Test-freeNo early plan

San Diego State University

CA · Public · West · National university · 36,196 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate37.4%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†37.4%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 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%20%40%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2534.0%36.7%37.9%39.3%34.2%37.4%no data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (one CSU filing period, Oct 1–Nov 30) · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-freeScores not considered in admission (CSU policy)School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
N/A (test-free; scores not considered)
ACT
N/A (test-free; scores not considered)

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-free for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Test-free: scores not considered

CSU is test-free for admission.

School’s words: “In alignment with the California State University (CSU) system, SDSU no longer uses SAT or ACT exam scores from first-year applicants for determining admission eligibility.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Scores

Test-free: scores not used. San Diego State University does not use SAT or ACT scores in admission, so its Common Data Set reports no score ranges.

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%100%19.0%14.0%86.0%85.0%13.0%10.0%38.0%36.0%6.0%4.0%no datano datano data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24'251120–1310131011201110–1290129011101130–1320132011301130–134013401130no datano datano data

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'24'2522–29292222–29292222–29292223–292923no datano datano data

Waitlist admit rate

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

  • 2025: 16%
  • 2024: 38%
  • 2023: 21%
  • 2022: 0%
  • 2021: 10%

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 2025 Test-free2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2025 Test-free2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Test-free2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2023 Test-free2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-free2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-free2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Test-free2019-20 CDS

Sources