Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
Appalachian State University admitted 20,827 of 22,184 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (93.9%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Appalachian State University
Three things Appalachian State University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Appalachian State University files test scores under “important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 7% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
129 admitted from a waitlist of 446.
222 students accepted a place on that list, and 129 were admitted from it, 58.1% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
7% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 20% sent an ACT. Appalachian State University files test scores under “important”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
93.9%
20,827 admitted of 22,184 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1110–1270
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
20–27
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.80
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
7%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
20%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Appalachian State University?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 69% to 89%.
What Appalachian State University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Recommendations
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 446
- Accepted the place
- 222
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 129
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $16,836 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $9,325
- $30k–$48k
- $11,600
- $48k–$75k
- $15,204
- $75k–$110k
- $20,840
- Over $110k
- $22,382
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
1 essay prompt on the application: 1 you would write.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Early ActionNovember 15, 2026
Verified July 17, 2026
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 1, 2027
Verified July 17, 2026 · Source
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in North Carolina
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
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