Bethune-Cookman University acceptance rate and admissions profile

Bethune-Cookman University is a private college in Florida that admits most qualified applicants (around 88%), 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 Bethune-Cookman 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 1030, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

Bethune-Cookman University signals that it values rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores 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. These ratings come from Bethune-Cookman University's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Among the 37 Florida schools we track, Bethune-Cookman University ranks #35 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 Bethune-Cookman University is on your list, schools with a similar admit profile are worth a look: Wagner College, Azusa Pacific University, and Bethel University (MN). 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 and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets). Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.