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Auburn University

AL · Public · South · National university · Top 100 tier

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate46.9%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2021–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%40%80%'21'22'23'24'2571.2%43.7%50.5%45.9%46.9%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action, non-binding · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
RequiredACT or SAT required (test-optional ended after the Fall 2026 class)School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
The Common Data Set and the school’s website differ on testing for Fall 2027. Common Data Set 2025-26: Test-optional (file ↗). School’s admissions website: Required (page ↗).

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Required for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Official scores required when you apply

Have the College Board or ACT send official scores when you apply.

School’s words: “A completed application file includes a submitted admissions application, an application fee or fee waiver, your high school transcript and official ACT/SAT scores.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡91%SAT 19% + ACT 72%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT19%
Submitted ACT72%

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1280–1370
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
630–700
500800
SAT Math
620–700
500800
ACT composite
26–31
2036

Trends, Fall 2021–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'21'22'23'24'2589.0%95.0%94.0%92.0%91%14.0%16.0%18.0%16.0%19%75.0%79.0%76.0%76.0%72%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'21'22'23'24'251180–1330133011801240–1370137012401240–1360136012401260–1380138012601280–137013701280

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'21'22'23'24'2524–30302424–30302425–31312526–31312626–313126

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Test-optional2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2023; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2022; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
  6. Fall 2022 CDS not available2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 CDS not available2019-20 CDS

Notes

Sources