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Goucher College Admissions Statistics & Acceptance Rate

What Does the Admissions Department at Goucher College Look For?

By analyzing the admissions figures of recent freshman cohorts, get a better grasp of your likelihood of gaining admission to Goucher College, located in Baltimore, MD.

On this page you’ll find:

• What Admissions Stats Mean for You
• Selectivity of Goucher College
• Acceptance & Enrollment Stats at Goucher College
• Male to Female Ratio of Applicants
• Average SAT & ACT Scores
• Helpful Resources

What Admissions Stats Mean to You

Selectivity and acceptance rates can be a big clue to how difficult it is to be admitted. Compare your test scores to prior applicants to get a good understanding of who you are competing against for entrance.

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Selectivity: What’s the Acceptance Rate for Students?

The selectivity of a college indicates how competitive the admissions process is.

Open Admissions	No
Selectivity of College	Less Selective (70-85%)
Acceptance Rate	78%

Admissions Numbers

Goucher College had 3,683 total applications. Among these applicants, 2,862 were admitted, and 277 decided to attend.

Applicant Total	3,683
Accepted	2,862
Enrolled	277
Enrolled Full-Time	274
Enrolled Part-Time	3

Getting into Goucher College is 77.7%. This makes the school highly accessible. The school admits men and women at different rates at Goucher College: the female acceptance rate is 81% compared to 73% for male applicants.

The enrollment percentage for Goucher College is 10%. This shows that 10% of students who were accepted decided to enroll. Broken down by gender, the female yield rate is 9% versus 10% for men.

What’s the Male/Female Breakdown When it Comes to Admissions?

Gender data for applicants and admitted students at Goucher College.

	Men	Women
Applicants	1,418	2,265
Admitted	1,036	1,826
Enrolled	104	173

Standardized Test Scores

Approximately 20% of students accepted to Goucher submitted their SAT scores (55 students).

The middle 50% of admitted students scored SAT Reading and Writing scores between 560 and 680. SAT Math scores ranged from 530 and 645.

SAT Section	25th Percentile	75th Percentile
Critical Reading	560	680
Math	530	645
Combined Total	1090	1325

Goucher received ACT scores from 5% of its admitted class (15 students).

ACT Composite scores for the middle 50% fell between 27 and 30.

ACT Section	25th Percentile	75th Percentile
Composite	27	30
English/Reading	26	34
Mathematics	24	27

Additional Question to Ask

• A college’s selectivity gives us an idea of how rigorous the studies are, and how competitive the students are. However, not all students thrive in a competitive atmosphere, even if their grades are good. Does this college have the best learning environment for you?

References

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By Rob Coyle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.