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Soka University of America

CA · Private · West · Liberal arts college · Top 50 tier · 316 undergraduates (small)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate56.6%
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 2022

Admission rates

Overall
0%30%60%'19'20'21'2240.2%56.6%no datano data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action, non-binding (no Early Decision) · 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 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. How-to-apply page and catalog admission page do not state a superscore policy.

How to send scores

Official scores required when you apply

Have the College Board or ACT send official scores when you apply.

School’s words: “Official ACT or SAT scores (optional) ... Test scores will be official if the SAT or ACT examination scores are sent directly to Soka University of America by the testing agency.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡40%SAT 38% + ACT 2%

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

Submitted SAT38%
49 students
Submitted ACT2%
3 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2022. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1280–1410 median 1350
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
550–660 median 610
500800
SAT Math
690–780 median 740
500800
ACT composite
26–27 median 26
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2022

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22100%40.0%82.0%38.0%25.0%2.0%no datano data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22no datano datano data1280–141014101280

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
363228'19'20'21'2226–323226no datano data26–272726

Waitlist admit rate

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

  • 2022: 40%
  • 2019: 42%

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. No CDS found CDS not available2025-26 CDS
  2. No CDS found CDS not available2024-25 CDS
  3. No CDS found CDS not available2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2023 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. No CDS found CDS not available2021-22 CDS
  6. No CDS found CDS not available2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Not reported2019-20 CDS

Notes

Sources