Bradley University's admit rate has risen 7.8 percentage points across the 8 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 | 74.6% | 643 | 73.0% | 82.0% | — |
| 2024-2025 | 76.8% | 811 | 74.3% | 82.5% | — |
| 2023-2024 | 73.9% | 398 | 72.0% | 84.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 75.1% | 1,036 | 76.0% | 82.5% | 1,160 |
| 2021-2022 | 75.9% | 1,043 | 75.5% | 86.4% | — |
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.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 17 percentage points.
Bradley University's 73.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 16.7 pp.
Cross-admits concentrated in the home region.
3 of 5 cross-admit schools are in IL — Bradley University draws applicants weighing it against in-state and adjacent-state alternatives, not coastal or selective national peers.
Admit-rate selectivity has held steady across reporting cycles.
Bradley University's admit rate has stayed in a narrow 73.9%–76.8% band across 5 reporting cycles — a 2.8% spread.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
Bradley University's 74.6% 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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