Test-optionalNo early plan

University of Houston

TX · Public · South · National university · 39,837 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate75.8%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†75.8%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 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%40%80%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2565.0%62.8%65.5%66.2%69.5%73.9%75.8%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (Nov. 2 scholarship 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:

SAT
Does not superscore (highest single sitting)
ACT
Does not superscore (highest single sitting)

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. The page also says "We do not super score."

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

Houston asks applicants to self-report grades; it does not state how test scores are submitted.

checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡62%SAT 55% + ACT 7%

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

Submitted SAT55%
3,691 students
Submitted ACT7%
471 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1140–1310 median 1220
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
570–660 median 610
500800
SAT Math
560–660 median 610
500800
ACT composite
22–28 median 25
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'25100%100%62.0%100%58.3%58.3%62.0%88.0%87.0%51.0%92.0%51.3%45.6%55.0%36.0%33.0%11.0%15.0%7.0%12.7%7.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24'251150–1300130011501140–1290129011401160–1310131011601170–1330133011701160–1320132011601170–1330133011701140–131013101140

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'24'2522–27272222–28282223–28282323–29292323–28282323–29292322–282822

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. Fall 2027 Not reported2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Required2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2023 Recommended2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Recommended2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Recommended2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Recommended2019-20 CDS

Sources