RequiredNo early plan

United States Air Force Academy

CO · Public · West · Liberal arts college · Top 25 tier · 4,085 undergraduates (small)

Admission rates

How admission works: Admission also requires a nomination (usually from a member of Congress) and passing medical and fitness qualifications. There is no tuition; graduates serve as officers in exchange. Application steps ↗

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate16.2%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†16.2%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 2022

Admission rates

Overall
0%10%20%'19'20'21'2211.1%13.4%16.2%no data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (admission requires a nomination, a medical exam and a fitness test) · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
RequiredA SAT, ACT or CLT score is needed to complete the Pre-Candidate Questionnaire.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
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Required for fall 2027 entry. Page says only "Only the highest scores will be counted." It does not say whether that means section scores across dates (superscoring) or the best single sitting.

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

The saved official pages give the test codes only.

checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡84%SAT 51% + ACT 33%

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

Submitted SAT51%
540 students
Submitted ACT33%
344 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
1320–1470 median 1400
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
650–730 median 685
500800
SAT Math
660–750 median 710
500800
ACT composite
28–33 median 31
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2022

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22100%100%84%49.6%49.1%51%50.4%50.9%33%no data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'221230–1430143012301220–142014201220no data1320–147014701320

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
3634323028'19'20'21'2228–33332829–333329no data28–333328

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. 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 Required2022-23 CDS
  5. No CDS found CDS not available2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Required2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Not reported2019-20 CDS

From the school's website

Figures from the school’s own pages that add to its Common Data Set. Each links its source.

Class of 2029

The Air Force Academy reports 1,112 basic cadets in the Class of 2029, with an average SAT of 1387 (Reading & Writing 685.6, Math 698.1) and an average ACT of 30.4. It gives averages, not ranges, and no applicant count on that page.

Source: USAFA Class of 2029 in-processing stats ↗

Notes

Sources