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Marquette University

WI · Private · Midwest · National university · Top 100 tier · 7,903 undergraduates (medium)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate78%
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 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%45%90%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2583.0%82.5%87.2%81.3%78.0%no datano data

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.

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.

Also accepts official scores from the agency or on a transcript.

School’s words: “Submit a screenshot, picture or scanned copy of the score through your applicant portal”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡41%SAT 15% + ACT 26%

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

Submitted SAT15%
Submitted ACT26%

Score ranges (middle 50%)

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

SAT composite
1230–1360 median 1300
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
Not reported
SAT Math
600–680 median 640
500800
ACT composite
26–30 median 28
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2585.0%47.0%41.0%39.1%41.0%32.0%25.0%17.0%14.0%13.59%15.0%60.0%30.0%27.0%25.55%26.0%no data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24'251140–1310131011401170–132013201170no data1180–1350135011801200–1340134012001220–1350135012201230–136013601230

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'24'2524–29292425–303025no data26–31312626–31312626–31312626–303026

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 Not reported2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 CDS not available2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Test-optional2019-20 CDS

Sources