Acceptance Rate
Fall 2021 admitted students
Application Fees
Fall 2021
$20
Undergraduate$30
GraduateApplicants Stats
The following table details the number of students who applied, admitted, and enrolled in SMSU during the Fall 2021 enrollment season.
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Total Applicants
During the Fall 2021 enrollment season, SMSU received a total of 1,672 applications. These applications included 725 male applicants and 912 female applicants. -
Admitted Students
Out of the 1,672 applicants, SMSU admitted 1,522 students. Among the admitted students, there were 648 males and 852 females who received offers of admission. -
Enrolled Students
Among the admitted students, 421 students chose to enroll at SMSU. This means that 421 students accepted the admission offers and officially registered to attend the university for the Fall 2021 term. Among the enrolled students, 190 were male and 217 were female. -
Acceptance Rate
The acceptance rate is the percentage of applicants who were offered admission. In this case, SMSU had an overall acceptance rate of 91% 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. SMSU had an overall yield rate of 28% for the Fall 2021 term. The yield rate for male admitted students was 29%, and for female admitted students, it was 26%.
Admission and Enrollment Trends
The following table presents the application, admission, and enrollment statistics for SMSU over the past 7 years.
Admission Requirements
Fall 2021
Southwest Minnesota 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
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Recommended
- Secondary school GPA
- Secondary school rank
- Secondary school record
- Completion of college-preparatory program
- Test scores (SAT/ACT)
- Other tests (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)
Neither required nor recommended
- Recommendation letters
- Formal demonstration of competencies
Accepted Credits
Fall 2021
The following is a list of college preparatory work and life experience that are accepted at Southwest Minnesota State University.
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Credit for life experiences
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Advanced placement (AP) credits
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Dual credit (college credit earned while in high school)
Accepted
University of Minnesota-Crookston
Wayne State College
University of South Carolina-Upstate
Northern State University