Academic profile of fall 2009 admitted freshman applicants by college
This table gives you a general overview of the high school rank percentile and standardized test scores of last year's admitted freshman applicants. The data presented in the table are a composite picture of admitted freshman applicants; they are not admission criteria. Admission decisions are based on an individual, overall assessment of each application. For complete information on our admission review factors, please see our admissions overview.
| Biological Sciences | Design | Education & Human Development | Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences | Liberal Arts | Management (Carlson School of) | Technology (Institute of) | ||
| High School Rank Percentile | ||||||||
| Average HSR | 94.5% | 87.7% | 81.5% | 81.1% | 84.8% | 90.8% | 91.8% | |
| Percentage of admits who were: | ||||||||
| in top 10% | 85.5% | 50.3% | 28.4% | 28.7% | 37.7% | 63.2% | 69.1% | |
| in top 11-25% | 14.1% | 42.4% | 47.3% | 40.3% | 45.9% | 34.3% | 28.3% | |
| below top 25% | 0.4% | 7.3% | 24.3% | 31.0% | 16.4% | 2.5% | 2.6% | |
| ACT Composite | ||||||||
| Average ACT | 29.7 | 26.8 | 23.7 | 25.4 | 26.3 | 29.2 | 29.8 | |
| Percentage of admits who scored: | ||||||||
| 28-36 | 78.7% | 38.2% | 18.0% | 25.2% | 37.3% | 76.7% | 77.7% | |
| 24-27 | 20.6% | 48.4% | 37.5% | 44.9% | 42.1% | 22.6% | 20.7% | |
| Below 24 | 0.7% | 13.4% | 44.5% | 29.7% | 20.6% | 0.7% | 1.6% | |
| SAT 1 Total | ||||||||
| Average SAT | 1334.6 | 1246.8 | 1162.1 | 1204.5 | 1245.4 | 1303.1 | 1325.0 | |
| Percentage of admits who scored: | ||||||||
| 1300-1600 | 63.1% | 35.6% | 17.8% | 25.9% | 36.2% | 51.8% | 57.7% | |
| 1100-1299 | 33.9% | 55.8% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 44.9% | 36.6% | |
| Below 1100 | 3.0% | 8.6% | 32.2% | 24.1% | 13.8% | 3.3% | 5.7% | |
