Kennesaw, GA · Public
69.2%
Acceptance rate
1,120
SAT Average
$16,972
Avg net price
39,503
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 6,902Master’s 2,043Doctoral 70 |
| Bachelor’s 1,261Master’s 280Doctoral 12 |
| Bachelor’s 782Master’s 526Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 749Master’s 182Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 639Master’s 110Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 584Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 482Master’s 27Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 374Master’s 10Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 353Master’s 192Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 327Master’s 468Doctoral 52 |
| Bachelor’s 284Master’s 55Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 265Master’s 9Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 156Master’s 24Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 133Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 89Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 85Master’s 41Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 76Master’s 23Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 56Master’s 6Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 49Master’s 84Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 46Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 34Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 24Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 22Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s 6Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 13Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Conference USA
Projected sponsored sports18
Athletic participation
475 unique student-athletes · 14 varsity teams
Fall 2027 - Priority Deadline
Fall 2027
FAFSA due Mar 1 · Priority Deadline for Verification Documents to be submitted due May 1
· Apply with Common App or GAfutures application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $4,560
- Required fees
- $1,248
- Food and housing
- $13,287
- Books and supplies
- $1,500
- Other expenses
- $5,883
- Total
- $26,478
- $27,2532019–2019–20
- $27,2532020–2120–21
- $27,2532021–2221–22
- $27,2532022–2322–23
- $25,9272023–2423–24
- $26,4782024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $16,972 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 71%
- Average share of need met
- 45%
- Average need-based grant
- $9,385
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Kennesaw State University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Kennesaw State University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in Kennesaw State University's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Kennesaw State University withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
9,537 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jul 1. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, up from 25% in 2021–22, and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
41% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
12% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Kennesaw State University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 98.5% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 78% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.48
High-school class rank
Among the 78% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Kennesaw State University rates 2 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Not considered
- Class rank
- Not considered
- Application essay
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Not considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Not considered
- Talent / ability
- Not considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Not considered
- First generation
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
Kennesaw State University leaves 3 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
Without the GPA spread, a family can’t see where their transcript lands within the class.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7)
Kennesaw State University's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $16,972 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 6,452 of 9,026 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. Kennesaw State University reports institutional aid is not available to international students.
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed78.7% of Kennesaw State University’s first-years return for a second year and 48.1% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03