Florida Atlantic University's admit rate has fallen 16.5 percentage points across the 23 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 55.0% | 4,260 | 64.0% | 85.0% | 1,120 |
| 2024-2025 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2023-2024 | 71.7% | 8,834 | 64.0% | 84.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 81.3% | 4,371 | 62.0% | 81.0% | 1,110 |
| 2021-2022 | 78.0% | 3,925 | 56.0% | 80.0% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Admit rate has tightened 23.0 percentage points over 4 reporting cycles.
Florida Atlantic University's admit rate fell from 78.0% (2021-2022) to 55.0% (2025-2026) — a 23.0 pp drop. Year-over-year: 78.0 → 81.3 → 71.7 → 55.0. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Florida Atlantic University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 23.8% admit to 63.4% admit — a 39.6 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Cross-admits concentrated in the home region.
6 of 6 cross-admit schools are in FL — Florida Atlantic University draws applicants weighing it against in-state and adjacent-state alternatives, not coastal or selective national peers.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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