students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported an average high-school GPA of 3.52 among the 97.4% of enrolled first-year students who submitted a GPA. Among enrolled first-year students who reported a class rank, 14% were in the highest tenth of their high-school class and 37% were in the highest quarter.
73% of the entering class reported a rank. The middle half of enrolled students who submitted ACT scores earned between 17 and 24, with a median of 21.
68% of enrolled first-year students submitted ACT scores. A student who scores between 17 and 24 on the ACT falls in the middle half of enrolled submitters; these are not minimums for admission.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Central Missouri. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- 25th percentile
- 17
- 75th percentile
- 24
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Who enrolls at University of Central Missouri?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 26.8%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 42.2%
- First-year retention
- 73.6%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
These measures use different populations and reporting periods, rather than one current entering class. The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
The University of Central Missouri is a public university in Warrensburg, Missouri, enrolling 5,648 undergraduates. The student body is built from multiple entry points: 26.8% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 42.2% arrive as transfers or part-time students.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 5,637 first-year applicants, 3,600 admitted, and 1,026 enrolled. For transfer students, it reported 1,585 applicants, 989 admitted, and 718 enrolled.
A student considering the university should review the transfer credit policies alongside their intended field, and Pell-eligible applicants can use the cost calculator to estimate their own grant-adjusted price.
The first-year retention rate for full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants is 73.6%, close to the peer median of 73.7% for comparable institutions. The six-year graduation rate is 54.1%, above the peer median of 49.1%.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a six-year graduation rate of 54.1% for the first-time, full-time fall 2018 entering class. Pell recipients in that cohort completed at 46.2%, below the overall rate.
Pell recipients complete at 46.9%, which is 7.2 percentage points below the overall six-year rate. Enrolled students can expect completion rates that sit above the peer median, though the gap for Pell recipients is a factor to weigh.
Data & methodology
A missing figure does not mean zero. 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.