Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA
Kennesaw State University admitted 26,622 of 33,513 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (79.4%).
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 Kennesaw State University
Two things Kennesaw 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.
41% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 12% sent an ACT. Kennesaw State University files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $15,048 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
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
79.4%
26,622 admitted of 33,513 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1010–1210
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
19–26
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.48
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
41%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
12%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Kennesaw 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 58% to 69%.
What Kennesaw State University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendations
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rank
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $15,048 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $12,235
- $30k–$48k
- $12,661
- $48k–$75k
- $15,185
- $75k–$110k
- $18,263
- Over $110k
- $19,309
Source: the College Scorecard
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
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Other colleges in Georgia
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Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
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