Financial Campus Overview Fields

Admissions

Acceptance rate

% of applicants accepted

 
Overall: 91%
 
Male: 90%
 
Female: 91%
 
In-state: 93%
 
Out-of-state: 85%
 
Domestic: 93%
 
International: 66%
Yield rate

% accepted that attend

 
Overall: 7%
 
Male: 8%
 
Female: 6%
 
In-state: 8%
 
Out-of-state: 1%
 
Domestic: 8%
 
International: 1%
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High school GPA

Required

High school rank

No

High school transcript

No

Recommendation letters

Required

Personal statement or essay

Required

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+
4%
18%
20%
23%
18%
17%

Essays

Financial aid

Grant or scholarship aid

% awarded aid
 
89%
$ avg. award
 
$27,292
 
85.0%
 
$24,780
Freshman
All undergrads

Freshman aid detail help

Aid type % awarded aid $ avg. award $ total awarded
Any financial aid
 
91%
 --
Federal grants
 
60%
 $6,274 $9,035,208
Pell grants
 
60%
 $6,193 $8,912,138
Other federal
 
63%
 $1,540 $2,344,831
State/local grants
 
79%
 $12,557 $23,934,357
Institutional grants
 
84%
 $12,518 $25,161,528
Student loans
 
30%
 $5,215 $3,702,960
Federal loans
 
29%
 $4,673 $3,219,892
Other loans
 
1%
 $16,102 $483,068
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