Furman University
Greenville, SC · Private nonprofit43%
Acceptance rate
1,364
SAT Average
$29,997
Avg net price
2,322
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 563Master’s 66 |
| Bachelor’s 90Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 65Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 63Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 45Master’s 5 |
| Bachelor’s 41Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 39Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 34Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 29Master’s 12 |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s 29 |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s 17 |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 16Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 15Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 14Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 12Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 11Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 3 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Southern Conference
Projected sponsored sports18
Athletic participation
375 unique student-athletes · 14 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Binding · Decision released by Nov 15 · FAFSA due Nov 1
Early Action
Decision released by Dec 20 · FAFSA due Nov 15
Early Decision II
Binding · Decision released by Feb 1 · FAFSA due Jan 15
Regular Decision
Decision released by Feb 15 · FAFSA due Feb 1
FAFSA due Aug 1
· Apply with Common App or Coalition
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $59,360
- Required fees
- $410
- Food and housing
- $16,504
- Books and supplies
- $1,250
- Other expenses
- $2,400
- Total
- $79,924
- $66,6262019–2019–20
- $68,2342020–2120–21
- $69,8802021–2221–22
- $73,9202022–2322–23
- $77,1802023–2423–24
- $79,9242024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $29,997 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 50%
- Average share of need met
- 83.7%
- Average need-based grant
- $44,717
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
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 Furman University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Furman University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Furman University runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Furman University admits in-state applicants at 50.1%, out-of-state applicants at 65.2%, and international applicants at 11.2%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
552 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 29% in 2021–22.
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
24.6% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
22.6% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Furman University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99.6% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 48.5% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.63
High-school class rank
Among the 48.5% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Furman University rates 2 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Interview
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Furman University’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $82,526 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $29,997 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 274 of 550 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
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $82,526
Averages among the 274 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Furman University offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Furman University admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
Waitlist ranked
Not disclosed90.6% of Furman University’s first-years return for a second year and 81.5% 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