Test-optionalNo early plan

West Virginia University

WV · Public · South · National university · 17,447 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate85.1%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†85.1%no early round, so same as overall

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

Trends, Fall 2023–Fall 2024

Admission rates

Overall
0%45%90%'23'2477.8%85.1%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (rolling admission) · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalA few majors and scholarships require scoresSchool 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 9, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

The saved pages do not describe a submission method.

checked Nov 9, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡79%SAT 55.6% + ACT 23.4%

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

Submitted SAT55.6%
2,659 students
Submitted ACT23.4%
1,118 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2024. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1010–1210 median 1110
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
510–620 median 570
500800
SAT Math
490–590 median 540
450800
ACT composite
20–26 median 23
2036

Trends, Fall 2023–Fall 2024

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'23'2491.9%79.0%63.2%55.64%28.69%23.39%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600140012001000'23'241010–1220122010101010–121012101010

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
3632282420'23'2420–26262020–262620

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. No CDS found CDS not available2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Test-optional2023-24 CDS
  4. No CDS found CDS not available2022-23 CDS
  5. No CDS found CDS not available2021-22 CDS
  6. No CDS found CDS not available2020-21 CDS
  7. No CDS found CDS not available2019-20 CDS

Notes

Sources