Test-optionalNo early plan

University of Colorado Denver

CO · Public · West · National university · 10,519 undergraduates (medium)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate74.7%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†74.7%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%40%80%'19'20'21'22'23'2467.3%66.3%72.0%74.5%77.8%74.7%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (rolling admission) · 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:

SAT
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 9, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

The saved pages do not describe a submission method.

checked Nov 9, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡25%SAT 23% + ACT 2%

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

Submitted SAT23%
341 students
Submitted ACT2%
31 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
980–1220 median 1101
9001600
SAT Reading & Writing
490–620 median 559
450800
SAT Math
490–600 median 542
450800
ACT composite
23–32 median 27
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%38.0%41.0%29.0%25.0%84.0%78.0%29.0%33.0%24.0%23.0%26.0%22.0%9.0%8.0%5.0%2.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600140012001000'19'20'21'22'23'241000–1220122010001000–1210121010001040–1250125010401040–125012501040980–12201220980980–12201220980

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
3632282420'19'20'21'22'23'2420–27272021–27272121–28282121–27272121–27272123–323223

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 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Test-optional2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Not reported2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Required2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS

Sources