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Oregon State University

OR · Public · West · National university · 31,117 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate78.9%
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 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%45%90%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2583.6%83.6%89.1%82.5%78.8%77.3%78.9%

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
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 9, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

School’s words: “If you decide to submit an SAT or ACT score you’ve already taken, we prefer that you self-report them on the application, as this saves you time and money.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 9, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡12%SAT 8% + ACT 4%

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

Submitted SAT8%
532 students
Submitted ACT4%
274 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

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

SAT composite
1128–1360 median 1270
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
610–720 median 670
500800
SAT Math
570–700 median 650
500800
ACT composite
24–31 median 28
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'25100%28.0%18.0%16.0%14.0%12.0%72.0%88.0%15.0%15.0%13.0%10.0%8.0%38.0%13.0%3.0%3.0%4.0%4.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600140012001000'19'20'21'22'23'24'251085–131013101085no data1040–131013101040no data1170–1370137011701160–1390139011601128–136013601128

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
3632282420'19'20'21'22'23'24'2521–28282121–29292120–28282022–30302225–31312524–31312424–313124

Waitlist admit rate

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

  • 2024: 33%

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 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Test-optional2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Required2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS

Sources