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# Webster University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Webster University?

Webster University’s reported acceptance rate is 86.2%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
86.2%

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

Webster University admitted 86.2% of its reported applicant pool, a broad published admission outcome for that cycle. The rate stands above the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

The figure records decisions for that applicant pool rather than forecasting an individual result.

## What SAT and ACT scores do Webster University students report?

The middle 50% of enrolled students who submitted SAT scores scored between 1,110 and 1,310. For ACT submitters, the middle 50% ranged from 18 to 25.

These ranges describe the spread of scores among recent students who chose to report them. They are not admission cutoffs or minimums.

Applicants can compare their own scores with the university's 1,110 to 1,310 SAT range and 18 to 25 ACT range. The figures reflect the submitters, not a requirement.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Webster University. 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**
1110

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1310

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**
25

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

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Webster University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
28.8%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
30.8%

**First-year retention**
68.7%

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.

Pell Grant recipients account for 28.8% of undergraduates at Webster University, placing federal grant aid within the undergraduate composition. The university has 2,304 undergraduates, and its estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 30.8%.

That estimate includes undergraduates who are not first-time, full-time, so the enrollment picture extends beyond a single entry pattern. Transfer applicants should review transfer-credit information before deciding how prior coursework may fit.

These figures describe the enrolled undergraduate population, not admission priorities or any individual applicant’s likelihood of admission.

Most students who start full time at Webster University finish: the [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) for the first-time full-time cohort is 64.4%. That sits below the 68.8% median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

First-year retention is 68.7%, also below the peer median of 83.4%. Pell recipients in that cohort complete at 48.1%, a gap of 16.3 percentage points below the overall rate.

The completion figures for both groups trail the peer median. A student enrolling here should know that a substantial minority of the entering class does not reach the six-year mark, and the gap for Pell recipients is larger still.

The university's own figures show where persistence and completion stand against comparable institutions.

## 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/).