Xavier University - 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
  4	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.25.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top tenth	28%
  Second tenth	20%
  Third tenth	13%
  Fourth tenth	9%
  Fifth tenth	10%
  Sixth tenth	7%
  Seventh tenth	5%
  Eighth tenth	4%
  Ninth tenth	3%
  Bottom tenth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 75% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 80% 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 88%, SAT math scores over 500 84%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 46%, SAT math scores over 600 43%, ACT scores over 24 68%, SAT verbal scores over 700 8%, SAT math scores over 700 8%, ACT scores over 30 14%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	8%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	48%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	41%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	3%