Test-freeNo early plan

Washington State University

WA · Public · West · National university · 21,037 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate86.1%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†86.1%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%45%90%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2575.8%79.9%85.8%83.1%85.4%86.6%86.1%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan stated on admissions page · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-freeScores not used in admission decisionsSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
N/A (test-free; scores not considered)
ACT
N/A (test-free; scores not considered)

Source ↗ · checked Nov 9, 2026

Test-free for fall 2027 entry. WSU does not use scores in admission.

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

The saved pages do not describe a submission method.

checked Nov 9, 2026

Scores

Test-free: scores not used. Washington State University does not use SAT or ACT scores in admission, so its Common Data Set reports no score ranges.

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%15.0%11.0%8.0%7.0%7.4%85.0%83.0%11.0%9.0%6.0%5.0%6.24%24.0%23.0%4.0%2.0%2.0%2.0%1.11%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600140012001000'19'20'21'22'23'24'251030–1220122010301020–1210121010201020–1240124010201020–1260126010201000–1250125010001010–128012801010no data

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
3632282420'19'20'21'22'23'24'2520–26262020–26262018–25251820–28282020–27272018–272718no data

Waitlist admit rate

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

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 Not reported2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Not reported2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2022 Not reported2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Not reported2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS

Sources