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Admissions

Acceptance rate

% of applicants accepted

 
Overall: 85%
 
Male: 79%
 
Female: 91%
 
In-state: 85%
 
Out-of-state: 78%
 
Domestic: 85%
 
International: 74%
Yield rate

% accepted that attend

 
Overall: 14%
 
Male: 16%
 
Female: 13%
 
In-state: 15%
 
Out-of-state: 10%
 
Domestic: 15%
 
International: 9%
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High school GPA

Required

High school rank

No

High school transcript

No

Recommendation letters

Required

Personal statement or essay

No

Legacy status

No

Accepts Common App

No

Accepts Coalition App

No

English Proficiency (Int'l)

Required
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Academics

Test policy

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GPA enrolled range
 
 
 
 
 
 
<3.00 3.00-3.24 3.25-3.49 3.50-3.74 3.75-3.99 4.00+
12%
14%
16%
20%
19%
19%
  GPA score range % submitted % did not submit % all enrolled
4.00+ 28% 17% 19%
3.75-3.99 25% 19% 19%
3.50-3.74 21% 22% 20%
3.25-3.49 15% 18% 16%
3.00-3.24 7% 14% 14%
<3.00 5% 12% 12%

Essays

Financial aid

Grant or scholarship aid

% awarded aid
 
63%
$ avg. award
 
$12,353
 
56.0%
 
$11,385
Freshman
All undergrads

Freshman aid detail help

Aid type % awarded aid $ avg. award $ total awarded
Any financial aid
 
68%
 --
Federal grants
 
37%
 $5,910 $9,456,310
Pell grants
 
37%
 $5,793 $9,263,060
Other federal
 
14%
 $1,011 $551,922
State/local grants
 
59%
 $5,494 $14,004,623
Institutional grants
 
37%
 $6,531 $10,423,489
Student loans
 
23%
 $5,287 $5,387,595
Federal loans
 
23%
 $4,893 $4,893,348
Other loans
 
1%
 $14,537 $494,247
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