Test-optionalNo early plan

University of Pittsburgh

PA · Public · Mid-Atlantic · National university · Top 100 tier · 21,222 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate59.4%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†59.4%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%35%70%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2556.7%63.9%66.7%49.1%58.1%59.4%no data

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
Test-optionalthrough fall 2028School announcement ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Accepts superscores, not required

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional through fall 2028.

How to send scores

Official scores required when you apply

Have the College Board or ACT send official scores when you apply.

Checklist wording only; page does not explicitly address self-reporting.

School’s words: “Submit your Official SAT or ACT results (if applicable) ... We will accept the ACT superscore if submitted directly from ACT.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡48.6%SAT 40.3% + ACT 8.3%

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

Submitted SAT40.3%
368 students
Submitted ACT8.3%
490 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
Combined SAT not reported; section scores shown below
SAT Reading & Writing
650–720 median 690
500800
SAT Math
630–730 median 680
500800
ACT composite
29–33 median 32
2036
From the school's website

Pitt's website lists middle-50% combined SAT ranges for students offered admission for Fall 2026, by school: Arts & Sciences 1300–1440, Engineering 1340–1470, Business 1290–1390, Computing & Information 1320–1470, Nursing 1310–1420, Public Health 1300–1430. Pitt does not publish one university-wide range.

Source: Pitt class profile ↗

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%65.0%63.0%50.0%50.0%48.6%83.0%81.0%49.0%47.0%40.0%40.0%40.3%34.0%33.0%16.0%16.0%10.0%10.0%8.3%

SAT composite, middle 50%

Not reported in any year shown.

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
3634323028'19'20'21'22'23'24'2528–33332828–32322828–33332829–33332929–33332929–33332929–333329

Waitlist admit rate

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

  • 2025: 3%
  • 2024: 87%
  • 2023: 20%
  • 2022: 44%
  • 2021: 1%

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 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Test-optional2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDSAs the school reported it. Not borne out: in the class that entered Fall 2021, 49% submitted SAT and 16% ACT (2021-22 CDS).

Sources