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University of Washington Common Data Set 2025-26
WATest policy: Test-blind: SAT/ACT not considered for admission (even if submitted); AP and institutional exams used for placement onlyCompare with other schoolsAP credit
Acceptance rate
41.7%
30,446 of 72,933
Early decision rate
No ED
SAT middle 50%
1320–1502
ACT middle 50%
30–34
Who got into University of Washington: GPA and SAT of reported applicants
Accepted 334Waitlisted 55Rejected 104Preview
Self-reported by 493 applicants on Reddit, so it leans toward strong applicants and isn't University of Washington's official data. 13 with lower scores are off the chart but counted in the table. See your chances
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GPA and SAT of 493 reported applicants, accepted vs. rejected.
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| AppliedC1 | 72,933 |
| AdmittedC1 | 30,446 |
| EnrolledC1 | 7,129 |
| YieldC1 | 23.4% |
| Early decisionC21 | Not offered |
| Early actionC22 | Offered, counts not reported |
Waitlist
| Offered a placeC2 | 15,363 |
| Accepted a placeC2 | 8,350 |
| Admitted from waitlistC2 | 2,252 |
| Odds if you stay on the listC2 | 27% |
Test scores and GPA
| Submitted SATC9 | 19.1% |
| Submitted ACTC9 | 4.9% |
| SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9 | 650–740 |
| SAT Math (25th–75th)C9 | 650–780 |
| Average high school GPAC12 | 3.84 |
| GPA of 4.0C11 | 18.1% |
| GPA 3.75–3.99C11 | 58.1% |
| GPA 3.50–3.74C11 | 18.1% |
| GPA below 3.50C11 | 5.7% |
Cost and financial aid
| Tuition, in-stateG1 | $12,260 |
| Tuition, out-of-stateG1 | $43,494 |
| Required feesG1 | $1,146 |
| Food and housingG1 | $18,405 |
| Need fully met (first-years)H2 | 21.5% |
| Average % of need metH2 | 74% |
| Average need-based packageH2 | $22,538 |
| Average need-based grantH2 | $21,532 |
What admissions looks at
- Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
- Class rankNot considered
- Academic GPAVery important
- Standardized test scoresNot considered
- Application essayVery important
- Recommendation(s)Not considered
- InterviewNot considered
- Extracurricular activitiesImportant
- Talent/abilityImportant
- Character/personal qualitiesConsidered
- First generationImportant
- Alumni/ae relationNot considered
- Geographical residenceNot considered
- State residencyVery important
- Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
- Volunteer workImportant
- Work experienceImportant
- Level of applicant's interestNot considered
From item C7.
Outcomes
| UndergraduatesB1 | 40,996 |
| First-year retentionB22 | 95% |
| 4-year graduation rateB | — |
| 6-year graduation rateB | 85% |
Notes on this filing
- C8A marks SAT/ACT as 'not considered for admission, even if submitted' and C8F is blank, yet C9 reports 19.12% SAT and 4.89% ACT submitters with score ranges; the test policy is taken from C8A and the score data is reported as given.
- C8A asks for Fall 2027 policies, while the rest of the filing is for Fall 2025; policy is reported as stated.
- C4 is marked 'Require' a college-preparatory program; C3 says a high school diploma or equivalent is not required.
- C7 'Religious affiliation' is marked not considered; the checkbox for that row was partly obscured in the PDF, so the value is read from the check mark.
- C2 waitlist labels were cut off; values were mapped by position: offered 15363, accepted 8350, admitted 2252.
- C10 (class rank) and C12 (average GPA): C10 percentages were blank; the class-rank tier data is not in the filing.
- C5: History, Computer Science, and Other were left blank; Academic electives 0.50 and Visual/Performing Arts 0.50 are shown as required units.
- C11 pct_below_3_50 is computed as the sum of the bands 3.25-3.49 (4.42), 3.00-3.24 (1.00), 2.50-2.99 (0.24), 2.00-2.49 (0.07), 1.00-1.99 (0.00) and below 1.0 (0.00).
- Early action: AD_EAD is Yes but no applicant or admit counts are printed (C22 left blank); early decision: AD_EDEC is No.
- Graduation: no 4-year rate is printed for the 2019 cohort (D/C would need computing, so left null); 6-year rate 0.85 is taken from line H for the Fall 2019 bachelor's cohort.
- Retention 95% is the printed value in B22 (6,764 of 7,121).
- Cost: G1 is the 2026-27 projection (final costs expected 6/1/2026); the filing shows one in-district and in-state tuition figure, so tuition is left null and in-state/out-of-state are filled.
- Aid H1/H2 use the 2024-2025 final year (not 2025-26); H2 need-met percent is computed as line h (549) divided by line d (2,548) = 21.5%.
- pct_with_need_awarded_aid is left null because the filing does not print that rate; the H2 line counts are not combined into a percent for it.
Source: University of Washington Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.