Concordia University Wisconsin acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Concordia University Wisconsin, a private college in Wisconsin, reports a 78% acceptance rate and sits in the accessible band. In practice that means it admits most qualified applicants, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Concordia University Wisconsin weighs, where it ranks among Wisconsin schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1200, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Concordia University Wisconsin with a 3.1 GPA and a 1140 SAT?

About 95% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.1 unweighted GPA and a 1140 SAT, the middle of Concordia University Wisconsin's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.4 GPA with a 1200 SAT comes out near 98%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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There is no formula that guarantees a spot at Concordia University Wisconsin, but the applicants who get in tend to do the same four things. Here is what the numbers say each one looks like.

Concordia University Wisconsin admitted 3,064 of the 4,537 students who applied for fall 2023, which works out to 67.5%. 452 enrolled. Only about 15% 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. Concordia University Wisconsin enrolls about 2,197 undergraduates in total, 60% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 11 to 1.

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

On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 22 to 28. Concordia University Wisconsin is test-optional: scores are considered if you submit them but not required. Send a score at or above the middle of the admitted range; otherwise apply without one and let your transcript lead.

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

The factors that carry the most weight at Concordia University Wisconsin are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Concordia University Wisconsin's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Concordia University Wisconsin's published cost of attendance, before any aid, is roughly $53,315 per year. Tuition and fees alone are $35,470. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $36,201 a year, and it ranges from $34,991 for families earning under $30,000 to $38,595 for families earning over $110,000. 27% 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 Concordia University Wisconsin student who received federal aid earns $56,075 a year, up from $49,761 at six years. 68% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 78% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $25,750; 60% 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 23 Wisconsin schools we track, Concordia University Wisconsin ranks #9 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like University of Wisconsin (45%) and Mount Mary University (62%) sit nearby, which makes Wisconsin a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

Applicants targeting Concordia University Wisconsin often weigh University of Denver, University of Evansville, and Elizabethtown College, which sit at a similar level. 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.