Florida State University's admit rate has fallen 12.2 percentage points across the 7 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 | 23.8% | 6,559 | 85.8% | 96.6% | 1,360 |
| 2024-2025 | 24.2% | 5,855 | 85.6% | 95.9% | 1,350 |
| 2023-2024 | 25.4% | 5,890 | 83.0% | 95.6% | 1,320 |
| 2022-2023 | 25.0% | 6,033 | 84.8% | 93.9% | 1,300 |
| 2021-2022 | 37.1% | 7,619 | 83.2% | 93.6% | — |
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 13.3 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Florida State University's admit rate fell from 37.1% (2021-2022) to 23.8% (2025-2026) — a 13.3 pp drop. Year-over-year: 37.1 → 25.0 → 25.4 → 24.2 → 23.8. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 29 percentage points.
Florida State University's 85.8% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 29.5 pp.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Florida State University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 24.2% admit to 71.2% admit — a 47.0 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
First-year retention is among the highest in the index.
Florida State University's 96.6% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 19.8 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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