Admissions & selectivity
University of North Texas Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at UNT?
UNT’s reported acceptance rate is 72.2%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 72.2%
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 North Texas admits 72.2% of applicants, a figure that sits below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled UNT students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported an SAT range of 960 to 1210 for enrolled first-year students who submitted scores. 40% of the entering class submitted SAT scores, so the range shows the scores of recent enrolled submitters, not an admission cutoff.
ACT submitters made up 8% of the entering class, with the middle half falling between 19 and 26. Among the 93% of the entering class who reported a high-school class rank, 13% finished in the upper tenth of their class and 39% in the upper quarter.
An applicant with SAT scores between 960 and 1210 would fall within the range recent enrolled submitters displayed. The same is true for ACT scores between 19 and 26.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at UNT. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
40% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 960
- Median
- 1080
- 75th percentile
- 1210
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
8% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 19
- Median
- 22
- 75th percentile
- 26
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: University of North Texas Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at UNT?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 38.0%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 36.1%
- First-year retention
- 76.6%
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 North Texas enrolls 34,341 undergraduates. Pell Grant recipients make up 38.0% of undergraduates, and an estimated 36.1% of students enter as transfers or part-time students.
The composition suggests a public university that serves a broad range of students, including many who begin elsewhere or bring federal financial aid. Pell-eligible applicants should submit the FAFSA early and confirm that their aid package covers the full cost of attendance before enrolling.
At University of North Texas, the first-year retention rate for full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants is 76.6%, below the peer median of 83.1% for comparable institutions. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 60.7%, which also trails the peer median of 65.0%.
Pell recipients in that cohort complete at 56.5%, a gap of 4.2 percentage points below the overall rate. The university's strongest is mobility, and the completion figures show a school where most students finish within six years even though the pace is slower than at peer institutions.
A student enrolling here should expect a campus where many classmates arrive as transfers and where finishing a degree is the majority outcome.
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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