Class of 2029 Student Profile

Furman’s Class of 2029 is comprised of more than 550 bright and innovative students from across the country and around the world. Find out more about our newest Paladins who are dedicated to excellence in academics and real-world impact.

Application Overview

  • 9,527
    Applications
  • 4,571
    Admitted
  • 557
    Enrolled

Enrolled First-Year Students by Application Plan

  • 17%
    Early Decision
  • 65%
    Early Action
  • 17%
    Regular Decision

Demographics

  • 57%
    Female
  • 41%
    Male
  • 24%
    Racial and Ethnic Diversity (Including International Students)
  • 35
    States represented
  • 22
    Countries represented

High School Representation

  • 57%
    Public School
  • 40%
    Private School
  • 3%
    Home School/Other

Geographic Representation

  • 13%
    Mid-Atlantic/Northeast
  • 8%
    Midwest/West
  • 56%
    SC, NC, GA
  • 17%
    Southeast (other)
  • 5%
    International

Academic Profile

Furman practices a holistic, selective admission process in which we assess traditional measures of academic success — rigor of curriculum, grades and test scores (optional), as well as extracurricular involvement, special talents and life experience. Beyond the application, we value personally connecting with each applicant in order to get to know students better and learn more about their interest in Furman. The ranges below reflect the middle 50% of students who were competitive for admission in the Class of 2028. Our goal each year is to enroll a well-rounded first-year class, academically accomplished and diverse in every dimension.

 

  • 3.63
    Unweighted Core GPA (4.0 scale)
  • 1,355
    SAT
  • 31
    ACT
  • 55%
    Test Optional %

Activities & Accomplishments

  • 10
    Valedictorian
  • 18
    Salutatorian
  • 99
    Top 10% of Graduating Class
  • 152
    Sports Teams Captains
  • 11
    Student Body Presidents
  • 73
    Student Organization Presidents
  • 186
    National Honor Society Members
  • 152
    2-Sport Varsity Athletes
  • 203
    Recognized with Award on State or National Level
  • 16
    Eagle Scout/Girl Scout Gold Award
  • 262
    Significant Involvement in Community Service
  • 115
    Leader in Musical Group
  • 48
    Lived Outside US
  • 59
    Club or Organization Founder
  • 35
    Editor of School Publication
  • 79
    Theatre Star
  • 79
    Theatre Star
  • 10
    Involved with Mock Trial
  • 53
    Visual Artist

Distinct Involvement

  • 1
    Business Owners
  • 1
    A published poet, one of which has sold nationally
  • 1
    Participated in a marine program with shark tagging and dissection
  • 1
    Four-time Class President, State President in 2023-2024
  • 1
    Founded their own lemonade company
  • 1
    lives with 21 cats
  • 1
    Chick-Fil-A Back of House Team Member - breaded $4900 worth of chicken in an hour (2000 is an average hour in comparison)
  • 1
    Co-Founder of Thrive Detailing, a mobile detailing company
  • 1
    Helped build parts of a RV-14A Aircraft
  • 1
    Was on a travel club basketball team for Atlanta All Stars
  • 1
    Major League Soccer player
  • 1
    Major League Soccer player

    Captain of the robotics team
  • 1
    Won the national game show "Spectrum News Challenge," Competitive Rubik's Cube Solver on the national level
  • 1
    Head Manager of JV/Varsity Boys Soccer
  • 1
    Recipient of the Princeton prize in Race relations
  • 1
    Worked for Harris/Walz campaign 
  • 1
    Passionate about choir, has performed in Carnegie Hall
  • 1
    Has been an extra in various movies/tv shows
  • 1
    Small business owner (mug rugs)
  • 1
    Published & illustrated a children's book
  • 2
    sisters both attending Furman University
    Member of an aerial circus company