Test-optionalNo early plan
University of Texas at Dallas
TX · Public · South · National university · 21,751 undergraduates (large)
Admission rates
Latest admit rates
Overall admit rate65.1%
Early roundNo early plan
Regular round†65.1%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 2024
Admission rates
Overall
Early plans
Fall 2027 applicants
No early plan (Dec. 1 priority deadline) · 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
UT Dallas encourages official scores for TSI placement; its pages do not state an admission submission method.
checked Nov 3, 2026
Students submitting scores
Est. % submitting scores‡91%SAT 78% + ACT 13%
‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.
Submitted SAT78%
3,290 students
Submitted ACT13%
566 students
Score ranges (middle 50%)
Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2024. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.
SAT composite
1170–1390 median 1280
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
580–690 median 630
500800
SAT Math
580–720 median 650
500800
ACT composite
24–32 median 28
2036
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2024
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 2024
| CDS year | Admitted | Admit rate | ED rate | Est. % submitting | % SAT | % ACT | SAT mid-50 | ACT mid-50 | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 ↗ | 11,260 | 78.6% | Not reported | 100% | 85% | 42% | 1250-1450 | 26-33 | |||
| 2020-21 ↗ | 12,230 | 79.4% | Not reported | 100% | 84% | 39% | 1230-1430 | 26-33 | |||
| 2021-22 ↗ | 16,429 | 87.2% | Not reported | 96% | 75% | 21% | 1190-1410 | 25-32 | |||
| 2022-23 ↗ | 18,220 | 84.7% | Not reported | 98% | 79% | 19% | 1180-1410 | 24-32 | |||
| 2023-24 ↗ | 19,224 | 65.5% | Not reported | 94% | 79% | 15% | 1180-1400 | 25-32 | |||
| 2024-25 ↗ | 20,704 | 65.1% | Not reported | 91% | 78% | 13% | 1170-1390 | 24-32 | |||
| 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
- Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
- Fall 2025 Test-optional2023-24 CDS
- Fall 2024 Recommended2022-23 CDS
- Fall 2023 Recommended2021-22 CDS
- Fall 2022 Recommended2020-21 CDS
- Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS