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App State acceptance rate

Appalachian State University · Boone, North Carolina · Public · 19,444 undergraduates

90.1%
accepted, fall 2024
24,614
applications
22,188
offers of admission
4,038
enrolled (18% of those admitted)

App State expanded its offers faster than its applicant pool grew, so the rate climbed 27 points between 2014 and 2024, to 90%. App State admitted a larger share in fall 2024 than in any year since 2001: 90% of 24,614 applicants. University of Nebraska, Lincoln is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to App State in size and selectivity (87%); University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee is the easiest (91%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 65%2002 65%2003 64%2004 66%2005 68%2006 69%2007 69%2008 65%2009 58%2010 63%2011 68%2012 62%2013 63%2014 63%2015 66%2016 68%2017 70%2018 69%2019 77%2020 80%2021 85%2022 83%2023 89%2024 90%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202424,61422,18890.1%4,038
202324,00121,27588.6%4,227
202222,25518,48983.1%3,917
202121,12017,88684.7%4,099
202018,17814,45379.5%3,906
201916,66412,80076.8%3,501
201816,15411,22169.5%3,445
201714,0099,80770.0%3,306
201613,2029,02068.3%3,125
201513,0838,68466.4%3,049
201413,5068,46362.7%3,033
201312,2487,74463.2%3,028
201212,9598,00661.8%2,972
201112,4348,41867.7%2,829
201013,0398,22463.1%2,743
200913,1827,65558.1%2,781
200811,4687,39764.5%2,737
200710,4197,14568.6%2,716
20069,9236,83268.9%2,543
20059,6836,55367.7%2,516
20049,5986,29365.6%2,473
20038,8745,72064.5%2,419
20028,8535,77065.2%2,312
20018,8535,77065.2%2,312

Applications and offers

010k20k30k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 9k Admitted: 6k2002 Applied: 9k Admitted: 6k2003 Applied: 9k Admitted: 6k2004 Applied: 10k Admitted: 6k2005 Applied: 10k Admitted: 7k2006 Applied: 10k Admitted: 7k2007 Applied: 10k Admitted: 7k2008 Applied: 11k Admitted: 7k2009 Applied: 13k Admitted: 8k2010 Applied: 13k Admitted: 8k2011 Applied: 12k Admitted: 8k2012 Applied: 13k Admitted: 8k2013 Applied: 12k Admitted: 8k2014 Applied: 14k Admitted: 8k2015 Applied: 13k Admitted: 9k2016 Applied: 13k Admitted: 9k2017 Applied: 14k Admitted: 10k2018 Applied: 16k Admitted: 11k2019 Applied: 17k Admitted: 13k2020 Applied: 18k Admitted: 14k2021 Applied: 21k Admitted: 18k2022 Applied: 22k Admitted: 18k2023 Applied: 24k Admitted: 21k2024 Applied: 25k Admitted: 22k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women14,27413,03391.3%
Men10,3379,15288.5%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
570 to 660 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
550 to 620
ACT composite
21 to 27

Colleges similar to App State

The six public four-year colleges closest to App State in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC		89%19,896$16,880$60,387
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX		90%17,743$14,788$56,877
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE		87%19,178$16,214$61,819
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI		91%16,758$15,625$59,268
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ		88%18,376$15,193$63,846
Illinois State University
Normal, IL		88%19,057$17,829$67,557

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by App State to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · App State on College Scorecard