Franklin and Marshall College GPA requirements & acceptance rate
Average GPA, acceptance rate and SAT/ACT ranges for Franklin and Marshall College, all from its own Common Data Set 2024-25, plus a quick estimate of your chances.
What are my chances at Franklin and Marshall College?
Enter your unweighted GPA to see an estimate.
What GPA do you need to get into Franklin and Marshall College?
Franklin and Marshall College’s own Common Data Set (2024-25) does not report an average high school GPA (item C12 is blank), so there is no official average to target and none is shown here. Use the acceptance rate and test-score ranges below as your guide, and focus on a rigorous course load and strong grades. Source: Franklin and Marshall College Common Data Set 2024-25.
Franklin and Marshall College acceptance rate
Franklin and Marshall College’s Common Data Set 2024-25 (item C1) reports 9,881 first-time, first-year applicants for fall 2024 and 2,785 admitted, an acceptance rate of 28%. That makes Franklin and Marshall College selective — competitive. GPA is only one piece: Franklin and Marshall College also weighs the rigor of your courses, essays, recommendations and activities, and test scores where it considers them.
Franklin and Marshall College SAT and ACT scores
The middle 50% of Franklin and Marshall College’s enrolled first-year students who submitted scores had SAT 1330–1430 and ACT 30–33 (25th to 75th percentile, Common Data Set 2024-25, item C9). A score at or above the 75th percentile puts you in the top quarter of enrolled students who reported one.
| Test | 25th | 50th | 75th | Submitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAT composite | 1330 | 1380 | 1430 | 25% |
| ACT composite | 30 | 32 | 33 | 9% |
Franklin and Marshall College admissions at a glance
| First-year applicants (fall 2024) | 9,881 |
| Admitted | 2,785 |
| Acceptance rate | 28% |
| Average high school GPA | Not reported |
| Submitted a GPA | — |
| SAT composite, 25th–75th | 1330–1430 |
| ACT composite, 25th–75th | 30–33 |
| Common Data Set year | 2024-25 |
Source: Franklin and Marshall College Common Data Set 2024-25 · Franklin and Marshall College’s Common Data Set page, items C1 (applicants and admits), C9 (SAT/ACT) and C12 (GPA), read October 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the college’s own Common Data Set; none is from a third-party website.
Estimate your odds
The estimator above starts from Franklin and Marshall College’s acceptance rate and moves it up or down with your GPA and SAT. It is a rough guide, not a prediction: it does not see your essays, course rigor or major. To plan the grades you need, try the college GPA calculator and the target GPA planner.
How to strengthen your application
Beyond the GPA range, focus on what you can still move: take the most challenging courses your school offers, keep your grades trending upward, prepare for the SAT or ACT if Franklin and Marshall College considers them, and write essays that show genuine fit.