Duquesne 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
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  I	Extracurricular participation
  E	Particular talent or ability
  C	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 3.5.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top two-fifths	88%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have not been recentered.
• 96% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 4% 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 71%, SAT math scores over 500 72%, ACT scores over 18 93%, SAT verbal scores over 600 23%, SAT math scores over 600 25%, ACT scores over 24 41%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 3%, ACT scores over 30 4%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  29-36	n/a	n/a	10%
  27-28	n/a	n/a	13%
  24-26	n/a	n/a	25%
  21-23	n/a	n/a	35%
  Below 21	n/a	n/a	17%