Test-optionalNo early plan

University of Washington

WA · Public · West · National university · Top 50 tier · 32,140 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate41.7%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†41.7%no early round, so same as overall

† This school has no early round, so the regular rate equals the overall admit rate.

Trends, Fall 2025–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%25%50%'2541.7%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalNot required; scores are only used for a small number of applicantsSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
The Common Data Set and the school’s website differ on testing for Fall 2027. Common Data Set 2025-26: Test-free (file ↗). School’s admissions website: Test-optional (page ↗).

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

Official scores only 'may be asked' for; UW says this affects a small handful of applicants.

School’s words: “If you self-report your test scores within your application for admission, you may be asked to provide official scores from the testing agency if your scores are used in our admission decision.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡24%SAT 19.1% + ACT 4.9%

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

Submitted SAT19.1%
Submitted ACT4.9%

Score ranges (middle 50%)

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

SAT composite
1320–1502 median 1440
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
650–740 median 710
500800
SAT Math
650–780 median 730
500800
ACT composite
30–34 median 32
2036

Trends, Fall 2025–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'2524.0%19.12%4.89%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600150014001300'251320–150215021320

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36343230'2530–343430

Waitlist admit rate

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

  • 2025: 27%

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-free2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 CDS not available2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 CDS not available2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 CDS not available2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 CDS not available2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 CDS not available2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 CDS not available2019-20 CDS

Notes

Sources