Test-optionalNo early plan
Portland State University
OR · Public · West · National university · 13,619 undergraduates (medium)
Admission rates
Latest admit rates
Overall admit rate90.9%
Early roundNo early plan
Regular round†90.9%no early round, so same as overall
† This school has no early round, so the regular rate equals the overall admit rate.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2023
Admission rates
Overall
Early plans
Fall 2027 applicants
No early plan stated on admissions page · School admissions page ↗
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:
How to send scores
Not stated on the school’s site
The saved pages do not describe a submission method.
checked Nov 9, 2026
Students submitting scores
Est. % submitting scores‡5.1%SAT 2.1% + ACT 3%
‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.
Submitted SAT2.1%
34 students
Submitted ACT3%
47 students
Score ranges (middle 50%)
Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2023. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.
SAT composite
1100–1290 median 1220
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
560–660 median 610
500800
SAT Math
530–670 median 600
500800
ACT composite
19–27 median 22
1836
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2023
Share of enrolled students submitting scores
SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
SAT composite, middle 50%
25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
ACT composite, middle 50%
25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
Year-by-year data, Fall 2019–Fall 2023
| CDS year | Admitted | Admit rate | ED rate | Est. % submitting | % SAT | % ACT | SAT mid-50 | ACT mid-50 | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 ↗ | 6,573 | 95.8% | Not reported | 80% | 45% | 35% | 990-1220 | 18-24 | |||
| 2020-21 ↗ | 6,379 | 95.2% | Not reported | 71.5% | 40.4% | 31.1% | 990-1200 | 17-24 | |||
| 2021-22 ↗ | 6,751 | 98.4% | Not reported | 17.2% | 9% | 8.2% | 1010-1270 | 17-26 | |||
| 2022-23 ↗ | 7,378 | 93.1% | Not reported | 8.6% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 1080-1290 | 18-27 | |||
| 2023-24 ↗ | 8,068 | 90.9% | Not reported | 5.1% | 2.1% | 3% | 1100-1290 | 19-27 | |||
| 2024-25 | Common Data Set not found online | ||||||||||
| 2025-26 | Common Data Set not found online | ||||||||||
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.
- No CDS found CDS not available2025-26 CDS
- No CDS found CDS not available2024-25 CDS
- Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
- Fall 2023 Not reported2022-23 CDS
- Fall 2023 Not reported2021-22 CDS
- Fall 2022 Not reported2020-21 CDS
- Fall 2021 Not reported2019-20 CDS