Admissions & selectivity
Widener University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Widener University?
Widener University’s reported acceptance rate is 70.9%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 70.9%
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: Widener University Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Widener University admitted 70.9% of applicants, the same as the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The rate summarizes the share admitted from the reported applicant pool, rather than an admission threshold or an individual forecast.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 9,349 first-year applicants and 6,631 admitted applicants.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Widener University students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.52 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students who reported one. The middle half of enrolled students who submitted SAT scores earned between 1060 and 1283, with a median of 1200.
Only 10% of the entering class submitted scores, so this range describes a small slice of the cohort. Applicants should view the 1060–1283 SAT range as context for recent score submitters, not as a minimum for admission. The reported GPA is an average, not a cutoff.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Widener University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
10% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1060
- Median
- 1200
- 75th percentile
- 1283
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Widener University Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Widener University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 32.8%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 10.1%
- First-year retention
- 78.4%
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.
Widener University’s undergraduate body includes a substantial share receiving Pell Grants, alongside an estimated transfer route. 32.8% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, a financial-access measure, and undergraduate enrollment is 2,951.
Estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 10.1%, so attendance includes people arriving after coursework elsewhere as well as those beginning at the university. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 835 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 265 admitted, and 81 enrolled.
At Widener University, staying enrolled through graduation runs a little behind the pattern at comparable institutions. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 68.3%, below the peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), of 68.8%.
The first-year retention rate is 78.4%, compared with a peer median of 83.4%, so both measures sit below their relevant benchmarks. Pell recipients in the first-time full-time cohort have a six-year completion rate of 57.8%, below the overall rate by 10.5 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect completion and return figures below the comparable-institution medians, alongside a lower completion rate for Pell recipients.
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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