Towson University's admit rate has risen 21.8 percentage points across the 22 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 | 80.6% | 2,908 | 67.0% | 83.2% | 1,070 |
| 2024-2025 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-2024 | 80.1% | 1,198 | 68.0% | 83.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 0.2% | 11 | 70.0% | 82.0% | 1,130 |
| 2021-2022 | 87.9% | 2,592 | 72.0% | 85.0% | — |
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Admit rate has tightened 7.4 percentage points over 3 reporting cycles.
Towson University's admit rate fell from 87.9% (2021-2022) to 80.6% (2025-2026) — a 7.4 pp drop. Year-over-year: 87.9 → 80.1 → 80.6. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 11 percentage points.
Towson University's 67.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 10.7 pp.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
Towson University's 80.6% 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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