Xavier University of Louisiana - Admission Criteria

• Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  1	Secondary School Record
  3	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  5	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  I	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 2.96.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	30%
  Top quarter	57%
  Top half	82%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 41% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 86% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Contact the school directly.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 49%, SAT math scores over 500 46%, ACT scores over 18 82%, SAT verbal scores over 600 13%, SAT math scores over 600 11%, ACT scores over 24 21%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 1%, ACT scores over 30 1%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  28-36	n/a	n/a	2%
  25-27	n/a	n/a	11%
  22-24	n/a	n/a	28%
  19-21	n/a	n/a	29%
  16-18	n/a	n/a	24%
  13-15	n/a	n/a	6%