Acceptance Rate
Fall 2021 admitted students
FAU requires that all applicants must submit either SAT or ACT scores. During the Fall 2021 admissions cycle, approximately 1% of admitted students opted to submit SAT scores.
In Fall 2021, a total of 3925 first-time undergrad students enrolled at FAU. Among these students, 3,014 (1%) submitted SAT scores, while 905 (0%), submitted ACT scores.
The data shows that the SAT was more popular among the first-time enrolled students, with a majority of students opting for this test.
Average SAT Score
1110
Students submitting SAT Score
Out of the total 19617 admitted students 3014 students submitted their SAT score when applying.
77%
For the admitted students who submitted SAT scores, 50% of their scores fell within the following range 1020-1200. Specifically, in the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW) section, 50% of admitted students scored between 520 and 610, while 25% scored below 520 and another 25% scored above 610.
In the Math section, 50% of admitted students scored between 500 and 590, while 25% scored below 500 and 25% achieved a score of 590. The data suggests that, applicants with a composite SAT score of 1110 or higher have competitive chances of gaining admission to FAU.
Overall, for the admitted students who submitted SAT scores, their scores placed most of them around the middle, above 43% of test takers nationally.
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Reading and Writing
520-610 -
Math
500-590
Average ACT Score
The average ACT score of admitted students for Fall 2021 enrollment season.
23
Students who Submitted ACT Score
Out of the 19617 admitted students 905 students submitted their ACT score when applying.
23%
Similar to the SAT, FAU requires all applicants to submit either SAT or ACT scores. During the Fall 2021 admissions round, around 23% of admitted students submitted ACT scores.
The middle 50% of admitted students received a composite ACT score between 20 and 26, with 25% scoring above 26 and another 25% scoring below 20.
For the admitted students who submitted ACT scores, their scores placed most of them around the middle, above 50% of test takers nationally.
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English
20-25 -
Math
17-25 -
Composite
20-26
Application Fees
Fall 2021
$30
Undergraduate$30
GraduateApplicants Stats
The following table details the number of students who applied, admitted, and enrolled in FAU during the Fall 2021 enrollment season.
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Total Applicants
During the Fall 2021 enrollment season, FAU received a total of 25,148 applications. These applications included 9,552 male applicants and 15,596 female applicants. -
Admitted Students
Out of the 25,148 applicants, FAU admitted 19,617 students. Among the admitted students, there were 7,185 males and 12,432 females who received offers of admission. -
Enrolled Students
Among the admitted students, 3,925 students chose to enroll at FAU. This means that 3,925 students accepted the admission offers and officially registered to attend the university for the Fall 2021 term. Among the enrolled students, 1,680 were male and 2,245 were female. -
Acceptance Rate
The acceptance rate is the percentage of applicants who were offered admission. In this case, FAU had an overall acceptance rate of 78% for the Fall 2021 enrollment season. When we break it down by gender, the acceptance rate for male applicants was 75% while the acceptance rate for female applicants was 80%. -
Yield Rate
The yield rate is the percentage of admitted students who actually chose to enroll at the university. FAU had an overall yield rate of 20% for the Fall 2021 term. The yield rate for male admitted students was 23%, and for female admitted students, it was 18%.
Admission and Enrollment Trends
The following table presents the application, admission, and enrollment statistics for FAU over the past 7 years.
Admission Requirements
Fall 2021
Florida Atlantic University uses the following list of admission requirements and recommended documents when evaluating students' applications. All documents listed under the Required sections must be submitted with your application, but those listed under the Recommended section are optional.
Please double-check with the school to verify the current and complete admission requirements.Required
- Secondary school GPA
- Secondary school record
- Completion of college-preparatory program
- Test scores (SAT/ACT)
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Recommended
- Secondary school rank
- Recommendation letters
Neither required nor recommended
- Formal demonstration of competencies
- Other tests (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)
Accepted Credits
Fall 2021
The following is a list of college preparatory work and life experience that are accepted at Florida Atlantic University.
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Credit for life experiences
Not Accepted -
Advanced placement (AP) credits
Accepted -
Dual credit (college credit earned while in high school)
Accepted
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