Barry University acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Barry University is a private college in Florida that admits most qualified applicants (around 77%), which puts it in the accessible range. A rate like this means it admits most qualified applicants; the bar is less about clearing a single cutoff and more about how your full profile compares to admitted students.

Use this page to see what Barry University weighs, where it ranks among Florida schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1150, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

Getting into Barry University comes down to four decisions, each one visible in the data on this page.

12,141 students applied to Barry University for fall 2023; 7,172 were admitted (59.1%). 582 enrolled. Only about 8% of admitted students enrolled, so the school admits several students for every seat it expects to fill, which is why its acceptance rate reads higher than its selectivity feels. Barry University enrolls about 2,212 undergraduates in total, 62% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 admissions and enrollment.

Barry University reports that it neither requires nor recommends test scores, so admission turns on your transcript, rigor, and the rest of the file.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10.

Barry University signals that it values academic GPA and rigor of secondary school record above the rest of the file. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. The full breakdown is charted below; with no reported data published, it is modeled from schools of this selectivity and type, so treat it as a planning guide rather than an official rubric.

Barry University's published cost of attendance, before any aid, is roughly $50,778 per year. Tuition and fees alone are $34,350. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,613 a year, and it ranges from $20,804 for families earning under $30,000 to $29,180 for families earning over $110,000. 39% of undergraduates receive a federal Pell Grant.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Net price is what students receiving aid paid after grants, by family income.

Ten years after enrolling, the median Barry University student who received federal aid earns $55,966 a year, up from $47,637 at six years. 38% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 63% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $26,997; 44% of undergraduates take federal loans.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Earnings cover students who received federal aid.

Among the 37 Florida schools we track, Barry University ranks #29 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like University of Miami (19%) and Florida A&M University (21%) sit nearby, which makes Florida a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

If Barry University is on your list, schools with a similar admit profile are worth a look: Bradley University, Gardner-Webb University, and Seattle University. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate, application counts, admitted test ranges, cost, and outcomes reflect publicly reported federal data (U.S. Department of Education: IPEDS 2023 and the College Scorecard) and each school's Common Data Set; figures are rounded and lag the current cycle by one to two years, so confirm deadlines and policies on the school's own site. The typical-admit GPA and SAT are CollegeCalcAI's modeled estimates. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.