Admissions & selectivity
West Texas A & M University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at West Texas A & M University?
West Texas A & M University’s reported acceptance rate is 98.7%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 98.7%
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
For the reported entering class, West Texas A & M University admitted 98.7% of applicants, meaning most applicants in that pool received admission.
The admission rate was above the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled West Texas A & M University students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported that 48% of enrolled first-year students submitted SAT scores. Those results describe the middle half of SAT submitters, rather than an admission minimum.
Applicants can compare their own SAT result with West Texas A & M University’s 950 through 1150 range as context for recent enrolled submitters. ACT scores came from 32% of enrolled first-year students, so that range also represents submitters rather than the whole entering class.
The middle half of ACT submitters fell between the published endpoints. Applicants can place an ACT result alongside the university’s 18 through 23 range when considering how it compares with recent enrolled submitters.
Among enrolled first-year students who reported a class rank, 18% placed in the upper tenth of their high-school class, 43% in the upper quarter, and 74% in the upper half. These figures reflect only students with a reported rank, not the entire entering class.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at West Texas A & M University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
48% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 950
- Median
- 1060
- 75th percentile
- 1150
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
32% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 18
- Median
- 20
- 75th percentile
- 23
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: West Texas A & M University Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at West Texas A & M University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 41.1%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 42.9%
- First-year retention
- 69.6%
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.
West Texas A & M University serves a sizable undergraduate population with substantial Pell Grant participation and a notable transfer presence. Pell Grant recipients account for 41.1% of undergraduates, and the estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 42.9%.
Undergraduate enrollment is 6,917, suggesting a campus composed both of students receiving federal grant aid and of students continuing coursework begun elsewhere. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 1,694 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 1,112 admitted, and 850 enrolled.
Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should compare aid offers and transfer-credit evaluations before enrolling.
Degree completion at West Texas A & M University runs ahead of comparable institutions, even though returning after the first year does not. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 55.0%, above the peer median of 49.1% for comparable institutions in the same type and size.
Pell recipients have a six-year completion rate of 43.0%, below the overall rate by 12.0 percentage points. First-year retention, the share of full-time bachelor's-seeking first-year students who return, is 69.6%, below the peer median of 73.7%.
Enrolled students can expect a six-year completion rate above the comparable-institution median alongside a first-year return rate below it. The retention and completion figures therefore point in different directions.
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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