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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Salisbury, MD
Population 150,000
Website http://www.salisbury.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,700 (67%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (64%)

Honors College

Name Glenda Chatham & Robert G. Clarke Honors College
Students 400 (7%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 6,031
Men / Women 43% / 57%
From State 82%
From Region 12%
Athletes 12.1%

Racial/Ethnic

White 70%
Black 13%
Hispanic 8%
Mixed 5%
Asian 3%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 40.6% 40.6% 2012 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2013 Men: 40.9% 40.9% 2014 Men: 36.9% 36.9% 2015 Men: 41.1% 41.1% 2016 Men: 40.6% 40.6% 2017 Men: 41.9% 41.9% 2018 Men: 42.3% 42.3% 2019 Men: 44.7% 44.7% 2020 Men: 44.7% 44.7% 2021 Men: 42.7% 42.7% 2022 Men: 45.3% 45.3% 2023 Men: 42.8% 42.8% 2024 Men: 45.1% 45.1%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2019 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2022 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2023 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2011 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2012 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2013 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2014 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2015 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2016 Asian: 3.2% 3.2% 2017 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2018 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2019 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2020 Asian: 3.2% 3.2% 2021 Asian: 4.1% 4.1% 2022 Asian: 4.6% 4.6% 2023 Asian: 4.2% 4.2% 2024 Asian: 4.1% 4.1% 2011 Black: 9.9% 9.9% 2012 Black: 12.2% 12.2% 2013 Black: 11.3% 11.3% 2014 Black: 9.6% 9.6% 2015 Black: 10.3% 10.3% 2016 Black: 10.3% 10.3% 2017 Black: 7.3% 7.3% 2018 Black: 8.7% 8.7% 2019 Black: 7.7% 7.7% 2020 Black: 10.3% 10.3% 2021 Black: 11.0% 11.0% 2022 Black: 11.2% 11.2% 2023 Black: 13.0% 13.0% 2024 Black: 12.1% 12.1% 2011 Hispanic: 2.6% 2.6% 2012 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2013 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2014 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2015 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3% 2016 Hispanic: 5.8% 5.8% 2017 Hispanic: 5.9% 5.9% 2018 Hispanic: 5.3% 5.3% 2019 Hispanic: 5.0% 5.0% 2020 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3% 2021 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9% 2022 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2023 Hispanic: 5.1% 5.1% 2024 Hispanic: 6.1% 6.1% 2011 White: 82.6% 82.6% 2012 White: 80.0% 80.0% 2013 White: 81.1% 81.1% 2014 White: 83.0% 83.0% 2015 White: 81.1% 81.1% 2016 White: 76.0% 76.0% 2017 White: 75.4% 75.4% 2018 White: 71.8% 71.8% 2019 White: 73.1% 73.1% 2020 White: 76.4% 76.4% 2021 White: 73.9% 73.9% 2022 White: 72.9% 72.9% 2023 White: 71.8% 71.8% 2024 White: 72.0% 72.0% 2011 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2014 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2018 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2019 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2020 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2021 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 International: 0.5% 0.5%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2021 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2021 Asian: 3.9% 3.9% 2022 Asian: 4.0% 4.0% 2023 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2024 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2025 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2020 Black: 14.4% 14.4% 2021 Black: 13.0% 13.0% 2022 Black: 12.8% 12.8% 2023 Black: 13.4% 13.4% 2024 Black: 13.7% 13.7% 2025 Black: 12.7% 12.7% 2020 Hispanic: 4.8% 4.8% 2021 Hispanic: 5.3% 5.3% 2022 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2023 Hispanic: 6.6% 6.6% 2024 Hispanic: 7.5% 7.5% 2025 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2020 White: 69.7% 69.7% 2021 White: 67.9% 67.9% 2022 White: 70.4% 70.4% 2023 White: 70.0% 70.0% 2024 White: 68.8% 68.8% 2025 White: 69.6% 69.6% 2020 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2023 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2025 International: 0.7% 0.7%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Salisbury University 1,376 40% / 60% 1% $63,410 75 96%
Engineering Physics 2 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Computer Science 32 — 88% / 12% 0% $114,051 99 91%
Data Science 5 +1 100% / 0% 0% $83,469 92 —
Information Science/Studies 39 +1 54% / 46% 0% $85,490 94 99%
Chemistry 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $72,885 85 87%
Geosciences 15 — 60% / 40% 0% $63,004 75 —
Mathematics 21 — 48% / 52% 0% $68,927 82 97%
Physics 7 — 86% / 14% 0% $86,634 94 90%
Biology 58 — 29% / 71% 2% $58,878 68 95%
Environmental Science 20 — 45% / 55% 0% $51,717 52 87%
Clinical Laboratory Science 10 — 20% / 80% 0% $73,377 86 100%
Exercise Science 83 — 51% / 49% 1% $62,789 75 96%
Health Sciences 35 — 11% / 89% 0% $58,829 68 96%
Nursing 80 — 15% / 85% 0% $79,359 90 98%
Outdoor Education 7 — 43% / 57% 0% $63,547 76 —
Public Health 6 — 0% / 100% 0% $58,947 68 —
Respiratory Care 16 — 6% / 94% 0% $76,494 88 98%
Accounting 38 — 68% / 32% 3% $83,602 93 98%
Business Administration 73 +5 64% / 36% 0% $75,046 87 97%
Business Economics — — — — $70,958 84 100%
Economics 18 — 72% / 28% 0% — — —
Finance 44 — 84% / 16% 2% $82,607 92 93%
International Business 11 — 64% / 36% 9% $75,999 88 —
Managerial Economics — — — — $89,981 95 100%
Marketing 64 +1 53% / 47% 3% $67,512 80 92%
Communication 122 — 55% / 45% 1% $54,453 59 97%
English 18 — 33% / 67% 0% $40,200 19 95%
French 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $58,120 66 100%
Geography 11 — 73% / 27% 9% $54,445 59 97%
History 30 +1 63% / 37% 0% $49,307 45 97%
International Studies 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $59,211 68 —
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution 15 — 40% / 60% 0% $62,614 74 97%
Philosophy 4 +1 25% / 75% 25% $49,198 45 —
Political Science 24 +2 29% / 71% 0% $57,314 65 97%
Psychology 85 +3 14% / 86% 5% $52,756 55 98%
Social Work 94 — 9% / 91% 1% $56,557 63 98%
Sociology 7 +1 71% / 29% 0% $48,516 43 96%
Spanish 8 — 25% / 75% 0% $58,120 66 100%
Early Childhood Education 53 — 4% / 96% 0% $55,207 60 92%
Elementary Education 66 — 5% / 95% 0% $55,207 60 92%
General Education 42 — 62% / 38% 0% $50,101 47 98%
Physical Education 29 — 66% / 34% 0% $55,610 61 98%
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels 11 — 9% / 91% 0% $55,207 60 92%
Teaching English as a Second Language 4 — 0% / 100% 25% $57,121 64 —
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $63,150 75 —
Fine Arts 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,772 41 91%
Music 7 — 14% / 86% 0% $44,454 30 —
Studio Art 33 — 33% / 67% 3% $47,772 41 91%
Theater 6 +1 33% / 67% 0% $36,776 12 —
Applied Science 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $72,698 85 —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,466
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $23,590
Est. In-State Cost $14,832
Est. Out-of-State Cost $30,516
ROI Percentile 75th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 78%
4-Year Graduation Rate 51%
6-Year Graduation Rate 68%
Transfer-Out Rate 22%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 66.8% 66.8% 2012 Graduated: 67.4% 67.4% 2013 Graduated: 66.8% 66.8% 2014 Graduated: 66.2% 66.2% 2015 Graduated: 67.3% 67.3% 2016 Graduated: 68.6% 68.6% 2017 Graduated: 70.9% 70.9% 2018 Graduated: 68.5% 68.5% 2019 Graduated: 70.3% 70.3% 2020 Graduated: 68.6% 68.6% 2021 Graduated: 72.2% 72.2% 2022 Graduated: 68.6% 68.6% 2023 Graduated: 67.4% 67.4% 2024 Graduated: 68.1% 68.1%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 60.7% 60.7% 2012 Men: 61.6% 61.6% 2013 Men: 59.5% 59.5% 2014 Men: 56.5% 56.5% 2015 Men: 58.3% 58.3% 2016 Men: 61.5% 61.5% 2017 Men: 67.8% 67.8% 2018 Men: 63.2% 63.2% 2019 Men: 64.3% 64.3% 2020 Men: 63.6% 63.6% 2021 Men: 65.7% 65.7% 2022 Men: 63.9% 63.9% 2023 Men: 63.8% 63.8% 2024 Men: 62.1% 62.1% 2011 Women: 71.8% 71.8% 2012 Women: 71.8% 71.8% 2013 Women: 72.4% 72.4% 2014 Women: 73.2% 73.2% 2015 Women: 73.8% 73.8% 2016 Women: 73.0% 73.0% 2017 Women: 73.1% 73.1% 2018 Women: 72.1% 72.1% 2019 Women: 74.5% 74.5% 2020 Women: 71.5% 71.5% 2021 Women: 76.8% 76.8% 2022 Women: 71.8% 71.8% 2023 Women: 70.1% 70.1% 2024 Women: 72.6% 72.6%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 68.2% 68.2% 2012 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2013 Asian: 47.6% 47.6% 2014 Asian: 68.6% 68.6% 2015 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2016 Asian: 47.5% 47.5% 2017 Asian: 56.1% 56.1% 2018 Asian: 61.9% 61.9% 2019 Asian: 84.8% 84.8% 2020 Asian: 54.1% 54.1% 2021 Asian: 69.4% 69.4% 2022 Asian: 52.5% 52.5% 2023 Asian: 71.4% 71.4% 2024 Asian: 64.2% 64.2% 2011 Black: 59.6% 59.6% 2012 Black: 66.4% 66.4% 2013 Black: 53.5% 53.5% 2014 Black: 53.0% 53.0% 2015 Black: 61.1% 61.1% 2016 Black: 65.1% 65.1% 2017 Black: 64.8% 64.8% 2018 Black: 62.6% 62.6% 2019 Black: 65.6% 65.6% 2020 Black: 61.5% 61.5% 2021 Black: 63.1% 63.1% 2022 Black: 62.4% 62.4% 2023 Black: 59.9% 59.9% 2024 Black: 61.5% 61.5% 2011 Hispanic: 60.0% 60.0% 2012 Hispanic: 43.3% 43.3% 2013 Hispanic: 44.8% 44.8% 2014 Hispanic: 57.5% 57.5% 2015 Hispanic: 60.0% 60.0% 2016 Hispanic: 73.6% 73.6% 2017 Hispanic: 61.6% 61.6% 2018 Hispanic: 61.5% 61.5% 2019 Hispanic: 54.8% 54.8% 2020 Hispanic: 55.1% 55.1% 2021 Hispanic: 67.2% 67.2% 2022 Hispanic: 68.9% 68.9% 2023 Hispanic: 55.9% 55.9% 2024 Hispanic: 56.4% 56.4% 2011 White: 68.1% 68.1% 2012 White: 69.2% 69.2% 2013 White: 70.2% 70.2% 2014 White: 68.0% 68.0% 2015 White: 69.1% 69.1% 2016 White: 70.4% 70.4% 2017 White: 73.5% 73.5% 2018 White: 71.1% 71.1% 2019 White: 72.3% 72.3% 2020 White: 71.4% 71.4% 2021 White: 74.7% 74.7% 2022 White: 71.3% 71.3% 2023 White: 69.7% 69.7% 2024 White: 70.7% 70.7%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 30.7% 423 34% / 66% 2% $54,035 58 98%
Business & Economics 18.0% 248 66% / 34% 2% $75,855 87 95%
Health Sciences 17.2% 237 27% / 73% 0% $69,095 82 97%
Education 14.9% 205 25% / 75% 0% $54,255 58 94%
Computer Science 5.5% 76 71% / 29% 0% $97,383 98 95%
Life & Natural Sciences 4.2% 58 29% / 71% 2% $58,878 68 95%
Physical Sciences & Math 3.9% 53 57% / 43% 0% $70,336 83 93%
Arts 3.6% 50 30% / 70% 2% $46,296 36 91%
Agriculture & Food Science 1.5% 20 45% / 55% 0% $51,717 52 87%
Professional 0.3% 4 0% / 100% 0% $72,698 85 —
Engineering 0.1% 2 100% / 0% 0% — — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences $3.1M #234 35% $0 — — — —
Education $2.9M #147 71% $0 9 #341 — —
Physical Sciences & Math $2.9M #261 7% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $2.3M #148 57% $0.0M — — — —
Health Sciences $1.4M #217 0% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.3M #320 68% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.3M #450 85% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.0M #273 100% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.0M #443 0% $0 — — — —
Total $13.2M #285 39% $0.0M 9 #481 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 48%
Yield (Unbound) 18%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 48% 48% 48%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 52.8% 52.8% 2012 Acceptance: 52.7% 52.7% 2013 Acceptance: 54.9% 54.9% 2014 Acceptance: 54.7% 54.7% 2015 Acceptance: 60.6% 60.6% 2016 Acceptance: 65.9% 65.9% 2017 Acceptance: 65.0% 65.0% 2018 Acceptance: 62.2% 62.2% 2019 Acceptance: 73.5% 73.5% 2020 Acceptance: 77.6% 77.6% 2021 Acceptance: 86.5% 86.5% 2022 Acceptance: 91.1% 91.1% 2023 Acceptance: 88.6% 88.6% 2024 Acceptance: 87.5% 87.5% 2011 Yield: 29.5% 29.5% 2012 Yield: 26.3% 26.3% 2013 Yield: 25.4% 25.4% 2014 Yield: 24.1% 24.1% 2015 Yield: 23.5% 23.5% 2016 Yield: 24.3% 24.3% 2017 Yield: 25.0% 25.0% 2018 Yield: 23.1% 23.1% 2019 Yield: 23.7% 23.7% 2020 Yield: 18.0% 18.0% 2021 Yield: 18.3% 18.3% 2022 Yield: 18.7% 18.7% 2023 Yield: 19.2% 19.2% 2024 Yield: 18.4% 18.4%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 8,021 8,021 2012 Applicants: 8,866 8,866 2013 Applicants: 8,912 8,912 2014 Applicants: 8,723 8,723 2015 Applicants: 8,360 8,360 2016 Applicants: 8,307 8,307 2017 Applicants: 8,171 8,171 2018 Applicants: 8,983 8,983 2019 Applicants: 8,421 8,421 2020 Applicants: 8,701 8,701 2021 Applicants: 7,691 7,691 2022 Applicants: 8,108 8,108 2023 Applicants: 8,090 8,090 2024 Applicants: 8,845 8,845 2011 Admitted: 4,232 4,232 2012 Admitted: 4,676 4,676 2013 Admitted: 4,896 4,896 2014 Admitted: 4,771 4,771 2015 Admitted: 5,069 5,069 2016 Admitted: 5,477 5,477 2017 Admitted: 5,313 5,313 2018 Admitted: 5,585 5,585 2019 Admitted: 6,190 6,190 2020 Admitted: 6,754 6,754 2021 Admitted: 6,650 6,650 2022 Admitted: 7,383 7,383 2023 Admitted: 7,170 7,170 2024 Admitted: 7,737 7,737 2011 Enrolled: 1,248 1,248 2012 Enrolled: 1,232 1,232 2013 Enrolled: 1,246 1,246 2014 Enrolled: 1,150 1,150 2015 Enrolled: 1,189 1,189 2016 Enrolled: 1,329 1,329 2017 Enrolled: 1,328 1,328 2018 Enrolled: 1,289 1,289 2019 Enrolled: 1,470 1,470 2020 Enrolled: 1,218 1,218 2021 Enrolled: 1,217 1,217 2022 Enrolled: 1,382 1,382 2023 Enrolled: 1,376 1,376 2024 Enrolled: 1,423 1,423

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 12%
SAT Range 1180 – 1320
SAT Math Range 580 – 650
SAT RW Range 600 – 670

SAT Composite

25th 75th
1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 1070 1070 2012 25th: 1070 1070 2013 25th: 1080 1080 2022 25th: 1180 1180 2023 25th: 1180 1180 2024 25th: 1180 1180 2011 75th: 1220 1220 2012 75th: 1230 1230 2013 75th: 1230 1230 2022 75th: 1320 1320 2023 75th: 1310 1310 2024 75th: 1320 1320

SAT Math

25th 75th
500 550 600 650 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 540 540 2012 25th: 540 540 2013 25th: 540 540 2022 25th: 580 580 2023 25th: 580 580 2024 25th: 580 580 2011 75th: 620 620 2012 75th: 620 620 2013 75th: 620 620 2022 75th: 660 660 2023 75th: 640 640 2024 75th: 650 650

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
500 550 600 650 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 530 530 2012 25th: 530 530 2013 25th: 540 540 2022 25th: 600 600 2023 25th: 600 600 2024 25th: 600 600 2011 75th: 600 600 2012 75th: 610 610 2013 75th: 610 610 2022 75th: 660 660 2023 75th: 670 670 2024 75th: 670 670

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 76.0% 76.0% 2012 Submitted: 77.0% 77.0% 2013 Submitted: 75.0% 75.0% 2022 Submitted: 18.0% 18.0% 2023 Submitted: 15.0% 15.0% 2024 Submitted: 12.0% 12.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.