Admissions & selectivity
University of Utah Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of Utah?
University of Utah’s reported acceptance rate is 86.0%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 86.0%
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.
Source: University of Utah Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Most applicants who apply to the University of Utah receive an offer. The federal admission rate is 86.0%, above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 30,036 first-year applicants, 27,076 admitted students, and 6,513 who enrolled.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled University of Utah students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.64 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students, drawn from the 98.0% who reported a GPA. That figure is an average, not a cutoff.
The middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores earned between 1120 and 1320, though only 14% of the class submitted SAT scores. For the 36% who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ranged from 22 to 29.
Applicants can compare their own results with these ranges, keeping in mind that they describe recent enrolled submitters rather than a minimum for admission.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Utah. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
14% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1120
- Median
- 1230
- 75th percentile
- 1320
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
36% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 22
- Median
- 25
- 75th percentile
- 29
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: University of Utah Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at University of Utah?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 19.6%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 22.1%
- First-year retention
- 86.2%
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 Utah enrolls 27,264 undergraduates, a population that includes Pell Grant recipients and a substantial share of students who began their coursework elsewhere. 19.6% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 22.1% enter as transfers or part-time students.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 30,036 first-year applicants, 27,076 admitted, and 6,513 enrolled. For transfer students, the university reported 3,599 applicants, 3,065 admitted, and 1,499 enrolled.
The composition points to a campus that serves students through multiple entry routes rather than a single traditional path.
Most students who start full time at University of Utah stay. The federal retention rate is 86.2%, above the peer median of 83.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
The six-year graduation rate is 65.0%, matching the peer median of 65.0%. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 86% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class.
For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, the six-year graduation rate was 66.0%. Pell recipients in that cohort completed at 56.0%.
Pell recipients in the federal cohort complete at 57.9%, 7.1 percentage points below the overall rate. Persistence runs ahead of the peer median, and graduation keeps pace with comparable institutions.
Most full-time first-year students persist, and the six-year graduation rate matches the peer median.
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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