Embry-Riddle Prescott acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Embry-Riddle Prescott is a private college in Arizona 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 Embry-Riddle Prescott weighs, where it ranks among Arizona schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1120, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Embry-Riddle Prescott with a 3.1 GPA and a 1260 SAT?

About 98% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.1 unweighted GPA and a 1260 SAT, the middle of Embry-Riddle Prescott's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.4 GPA with a 1370 SAT comes out near 98%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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Getting into Embry-Riddle Prescott comes down to four decisions, each one visible in the data on this page.

3,886 students applied to Embry-Riddle Prescott for fall 2023; 2,922 were admitted (75.2%). 833 enrolled. Only about 29% 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. Embry-Riddle Prescott enrolls about 3,218 undergraduates in total, 28% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 17 to 1.

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

The middle 50% of admitted students at Embry-Riddle Prescott scored between 1140 and 1370 on the SAT (average 1250). On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 24 to 29. A score above 1370 puts you in the top quarter of admits and turns the test into an asset; a score below 1140 puts you in the bottom quarter, where the rest of the application has to carry more weight. Embry-Riddle Prescott 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.

Embry-Riddle Prescott 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 Embry-Riddle Prescott's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Embry-Riddle Prescott's published cost of attendance, before any aid, is roughly $62,798 per year. Tuition and fees alone are $44,149. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $40,287 a year, and it ranges from $39,171 for families earning under $30,000 to $42,834 for families earning over $110,000. 18% 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 Embry-Riddle Prescott student who received federal aid earns $84,131 a year, up from $65,391 at six years. 68% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 82% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $23,666; 35% 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 8 Arizona schools we track, Embry-Riddle Prescott ranks #4 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Benedictine University at Mesa (65%) and Ottawa University Arizona (65%) sit nearby, which makes Arizona a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

If Embry-Riddle Prescott 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.