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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Location Usaf Academy, CO
Population 700,000
Website http://www.usafa.af.mil/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 130 (95% 😎) very dry
Sunshine Hours 3,107 (91% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 278 (87%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,162
Men / Women 71% / 29%
From State 5%
From Region 9%

Racial/Ethnic

White 63%
Hispanic 11%
Mixed 9%
Asian 8%
Black 5%
Native American 1%
International 1%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 77.6% 77.6% 2012 Men: 77.6% 77.6% 2013 Men: 76.9% 76.9% 2014 Men: 78.1% 78.1% 2015 Men: 73.5% 73.5% 2016 Men: 70.9% 70.9% 2017 Men: 72.4% 72.4% 2018 Men: 74.7% 74.7% 2019 Men: 72.0% 72.0% 2020 Men: 70.0% 70.0% 2021 Men: 70.5% 70.5% 2022 Men: 71.5% 71.5% 2023 Men: 71.3% 71.3% 2024 Men: 70.3% 70.3%

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: 1.0% 1.0% 2012 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2013 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2015 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2017 Native: 1.6% 1.6% 2018 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 Asian: 4.6% 4.6% 2012 Asian: 5.4% 5.4% 2013 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2014 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2015 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2016 Asian: 5.2% 5.2% 2017 Asian: 4.4% 4.4% 2018 Asian: 5.2% 5.2% 2019 Asian: 4.7% 4.7% 2020 Asian: 4.3% 4.3% 2021 Asian: 5.0% 5.0% 2022 Asian: 5.6% 5.6% 2023 Asian: 5.8% 5.8% 2024 Asian: 6.4% 6.4% 2011 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2012 Black: 3.8% 3.8% 2013 Black: 3.8% 3.8% 2014 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2015 Black: 4.0% 4.0% 2016 Black: 5.3% 5.3% 2017 Black: 7.0% 7.0% 2018 Black: 5.3% 5.3% 2019 Black: 8.0% 8.0% 2020 Black: 5.1% 5.1% 2021 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2022 Black: 6.4% 6.4% 2023 Black: 7.1% 7.1% 2024 Black: 7.8% 7.8% 2011 Hispanic: 5.5% 5.5% 2012 Hispanic: 8.1% 8.1% 2013 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2014 Hispanic: 8.8% 8.8% 2015 Hispanic: 9.9% 9.9% 2016 Hispanic: 9.2% 9.2% 2017 Hispanic: 11.1% 11.1% 2018 Hispanic: 9.2% 9.2% 2019 Hispanic: 10.0% 10.0% 2020 Hispanic: 11.3% 11.3% 2021 Hispanic: 11.8% 11.8% 2022 Hispanic: 10.3% 10.3% 2023 Hispanic: 10.2% 10.2% 2024 Hispanic: 11.1% 11.1% 2011 White: 78.3% 78.3% 2012 White: 71.2% 71.2% 2013 White: 74.0% 74.0% 2014 White: 75.3% 75.3% 2015 White: 73.9% 73.9% 2016 White: 69.1% 69.1% 2017 White: 66.9% 66.9% 2018 White: 69.1% 69.1% 2019 White: 58.1% 58.1% 2020 White: 63.5% 63.5% 2021 White: 59.2% 59.2% 2022 White: 63.5% 63.5% 2023 White: 63.9% 63.9% 2024 White: 61.6% 61.6% 2011 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2012 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2013 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2014 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2015 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2016 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2017 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2018 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2019 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2020 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2022 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2024 International: 1.6% 1.6%

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: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2025 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 Asian: 5.8% 5.8% 2021 Asian: 6.6% 6.6% 2022 Asian: 7.0% 7.0% 2023 Asian: 7.2% 7.2% 2024 Asian: 8.4% 8.4% 2025 Asian: 8.4% 8.4% 2020 Black: 6.6% 6.6% 2021 Black: 6.5% 6.5% 2022 Black: 6.2% 6.2% 2023 Black: 5.8% 5.8% 2024 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2025 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2020 Hispanic: 10.8% 10.8% 2021 Hispanic: 11.5% 11.5% 2022 Hispanic: 11.5% 11.5% 2023 Hispanic: 11.9% 11.9% 2024 Hispanic: 11.8% 11.8% 2025 Hispanic: 11.4% 11.4% 2020 White: 64.1% 64.1% 2021 White: 63.8% 63.8% 2022 White: 64.0% 64.0% 2023 White: 63.4% 63.4% 2024 White: 63.0% 63.0% 2025 White: 63.0% 63.0% 2020 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2022 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2025 International: 1.5% 1.5%

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
United States Air Force Academy 919 70% / 30% 2% $89,269
Aerospace Engineering 121 — 85% / 15% 3% $101,240 — —
Astronautical Engineering — — — — $99,564 — —
Civil Engineering 51 — 65% / 35% 2% $90,856 — —
Electrical & Computer Engineering 39 +1 74% / 26% 5% $100,248 — —
Engineering Science 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $98,710 — —
Mechanical Engineering 19 +1 74% / 26% 0% $95,572 — —
Operations Research 18 +1 72% / 28% 0% $98,766 — —
Systems Engineering 69 — 62% / 38% 1% $100,174 — —
Computer Science 39 — 79% / 21% 3% $128,825 — —
Cyber and Electronic Warfare 9 +1 89% / 11% 0% $92,564 — —
Data Science 18 +3 50% / 50% 6% $105,650 — —
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $65,108 — —
Chemistry 16 — 81% / 19% 0% $69,263 — —
Mathematics 11 +15 55% / 45% 0% $86,909 — —
Meteorology — — — — $66,022 — —
Physical Sciences 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $79,214 — —
Physics 9 — 67% / 33% 0% $80,119 — —
Biology 75 +2 40% / 60% 1% $69,129 — —
Economics — — — — $93,251 — —
Economics 24 +1 88% / 12% 0% — — —
Management 131 — 82% / 18% 1% $95,912 — —
Behavioral Science 53 +1 34% / 66% 0% $66,131 — —
English 9 +9 56% / 44% 0% $55,469 — —
General Studies 3 — 67% / 33% 0% — — —
Geography — — — — $70,602 — —
Geography 26 — 69% / 31% 4% — — —
History 22 — 91% / 9% 0% $62,276 — —
Humanities 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
International Affairs — — — — $83,692 — —
International/Global Studies 24 +2 54% / 46% 0% $74,011 — —
Philosophy 8 +2 88% / 12% 0% $62,576 — —
Political Science 27 +1 67% / 33% 4% $82,391 — —
Social Science 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $61,870 — —
Applied Science — — — — $83,114 — —
Geospatial Intelligence — — — — $77,542 — —
Legal Studies 32 — 53% / 47% 0% $64,764 — —
Military Science 56 +1 89% / 11% 0% — — —
Military and Strategic Studies — — — — $80,486 — —
Space Operations — — — — $79,391 — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $0
Est. Cost of Attendance $0

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 97%
4-Year Graduation Rate 84%
6-Year Graduation Rate 88%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 82.8% 82.8% 2012 Graduated: 79.6% 79.6% 2013 Graduated: 86.3% 86.3% 2014 Graduated: 83.9% 83.9% 2015 Graduated: 79.3% 79.3% 2016 Graduated: 83.3% 83.3% 2017 Graduated: 77.6% 77.6% 2018 Graduated: 83.3% 83.3% 2019 Graduated: 85.3% 85.3% 2020 Graduated: 87.3% 87.3% 2021 Graduated: 86.1% 86.1% 2022 Graduated: 99.9% 99.9% 2023 Graduated: 88.1% 88.1% 2024 Graduated: 87.5% 87.5%

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: 83.2% 83.2% 2012 Men: 80.6% 80.6% 2013 Men: 87.4% 87.4% 2014 Men: 83.6% 83.6% 2015 Men: 78.6% 78.6% 2016 Men: 82.7% 82.7% 2017 Men: 78.4% 78.4% 2018 Men: 82.7% 82.7% 2019 Men: 84.9% 84.9% 2020 Men: 87.2% 87.2% 2021 Men: 86.0% 86.0% 2022 Men: 100.0% 100.0% 2023 Men: 87.1% 87.1% 2024 Men: 86.1% 86.1% 2011 Women: 80.8% 80.8% 2012 Women: 76.0% 76.0% 2013 Women: 81.7% 81.7% 2014 Women: 84.7% 84.7% 2015 Women: 82.2% 82.2% 2016 Women: 85.2% 85.2% 2017 Women: 74.8% 74.8% 2018 Women: 85.2% 85.2% 2019 Women: 86.3% 86.3% 2020 Women: 87.7% 87.7% 2021 Women: 86.3% 86.3% 2022 Women: 99.7% 99.7% 2023 Women: 90.8% 90.8% 2024 Women: 91.8% 91.8%

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: 91.4% 91.4% 2012 Asian: 80.6% 80.6% 2013 Asian: 94.3% 94.3% 2014 Asian: 85.7% 85.7% 2015 Asian: 87.8% 87.8% 2016 Asian: 90.5% 90.5% 2017 Asian: 65.2% 65.2% 2018 Asian: 90.5% 90.5% 2019 Asian: 81.5% 81.5% 2020 Asian: 87.8% 87.8% 2021 Asian: 87.9% 87.9% 2022 Asian: 100.0% 100.0% 2023 Asian: 89.7% 89.7% 2024 Asian: 83.8% 83.8% 2011 Black: 82.8% 82.8% 2012 Black: 76.6% 76.6% 2013 Black: 86.4% 86.4% 2014 Black: 78.7% 78.7% 2015 Black: 65.4% 65.4% 2016 Black: 61.5% 61.5% 2017 Black: 63.0% 63.0% 2018 Black: 61.5% 61.5% 2019 Black: 80.2% 80.2% 2020 Black: 87.9% 87.9% 2021 Black: 71.7% 71.7% 2022 Black: 98.6% 98.6% 2023 Black: 77.4% 77.4% 2024 Black: 83.3% 83.3% 2011 Hispanic: 85.5% 85.5% 2012 Hispanic: 78.0% 78.0% 2013 Hispanic: 83.5% 83.5% 2014 Hispanic: 80.0% 80.0% 2015 Hispanic: 76.4% 76.4% 2016 Hispanic: 73.2% 73.2% 2017 Hispanic: 73.3% 73.3% 2018 Hispanic: 73.2% 73.2% 2019 Hispanic: 86.0% 86.0% 2020 Hispanic: 88.3% 88.3% 2021 Hispanic: 82.4% 82.4% 2022 Hispanic: 100.0% 100.0% 2023 Hispanic: 86.7% 86.7% 2024 Hispanic: 82.0% 82.0% 2011 White: 82.6% 82.6% 2012 White: 80.8% 80.8% 2013 White: 86.6% 86.6% 2014 White: 83.7% 83.7% 2015 White: 79.7% 79.7% 2016 White: 86.3% 86.3% 2017 White: 80.9% 80.9% 2018 White: 86.3% 86.3% 2019 White: 86.7% 86.7% 2020 White: 87.7% 87.7% 2021 White: 89.3% 89.3% 2022 White: 100.0% 100.0% 2023 White: 89.7% 89.7% 2024 White: 90.3% 90.3%

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
Engineering 34.7% 319 74% / 26% 3% $98,735 — —
Humanities & Social Sciences 18.9% 174 58% / 42% 1% $69,011 — —
Business & Economics 16.9% 155 83% / 17% 1% $95,912 — —
Professional 9.6% 88 76% / 24% 0% $64,764 — —
Life & Natural Sciences 8.2% 75 40% / 60% 1% $69,129 — —
Computer Science 7.2% 66 73% / 27% 3% $117,560 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 4.6% 42 69% / 31% 0% $76,289 — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $37.1M #116 97% $0.6M — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $9.3M #165 100% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $4.2M #232 99% $0.0M — — — —
Computer Science $1.3M #211 99% $0.0M — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.2M #461 71% $0.0M — — — —
Business & Economics $0.1M #331 36% $0.1M — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $52.2M #199 98% $0.7M — — — —

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 12%
Yield (Unbound) 78%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 12% 12% —

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: 10.8% 10.8% 2012 Acceptance: 9.9% 9.9% 2013 Acceptance: 15.4% 15.4% 2014 Acceptance: 16.6% 16.6% 2015 Acceptance: 17.1% 17.1% 2016 Acceptance: 15.1% 15.1% 2017 Acceptance: 11.9% 11.9% 2018 Acceptance: 11.4% 11.4% 2019 Acceptance: 11.1% 11.1% 2020 Acceptance: 13.4% 13.4% 2021 Acceptance: 12.4% 12.4% 2022 Acceptance: 16.2% 16.2% 2023 Acceptance: 13.9% 13.9% 2024 Acceptance: 14.1% 14.1% 2011 Yield: 82.1% 82.1% 2012 Yield: 84.3% 84.3% 2013 Yield: 77.7% 77.7% 2014 Yield: 80.5% 80.5% 2015 Yield: 79.7% 79.7% 2016 Yield: 74.7% 74.7% 2017 Yield: 97.0% 97.0% 2018 Yield: 98.4% 98.4% 2019 Yield: 98.7% 98.7% 2020 Yield: 78.4% 78.4% 2021 Yield: 75.1% 75.1% 2022 Yield: 77.9% 77.9% 2023 Yield: 79.3% 79.3% 2024 Yield: 78.5% 78.5%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 12,732 12,732 2012 Applicants: 12,274 12,274 2013 Applicants: 9,634 9,634 2014 Applicants: 9,050 9,050 2015 Applicants: 9,122 9,122 2016 Applicants: 9,894 9,894 2017 Applicants: 10,202 10,202 2018 Applicants: 10,376 10,376 2019 Applicants: 10,354 10,354 2020 Applicants: 10,747 10,747 2021 Applicants: 11,687 11,687 2022 Applicants: 8,353 8,353 2023 Applicants: 9,543 9,543 2024 Applicants: 10,187 10,187 2011 Admitted: 1,372 1,372 2012 Admitted: 1,214 1,214 2013 Admitted: 1,486 1,486 2014 Admitted: 1,498 1,498 2015 Admitted: 1,559 1,559 2016 Admitted: 1,492 1,492 2017 Admitted: 1,216 1,216 2018 Admitted: 1,182 1,182 2019 Admitted: 1,147 1,147 2020 Admitted: 1,443 1,443 2021 Admitted: 1,453 1,453 2022 Admitted: 1,356 1,356 2023 Admitted: 1,329 1,329 2024 Admitted: 1,435 1,435 2011 Enrolled: 1,127 1,127 2012 Enrolled: 1,023 1,023 2013 Enrolled: 1,154 1,154 2014 Enrolled: 1,206 1,206 2015 Enrolled: 1,242 1,242 2016 Enrolled: 1,115 1,115 2017 Enrolled: 1,180 1,180 2018 Enrolled: 1,163 1,163 2019 Enrolled: 1,132 1,132 2020 Enrolled: 1,132 1,132 2021 Enrolled: 1,091 1,091 2022 Enrolled: 1,056 1,056 2023 Enrolled: 1,054 1,054 2024 Enrolled: 1,126 1,126

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1230 – 1440
SAT Math Range 610 – 730
SAT RW Range 620 – 710

SAT Composite

25th 75th
1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 1220 1220 2012 25th: 1230 1230 2013 25th: 1210 1210 2014 25th: 1210 1210 2015 25th: 1230 1230 2016 25th: 1220 1220 2017 25th: 1210 1210 2018 25th: 1230 1230 2019 25th: 1230 1230 2020 25th: 1220 1220 2021 25th: 1208 1208 2022 25th: 1310 1310 2023 25th: 1250 1250 2024 25th: 1230 1230 2011 75th: 1390 1390 2012 75th: 1410 1410 2013 75th: 1400 1400 2014 75th: 1390 1390 2015 75th: 1400 1400 2016 75th: 1410 1410 2017 75th: 1390 1390 2018 75th: 1410 1410 2019 75th: 1440 1440 2020 75th: 1430 1430 2021 75th: 1490 1490 2022 75th: 1480 1480 2023 75th: 1450 1450 2024 75th: 1440 1440

SAT Math

25th 75th
600 650 700 750 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 630 630 2012 25th: 630 630 2013 25th: 620 620 2014 25th: 620 620 2015 25th: 630 630 2016 25th: 620 620 2017 25th: 610 610 2018 25th: 620 620 2019 25th: 620 620 2020 25th: 620 620 2021 25th: 618 618 2022 25th: 660 660 2023 25th: 630 630 2024 25th: 610 610 2011 75th: 710 710 2012 75th: 720 720 2013 75th: 710 710 2014 75th: 710 710 2015 75th: 710 710 2016 75th: 720 720 2017 75th: 700 700 2018 75th: 720 720 2019 75th: 740 740 2020 75th: 730 730 2021 75th: 760 760 2022 75th: 750 750 2023 75th: 740 740 2024 75th: 730 730

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
550 600 650 700 750 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 590 590 2012 25th: 600 600 2013 25th: 590 590 2014 25th: 590 590 2015 25th: 600 600 2016 25th: 600 600 2017 25th: 600 600 2018 25th: 610 610 2019 25th: 610 610 2020 25th: 600 600 2021 25th: 590 590 2022 25th: 650 650 2023 25th: 620 620 2024 25th: 620 620 2011 75th: 680 680 2012 75th: 690 690 2013 75th: 690 690 2014 75th: 680 680 2015 75th: 690 690 2016 75th: 690 690 2017 75th: 690 690 2018 75th: 690 690 2019 75th: 700 700 2020 75th: 700 700 2021 75th: 730 730 2022 75th: 730 730 2023 75th: 710 710 2024 75th: 710 710

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: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 56.0% 56.0% 2022 Submitted: 84.0% 84.0% 2023 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2024 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%

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.