Test-freeNo early plan

San Jose State University

CA · Public · West · National university · 29,417 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate80.4%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†80.4%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%85%170%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2563.6%67.4%84.4%75.0%80.2%169.4%80.4%

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
The Common Data Set and the school’s website differ on testing for Fall 2027. Common Data Set 2025-26: Test-optional (file ↗). School’s admissions website: Test-free (page ↗).

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: “For the Fall 2027 admission cycle, SJSU will not consider SAT/ACT scores in our review for admission.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡10%SAT 9% + ACT 1%

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

Submitted SAT9%
444 students
Submitted ACT1%
38 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
1010–1270 median 1160
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
500–650
500800
SAT Math
490–640 median 580
450800
ACT composite
17–27 median 23
1636

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%22.0%15.0%100%100%10.0%93.0%93.0%19.0%13.0%13.0%10.0%9.0%23.0%20.0%3.0%2.0%100.0%100.0%1.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600140012001000'19'20'21'22'23'24'251030–1260126010301030–1240124010301030–1310131010301070–1340134010701070–1320132010701090–1330133010901010–127012701010

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
363228242016'19'20'21'22'23'24'25no data19–26261920–31312021–29292122–28282224–30302417–272717

Waitlist admit rate

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

Not reported

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 Not reported2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Not reported2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Not reported2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Not reported2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS

Sources