Montclair State University
NJ · Public · Mid-Atlantic · National university · 18,703 undergraduates (large)
Admission rates
Latest admit rates
† 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
Early plans
Fall 2027 applicants
Testing
Testing policy
Superscoring
What this means:
How to send scores
Not stated on the school’s site
Test-optional; the saved pages do not describe a submission method.
checked Nov 3, 2026
Students submitting scores
‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.
Score ranges (middle 50%)
Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Share of enrolled students submitting scores
SAT composite, middle 50%
ACT composite, middle 50%
Not reported in any year shown.
Year-by-year data, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
| CDS year | Admitted | Admit rate | ED rate | Est. % submitting | % SAT | % ACT | SAT mid-50 | ACT mid-50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 ↗ | 9,713 | 76.3% | Not reported | Not reported | 44% | Not reported | 1000-1060 | Not reported | |
| 2020-21 ↗ | 9,827 | 82.7% | Not reported | Not reported | 38% | Not reported | 990-1190 | Not reported | |
| 2021-22 ↗ | 16,963 | 90.8% | Not reported | Not reported | 13% | Not reported | 1010-1205 | Not reported | |
| 2022-23 ↗ | 19,535 | 91.3% | Not reported | Not reported | 14% | Not reported | 970-1200 | Not reported | |
| 2023-24 ↗ | 20,629 | 87.4% | Not reported | Not reported | 8% | Not reported | 920-1220 | Not reported | |
| 2024-25 ↗ | 23,076 | 87.9% | Not reported | Not reported | 9% | Not reported | 930-1200 | Not reported | |
| 2025-26 ↗ | 23,443 | 89.4% | Not reported | Not reported | 10% | Not reported | 850-1160 | Not reported |
Waitlist admit rate
Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.
- 2024: 61%
- 2023: 63%
- 2022: 73%
- 2021: 50%
Test policy in each Common Data Set
History only. The current policy is under Testing above.
- Fall 2027 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
- Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
- Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
- Fall 2023 Not reported2022-23 CDS
- Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
- Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
- Fall 2021 Test-optional2019-20 CDS
Notes
- The school's 2025-26 report lists 1,129 admitted from the waitlist but only 671 accepting a place; the waitlist table shows the figures as the school reported them.