University of Texas at Austin
UT Austin publishes an acceptance rate of 27% and is required for the 2026-27 cycle.
- Acceptance rate
- 27%
- College Scorecard, latest cycle
- SAT middle 50%
- 1250–1510
- Section 25th–75th, summed
- ACT middle 50%
- 27–33
- Avg. HS GPA
- Not published
- Test policy
- Required
- 2026-27
- Regular deadline
- Dec 1, 2026
More detail: SAT and ACT requirements · Majors and earnings · What they look for · Merit and financial aid · AP credit
Acceptance rate
What UT Austin's 27% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits UT Austin reports itself.
Transfer
Fall 2025 degree-seeking transfer applicants (CDS 2025-2026, Section D2) · as of August 2026
Read the transfer analysis →Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Required for 2026-27
- Policy
At least one official SAT or ACT score is required directly from the testing agency. Essay/writing sections, Subject Tests, and ACT Science are not required.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1250–1510sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 27–33
- Average HS GPA
- Not published by the school
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Oct 15, 2026 (EA)
- Regular decision
- Dec 1, 2026Source
- Supplemental essays
- 2 required
ApplyTexas/Common App requires one personal essay (500-650 words) plus two required short-answer prompts (~250-300 words / 40 lines each) on major interest and an activity of pride; one further optional short answer covers special circumstances.
- AI use in essays
No Official Policy
We reviewed UT Austin's essays-and-short-answers page, including the full freshman essay instructions — no mention of AI use.
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 42,855
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $44,908
- Category
- Top Public
- Admissions site
- www.utexas.edu
Dewey Smart
Dewey students who got into UT Austin
Mentors
Mentors who got into UT Austin
Our mentors who go to UT Austin, or just graduated from it.
Sources
- UT Austin test policy (2026-27)
- UT Austin admissions pages
- UT Austin admissions pages
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-09-14.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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