University of Northern Colorado - 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
  1	Class Rank
  2	School's Recommendation
  1	Standardized Test Scores
  N	Essay

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

  Rank	Criterion
  C	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	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 3.18.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	28%
  Second fifth	31%
  Third fifth	24%
  Fourth fifth	10%
  Bottom fifth	2%
  Unknown	5%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 39% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 87% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum SAT I score was raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 61%, SAT math scores over 500 62%, ACT scores over 18 92%, SAT verbal scores over 600 19%, SAT math scores over 600 18%, ACT scores over 24 34%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 3%

• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	3%	2%	2%
  24-29	28%	18%	27%
  18-23	50%	57%	61%
  12-17	18%	23%	10%
  6-11	1%	n/a	n/a