How hard is WKU to get into?
Western Kentucky University (WKU) acceptance rate is 97.05% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 7,720 students applied and 7,492 were admitted to the school. Its acceptance rate is relatively high, making it somewhat easy to get into WKU.
WKU's acceptance rate places 18th out of 27 Kentucky colleges with competitive admission.
The median SAT score is 945 and the ACT score is 18 at WKU. WKU's SAT score ranks 15th out of 19 Kentucky colleges that consider SAT score for admission.
To apply to WKU, it is required to submit high school GPA and record. The SAT and ACT score is not required, but considered for admission. In addition, english proficiency test score is also considered (required).
Admission Statistics
For the academic year 2023-24, WKU's acceptance rate is 97.05% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 37.67%. 2,814 men and 4,818 women applied to WKU and 2,702 men and 4,704 women students were accepted.
70 applicants who has another gender applied and 68 were accepted.18 accepted students' gender is unknown.
Among them, 1,075 men and 1,699 women were enrolled in WKU (Fall 2023).
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
Median SAT and ACT Score
In 2024, 6 students (1% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 73 students (3%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees at WKU.
The median SAT score is 945 with 500 SAT EBRW and 445 SAT Math median scores. The 75th percentile SAT score of EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading / Writing) is 520 and the 25th percentile is 450. The SAT Math 75th percentile score is 490 and 25th percentile is 370 .
The median ACT composite score is 18 with 75th percentile score of 20 and 25th percentile score of 16 at WKU. The median ACT math score is 16 and the ACT English score is 17.
How competitive is WKU's score?
The SAT and ACT scores at Western Kentucky University are relatively low compared to similar colleges (SAT: 1,064, ACT: 21 - public doctoral / research university).
The institutional SAT code for WKU is 1901 and 4-digt code ACT code is 1562.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type
For the academic year 2023-24, total 2,822 first-year students enrolled in WKU. The proportion of full-time students is 99.08% and part-time students is 0.92%.
By gender, the proportion of men students is 38.09% and women students is 60.21%. 1.24% of students has another gender and 0.46% students' gender is unknown.
The following table shows the first-year students by gender and enrolled type at WKU.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
Application Requirements
It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Completion of College Preparatory Program, and English Proficiency Test to its applicants.
The SAT and ACT test score is not reqired, but considered in admission process at WKU. The english proficiency test is reqired .
The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply Western Kentucky University.
For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .
General Admissions Information
The application fee is $50 for applying undergraduate schools and $65 for for applying graduate schools at Western Kentucky University. The following table provides general admission information for applying to WKU.