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# University of Louisiana at Monroe Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at University of Louisiana at Monroe?

University of Louisiana at Monroe’s reported acceptance rate is 84.8%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
84.8%

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 Louisiana at Monroe admits 84.8% of applicants, a rate that sits close to the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size). A rate near the peer median means the university is not a narrow gate; it is a broad-access public campus that admits most students who apply.

## What SAT and ACT scores do University of Louisiana at Monroe students report?

Among enrolled students who submitted scores, the middle half of SAT submitters scored from 1,160 to 1,360. The middle half of ACT submitters scored from 18 to 24.

These ranges describe the twenty-fifth and seventy-fifth percentiles of recent score submitters. They are not admission cutoffs, and they reflect only the students who chose to submit scores.

A score near the 1,360 SAT mark or the 24 ACT mark sits at the upper end of the middle half of recent submitters.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Louisiana at Monroe. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range

**Approximate lower endpoint**
1160

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1360

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.

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
18

**75th percentile**
24

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at University of Louisiana at Monroe?

**Pell Grant recipients**
34.8%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
25.0%

**First-year retention**
72.8%

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.

University of Louisiana at Monroe enrolls 5,022 undergraduates. 34.8% of those students receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 25.0% of the student body came from other institutions as transfers or part-time students.

That profile describes a campus where federal grant aid supports a large share of enrollees and many students change institutions before finishing a degree. These numbers reflect who currently attends, not how the university evaluates files or the odds for any one applicant.

Of full-time students who start a bachelor's degree, 72.8% return for a second year. The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 54.2%, above the median for comparable institutions (same type and size) of 49.1%.

Pell recipients in the same entering cohort complete at 45.3%, 8.9 percentage points below the overall rate. Retention is below the peer median of 73.7%, and completion exceeds the peer median of 49.1%.

Enrolled students can expect a campus where most who stay past the first year go on to finish, though Pell recipients face a wider gap.

## 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/).