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University of Oregon

OR · Public · West · National university · 20,605 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate87.4%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2581.6%83.4%93.4%86.3%85.1%88.3%87.4%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action, non-binding · School admissions page ↗What this means:

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
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. Oregon is test-blind for scholarships.

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

Test-optional; the saved pages do not describe a submission method.

checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡15%SAT 11% + ACT 4%

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

Submitted SAT11%
534 students
Submitted ACT4%
222 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
1050–1320 median 1200
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
540–680 median 610
500800
SAT Math
500–650 median 580
500800
ACT composite
22–29 median 26
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%33.0%17.0%14.6%13.0%15.0%70.0%71.9%17.0%11.0%9.5%8.0%11.0%33.0%42.7%16.0%6.0%5.1%5.0%4.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600140012001000'19'20'21'22'23'24'251140–1340134011401080–1270127010801120–1330133011201140–1370137011401150–1340134011501130–1360136011301050–132013201050

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'24'2522–28282222–29292222–30302224–30302422–30302223–30302322–292922

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2025: 51%
  • 2024: 98%
  • 2022: 54%
  • 2021: 88%

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 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Not reported2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Not reported2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Not reported2019-20 CDS

Sources