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Gonzaga University

WA · Private · West · National university · Top 100 tier · 5,198 undergraduates (medium)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate81.7%
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 2019–Fall 2024

Admission rates

Overall
0%45%90%'19'20'21'22'23'2461.9%72.9%76.2%69.8%76.0%81.7%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

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

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. Asks applicants to send all scores.

How to send scores

Screenshot or PDF of score report accepted

Upload a copy of your score report, or send official scores. Typed-in scores alone are not used.

Send all scores? Requested

School’s words: “We require a more official score report than just self-reported scores. ... Students can either request them to be sent from the testing companies or log in to their online score report and take a screenshot that includes their scores, the date of the test, and their name and email that screenshot to admissions@gonzaga.edu . ... Yes, please provide us with all of your scores.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡29%SAT 22% + ACT 7%

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

Submitted SAT22%
272 students
Submitted ACT7%
88 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2024. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1200–1385 median 1300
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
600–700 median 650
500800
SAT Math
590–680 median 640
500800
ACT composite
27–31 median 29
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2024

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24100%39.0%41.0%34.0%29.0%72.0%71.0%21.0%28.0%25.0%22.0%42.0%18.0%13.0%9.0%7.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'241210–1358135812101180–1330133011801230–1378137812301210–1400140012101233–1400140012331200–138513851200

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'2425–30302525–30302527–31312726–31312626–31312627–313127

Waitlist admit rate

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

  • 2024: 24%
  • 2023: 19%
  • 2022: 64%
  • 2021: 29%
  • 2020: 75%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 CDS not available2025-26 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 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDSAs the school reported it. Not borne out: in the class that entered Fall 2021, 21% submitted SAT and 18% ACT (2021-22 CDS).

Sources