RequiredNo early plan

United States Military Academy

NY · Public · Mid-Atlantic · Liberal arts college · Top 10 tier · 4,408 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. Steps to admission ↗

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate12.5%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†12.5%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
0%10%20%'19'20'21'22'23'2410.3%9.3%10.7%12.0%14.0%12.5%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (apply, get a nomination and finish the file by Jan. 31) · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
RequiredSAT, ACT or CLT required (superscored); due by Jan. 31 of senior year.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
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Required for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Official scores required when you apply

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

Candidate checklist lists official test scores.

School’s words: “Step 5: Complete the CFA Schedule and submit official scores.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡100% 

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

Submitted SAT68%
817 students
Submitted ACT32%
378 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
1210–1420 median 1330
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
600–710 median 660
500800
SAT Math
600–720 median 670
500800
ACT composite
27–33 median 31
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2024

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24100%100%100%100%100%100%88%85%78.4%62%69%68%78%70%62.4%38%31%32%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'241170–1360136011701220–1440144012201210–1430143012101230–1430143012301220–1420142012201210–142014201210

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'2425–30302528–33332828–33332827–33332728–33332827–333327

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.

  1. No CDS found CDS not available2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Required2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Required2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Required2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Required2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Required2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 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

West Point reports more than 13,700 applicants for the Class of 2029, with more than 1,230 U.S. cadets and 14 international cadets entering. It does not publish a score range on that page.

Source: West Point Class of 2029 news release ↗

Sources