Wagner College Admission Requirements and Statistics

How hard is Wagner College to get into?

This page provides the latest information on Wagner College (Wagner)'s admission process, acceptance rate, and student profile. Wagner's acceptance rate is 88.00% for 2024-2025 admission. A total of 2,566 students applied and 2,258 were admitted to the school. Its acceptance rate is relatively high, making it somewhat easy to get into Wagner.

To apply to Wagner, recommendations and personal statement (or essay) are required to submit. The SAT and ACT score is not required, but considered for admission. In addition, english proficiency test score is also considered (required).

• Wagner's acceptance rate places 85th out of 167 New York colleges with competitive admission.
• The median SAT score is 1240 and the ACT score is 26 at Wagner. Wagner's SAT score ranks 41st out of 89 New York colleges that consider SAT score for admission.
• Wagner's yield rate is 20.11%, which is moderately lower by 5.35 percentage points (approximately 21.0% lower) compared to similar colleges with acceptance rates between 80% and 90% (average yield: 25.46%). You can compare colleges with similar acceptance rates to Wagner at New York colleges with acceptance rates higher than 70%.

Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2024-25, Wagner's acceptance rate is 88.00% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 20.11%. 1,070 men and 1,496 women applied to Wagner and 905 men and 1,353 women students were accepted.

Among them, 185 men and 269 women were enrolled in Wagner. You can explore the Wagner's admission rates and SAT score trends over the past decade, including year-by-year data and analysis, by visiting Admission Trends page.

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)

Median SAT and ACT Score

For the academic year 2025, 63 students (14% of enrolled students) submitted SAT scores and 27 students (6% of enrolled students) submitted ACT scores as part of the admission process at Wagner.

The median SAT score for admitted students is 1,240, including 620 in SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW) and 620 in SAT Math. The 75th percentile SAT EBRW score is 660 and the 25th percentile is 600. For SAT Math, the 75th percentile score is 630 and the 25th percentile is 590.

The median ACT composite score is 26, with a 75th percentile score of 28 and a 25th percentile score of 23 at Wagner. The median ACT Math score is 25 and the median ACT English score is 25.

How competitive is Wagner's score?

The SAT and ACT scores at Wagner College are similar to the average score compared to similar colleges (SAT: 1,130, ACT: 23 - private (not-for-profit) master's college and university with medium programs).

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)

Application Requirements

It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Completion of College Preparatory Program, Recommendations, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.

The SAT and ACT test score is not required, but considered in admission process at Wagner. The english proficiency test is required .

The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply Wagner College.

For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .

General Admissions Information

The following provides general admission information for applying to Wagner:

• Open Admission Policy: No
• Undergraduate Application Fees: -
• Graduate Application Fees: -
• Admission Information: www.wagner.edu/admissions
• Online Application: www.wagner.edu/admissions/apply
• Calendar System: Semester
• Course for High School Students: Not Offered
• Credits Accepted: Credits for Life Experiences, Advanced placement (AP) Credits
• Degree Offered: 1-Year Certificate, Bachelor, Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master, Post-Master Certificate, Doctoral (Professional Practice)