University of Arizona's admit rate has held within a 16.3-point band over 23 reported cycles.
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 | 83.5% | 7,492 | 71.0% | 83.0% | 1,220 |
| 2024-2025 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2023-2024 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2022-2023 | 86.7% | 9,069 | 70.2% | 85.6% | 1,240 |
| 2021-2022 | 87.1% | 8,620 | 64.3% | 84.0% | — |
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.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools University of Arizona applicants most commonly also apply to range from 37.4% admit to 90.1% admit — a 52.7 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 15 percentage points.
University of Arizona's 71.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 14.7 pp.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
University of Arizona's 83.5% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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