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Acceptance Rate 46.98%
Yield 11.32%
SAT Score 882
ACT Score 16
Applicants 6,168

Applying To JCSU

For the academic year 2019-20, the acceptance rate is 46.98% at Johnson C Smith University where a total of 6,168 students applied and 2,898 were accepted. The average SAT score of enrolled students is 882 and the average ACT score is 16. It requires four items and recommends 1 articles to submit to their applicants. The following table describes the general admission information for applying to Johnson C Smith University.
Open Admission Policy✗
Undergraduate Application Fees$25
Graduate Application Fees$40
Admission Informationwww.jcsu.edu/admissions
Online Applicationhttps://my.jcsu.edu/ICS/Admissions/
Acceptance Rate47%
Average Test Scores882 SAT / 16 ACT
Credits AcceptedDual Credits, Advanced placement (AP) Credits

Acceptance Rate, Yield, and Headcounts

For the academic year 2019-2020, the acceptance rate is 46.98% where a total of 6,168 students (2,158 men and 4,010 women) have applied to JCSU and 2,898 (1,014 men and 1,884 women) students have been admitted to the school. Among them, 158 male and 170 female students have enrolled into JCSU and its yield, also known as enrollment rate is 11.32%. The following table shows the admission statistics including admission stats, acceptance rate, and yield.
Admission Statistics at JCSU
TotalMenWomen
Applicants6,1682,1584,010
Admitted2,8981,0141,884
Enrolled328158170
Acceptance Rate 46.98% 46.99% 46.98%
Yield (Enrollment Rate) 11.32% 15.58% 9.02%
[Chart] Acceptance Rate and Yield

Average SAT and ACT Scores

At JCSU, 236 applicants (72% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 129 applicants (39%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees. The average SAT score of those who submitted scores is 882 and the average ACT score is 16 at JCSU. SAT 75th percentile score is 960 and 25th percentile score is 803. For ACT scores, the 75th percentile score is 51 and the 25th percentile score is 40. The following table shows the detailed SAT and ACT scores distribution of enrolled students at JCSU.
Average SAT and ACT Scores at JCSU
25th Percentile75th Percentile
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing410490
SAT Math393470
ACT Composite1418
ACT Math1417
ACT English1216
[Chart] SAT Scores by Subject
[Chart] ACT Scores by Subject

Admission Requirements

Johnson C Smith University requires 4 item(s) (High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Recommendations, Admission Test Scores) and recommends 1 articles (TOEFL) to submit to their applicants. The following table summarizes the application requirements at Johnson C Smith University
Application Requirements for JCSU
High School GPA✔
High School Rank✗
High School Record (or Transcript)✔
Completion of College Preparatory Program✗
Recommendations✔
Formal Demonstration of Competencies✗
Admission Test Scores✔
TOEFL✓
Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)✗
✔ Required △ Considered (not Required) ✓ Recommended ✗ Neither Required nor Recommended

Calendar System and Accepted Credits

The calendar system at Johnson C Smith University is Semester. Johnson C Smith University accepts Dual Credits, Advanced placement (AP) Credits. Next table describes credits that Johnson C Smith University accepts.
Calendar SystemSemester
Dual Credits✔
Credits for Life Experiences✗
Advanced placement (AP) Credits✔
Credit for military training ✗

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