Acceptance Rate
Fall 2021 admitted students
Florida State 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 7619 first-time undergrad students enrolled at Florida State. Among these students, 4,916 (1%) submitted SAT scores, while 2,703 (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
1260
Students submitting SAT Score
Out of the total 24183 admitted students 4916 students submitted their SAT score when applying.
65%
For the admitted students who submitted SAT scores, 50% of their scores fell within the following range 1180-1340. Specifically, in the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW) section, 50% of admitted students scored between 600 and 680, while 25% scored below 600 and another 25% scored above 680.
In the Math section, 50% of admitted students scored between 580 and 660, while 25% scored below 580 and 25% achieved a score of 660. The data suggests that, applicants with a composite SAT score of 1260 or higher have competitive chances of gaining admission to Florida State.
Overall, for the admitted students who submitted SAT scores, their scores placed most of them within the top 29% nationally.
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Reading and Writing
600-680 -
Math
580-660
Average ACT Score
The average ACT score of admitted students for Fall 2021 enrollment season.
28
Students who Submitted ACT Score
Out of the 24183 admitted students 2703 students submitted their ACT score when applying.
36%
Similar to the SAT, Florida State requires all applicants to submit either SAT or ACT scores. During the Fall 2021 admissions round, around 36% of admitted students submitted ACT scores.
The middle 50% of admitted students received a composite ACT score between 26 and 30, with 25% scoring above 30 and another 25% scoring below 26.
For the admitted students who submitted ACT scores, their scores placed most of them around the middle, above 51% of test takers nationally.
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English
25-32 -
Math
24-28 -
Composite
26-30
Application Fees
Fall 2021
$30
Undergraduate$30
GraduateApplicants Stats
The following table details the number of students who applied, admitted, and enrolled in Florida State during the Fall 2021 enrollment season.
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Total Applicants
During the Fall 2021 enrollment season, Florida State received a total of 65,235 applications. These applications included 25,532 male applicants and 39,703 female applicants. -
Admitted Students
Out of the 65,235 applicants, Florida State admitted 24,183 students. Among the admitted students, there were 9,629 males and 14,554 females who received offers of admission. -
Enrolled Students
Among the admitted students, 7,619 students chose to enroll at Florida State. This means that 7,619 students accepted the admission offers and officially registered to attend the university for the Fall 2021 term. Among the enrolled students, 3,085 were male and 4,534 were female. -
Acceptance Rate
The acceptance rate is the percentage of applicants who were offered admission. In this case, Florida State had an overall acceptance rate of 37% for the Fall 2021 enrollment season. When we break it down by gender, the acceptance rate for male applicants was 38% while the acceptance rate for female applicants was 37%. -
Yield Rate
The yield rate is the percentage of admitted students who actually chose to enroll at the university. Florida State had an overall yield rate of 32% for the Fall 2021 term. The yield rate for male admitted students was 32%, and for female admitted students, it was 31%.
Admission and Enrollment Trends
The following table presents the application, admission, and enrollment statistics for Florida State over the past 7 years.
Admission Requirements
Fall 2021
Florida State 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)
Considered
- Secondary school rank
Neither required nor recommended
- Recommendation letters
- 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 State University.
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Credit for life experiences
Accepted -
Advanced placement (AP) credits
Accepted -
Dual credit (college credit earned while in high school)
Accepted
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