FAMU is among the nation’s most highly selective HBCUs according, the underlying data, from the Princeton Review’s 2020 college ranking and guide of best colleges, released on August 27, 2019.
According to the data, FAMU is the third most selective HBCU based on acceptance rate, avg. SAT and ACT scores of FTIC students admitted, and the avg., GPA of the freshman class.
Although, Princeton Review does not rank HBCUs separately, Rattler Nation used the underlying data on each college/university and applied it against the latest US News & World Report ranking of top 10 HBCUs to compile the above chart.
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| GPA breakdown of FAMU admitted student |
A deeper look at the data supplied by Princeton Review shows that when it comes to GPAs, FAMU admits less than 16% of students with a high school GPA of less than 2.5. It also showed that 29% percent of the students FAMU accepts have high school GPA of 3.75 or better.
Editors note: This story first appeared on Rattler Nation on September 3, 2019. Rather than go blank during the slow holiday season, we decided to rerun some stories while we work on an end-of-the year review.