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# Western Connecticut State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Western Connecticut State University?

Western Connecticut State University’s reported acceptance rate is 87.0%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
87.0%

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.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Western Connecticut State University admits 87.0% of applicants, close to the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do Western Connecticut State University students report?

Among enrolled students who submitted SAT scores, the middle 50% scored between 1,040 and 1,170. These ranges describe the twenty-fifth through seventy-fifth percentiles of recent score submitters, not minimums for admission.

Applicants can use this school's own 1,040 to 1,170 SAT range as context for where the middle portion of enrolled submitters fell. Keep in mind that the figures describe only those who chose to submit scores.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Western Connecticut State 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**
1040

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1170

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.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Western Connecticut State University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
35.1%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
22.9%

**First-year retention**
73.2%

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.

Western Connecticut State University is a public university in Danbury, Connecticut, that admits 87.0% of applicants. The median admission rate for comparable institutions (same type and size) is 85.9%.

The university enrolls 3,511 undergraduates. 35.1% of them receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 22.9% arrive as transfers or part-time students.

The student body draws from federal grant aid recipients and people continuing coursework begun elsewhere, rather than a single entry route.

For full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants, the first-year retention rate is 73.2%, below the median of 73.7% for comparable institutions. The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 51.8%, above the median of 49.1% for comparable institutions.

Pell recipients in the same entering cohort complete at 50.6%, 1.2 percentage points below the overall rate. Enrolled students can expect a campus where completion runs ahead of the comparable-institution norm.

## 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/).