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University of the Pacific

CA · Private · West · National university · 3,029 undergraduates (small)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate69.1%
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 2021–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%50%100%'21'22'23'24'2579.3%93.2%94.9%71.3%69.1%

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
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.

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‡19.1%SAT 15.4% + ACT 3.7%

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

Submitted SAT15.4%
104 students
Submitted ACT3.7%
25 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
1220–1453 median 1355
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
590–710 median 660
500800
SAT Math
600–760 median 700
500800
ACT composite
26–34 median 30
2036

Trends, Fall 2021–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'21'22'23'24'2537.5%34.1%32.2%26.4%19.1%28.9%26.4%27.27%21.18%15.38%8.6%7.7%4.94%5.23%3.7%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'21'22'23'24'251120–1380138011201128–1420142011281170–1410141011701190–1468146811901220–145314531220

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'21'22'23'24'2524–32322425–33332523–31312323–32322326–343426

Waitlist admit rate

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

  • 2025: 86%
  • 2022: 50%

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 Not reported2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Test-optional2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. No CDS found CDS not available2020-21 CDS
  7. No CDS found CDS not available2019-20 CDS

Sources