UT Dallas acceptance rate and admissions statistics
UT Dallas admitted 25,115 of 36,353 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 69.1%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into UT Dallas counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
UT Dallas acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36,353 | 25,115 | 69.1% | 4,948 | 19.7% |
| 2024-25 | 31,789 | 20,704 | 65.1% | 4,196 | 20.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29,366 | 19,224 | 65.5% | 4,160 | 21.6% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at UT Dallas
Early decision counts: Not published. UT Dallas’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
UT Dallas waitlist
Waitlist counts: Not published. UT Dallas’s Common Data Set prints no waitlist numbers (section C2) for any year shown.
UT Dallas SAT and ACT scores
What UT Dallas says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors UT Dallas rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA
- Important: Standardized test scores, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Standardized test scores, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA
- Important: Standardized test scores, Application essay, Recommendations, Extracurricular activities, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work, Work experience
UT Dallas testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Scores optional: the freshman criteria page lists "SAT I or ACT scores, if available" as supplemental material. SAT 1320 or ACT 28 or higher is used to assign a top-10% rank equivalent for home-schooled and GED applicants. The page gives no explicit test-optional statement and no term.
From UT Dallas’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
UT Dallas reports no waitlist policy and no early decision plan. C1 totals are the residency table totals.
UT Dallas acceptance rate questions
- What is the UT Dallas acceptance rate?
- UT Dallas's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 36,353 first-year applicants and 25,115 admitted, an acceptance rate of 69.1%. It was 65.1% in 2024-25 and 65.5% in 2023-24.
- What SAT scores do UT Dallas students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1170 to 1390, and ACT submitters scored 24 to 32. 79.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- Does UT Dallas require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Scores optional: the freshman criteria page lists "SAT I or ACT scores, if available" as supplemental material. SAT 1320 or ACT 28 or higher is used to assign a top-10% rank equivalent for home-schooled and GED applicants. The page gives no explicit test-optional statement and no term.
Applying to UT Dallas?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what UT Dallas says it weighs.
Source: UT Dallas Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with UT Dallas. All official acceptance rates