Acceptance Rate
Fall 2021 admitted students
Application Fees
Fall 2021
$30
Undergraduate$30
GraduateApplicants Stats
The following table details the number of students who applied, admitted, and enrolled in Grand Valley State during the Fall 2021 enrollment season.
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Total Applicants
During the Fall 2021 enrollment season, Grand Valley State received a total of 17,163 applications. These applications included 5,788 male applicants and 11,357 female applicants. -
Admitted Students
Out of the 17,163 applicants, Grand Valley State admitted 15,730 students. Among the admitted students, there were 5,140 males and 10,575 females who received offers of admission. -
Enrolled Students
Among the admitted students, 3,807 students chose to enroll at Grand Valley State. This means that 3,807 students accepted the admission offers and officially registered to attend the university for the Fall 2021 term. Among the enrolled students, 1,395 were male and 2,409 were female. -
Acceptance Rate
The acceptance rate is the percentage of applicants who were offered admission. In this case, Grand Valley State had an overall acceptance rate of 92% for the Fall 2021 enrollment season. When we break it down by gender, the acceptance rate for male applicants was 89% while the acceptance rate for female applicants was 93%. -
Yield Rate
The yield rate is the percentage of admitted students who actually chose to enroll at the university. Grand Valley State had an overall yield rate of 24% for the Fall 2021 term. The yield rate for male admitted students was 27%, and for female admitted students, it was 23%.
Admission and Enrollment Trends
The following table presents the application, admission, and enrollment statistics for Grand Valley State over the past 7 years.
Admission Requirements
Fall 2021
Grand Valley 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
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Recommended
- Secondary school rank
- Test scores (SAT/ACT)
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 Grand Valley State 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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