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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Houston, TX
Population 5,500,000
Website http://www.uhd.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 75 (8% 🥵) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,578 (48%)
Days Without Precipitation 260 (78%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 6,677
Men / Women 41% / 59%
From State 99%
From Region 0%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 59%
Black 17%
White 10%
Asian 9%
Mixed 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Men: 44.9% 44.9% 2014 Men: 44.5% 44.5% 2015 Men: 41.5% 41.5% 2016 Men: 44.3% 44.3% 2017 Men: 43.2% 43.2% 2018 Men: 47.3% 47.3% 2019 Men: 44.0% 44.0% 2020 Men: 38.0% 38.0% 2021 Men: 41.4% 41.4% 2022 Men: 45.6% 45.6% 2023 Men: 46.7% 46.7% 2024 Men: 46.7% 46.7%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2016 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2019 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 Asian: 6.9% 6.9% 2012 Asian: 9.5% 9.5% 2013 Asian: 11.6% 11.6% 2014 Asian: 7.3% 7.3% 2015 Asian: 9.8% 9.8% 2016 Asian: 6.1% 6.1% 2017 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2018 Asian: 9.7% 9.7% 2019 Asian: 12.4% 12.4% 2020 Asian: 12.3% 12.3% 2021 Asian: 13.3% 13.3% 2022 Asian: 9.0% 9.0% 2023 Asian: 10.2% 10.2% 2024 Asian: 8.7% 8.7% 2011 Black: 29.1% 29.1% 2012 Black: 26.7% 26.7% 2013 Black: 31.9% 31.9% 2014 Black: 25.5% 25.5% 2015 Black: 29.2% 29.2% 2016 Black: 25.6% 25.6% 2017 Black: 22.1% 22.1% 2018 Black: 17.0% 17.0% 2019 Black: 12.1% 12.1% 2020 Black: 9.7% 9.7% 2021 Black: 7.8% 7.8% 2022 Black: 8.4% 8.4% 2023 Black: 8.0% 8.0% 2024 Black: 8.1% 8.1% 2011 Hispanic: 49.5% 49.5% 2012 Hispanic: 45.6% 45.6% 2013 Hispanic: 39.8% 39.8% 2014 Hispanic: 49.9% 49.9% 2015 Hispanic: 44.0% 44.0% 2016 Hispanic: 51.0% 51.0% 2017 Hispanic: 52.9% 52.9% 2018 Hispanic: 56.4% 56.4% 2019 Hispanic: 58.9% 58.9% 2020 Hispanic: 61.7% 61.7% 2021 Hispanic: 64.7% 64.7% 2022 Hispanic: 75.4% 75.4% 2023 Hispanic: 76.0% 76.0% 2024 Hispanic: 75.3% 75.3% 2011 White: 9.7% 9.7% 2012 White: 9.4% 9.4% 2013 White: 8.8% 8.8% 2014 White: 10.2% 10.2% 2015 White: 9.8% 9.8% 2016 White: 6.2% 6.2% 2017 White: 11.6% 11.6% 2018 White: 7.1% 7.1% 2019 White: 7.1% 7.1% 2020 White: 5.7% 5.7% 2021 White: 6.5% 6.5% 2022 White: 4.2% 4.2% 2023 White: 3.9% 3.9% 2024 White: 6.5% 6.5% 2011 International: 4.8% 4.8% 2012 International: 8.8% 8.8% 2013 International: 7.3% 7.3% 2014 International: 7.0% 7.0% 2015 International: 6.8% 6.8% 2016 International: 8.9% 8.9% 2017 International: 7.6% 7.6% 2018 International: 7.2% 7.2% 2019 International: 7.2% 7.2% 2020 International: 7.9% 7.9% 2021 International: 6.2% 6.2% 2022 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 International: 0.2% 0.2%

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: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Asian: 9.1% 9.1% 2021 Asian: 9.2% 9.2% 2022 Asian: 8.8% 8.8% 2023 Asian: 9.0% 9.0% 2024 Asian: 8.5% 8.5% 2025 Asian: 8.8% 8.8% 2020 Black: 15.7% 15.7% 2021 Black: 16.2% 16.2% 2022 Black: 16.5% 16.5% 2023 Black: 15.4% 15.4% 2024 Black: 15.5% 15.5% 2025 Black: 16.9% 16.9% 2020 Hispanic: 52.7% 52.7% 2021 Hispanic: 52.6% 52.6% 2022 Hispanic: 56.9% 56.9% 2023 Hispanic: 58.1% 58.1% 2024 Hispanic: 59.4% 59.4% 2025 Hispanic: 58.8% 58.8% 2020 White: 12.8% 12.8% 2021 White: 12.9% 12.9% 2022 White: 11.9% 11.9% 2023 White: 11.0% 11.0% 2024 White: 10.3% 10.3% 2025 White: 9.6% 9.6% 2020 International: 6.6% 6.6% 2021 International: 5.9% 5.9% 2022 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2023 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2024 International: 2.7% 2.7% 2025 International: 2.1% 2.1%

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
University of Houston - Downtown 2,954 34% / 66% 2% $63,080 76 92%
Computer Engineering Technology/Technician 14 — 86% / 14% 21% $83,238 93 89%
Computer Science 130 — 83% / 17% 10% $91,438 96 92%
Data Science 18 — 61% / 39% 11% $79,826 91 —
Applied Statistics 3 +1 67% / 33% 0% $74,388 87 —
Chemistry 16 — 38% / 62% 0% $55,864 63 90%
Geosciences 21 — 67% / 33% 5% $57,682 67 100%
Mathematics 9 — 33% / 67% 11% $62,017 74 97%
Biological and Physical Sciences 15 — 27% / 73% 0% $62,125 74 90%
Biology 111 — 25% / 75% 3% $42,657 27 94%
Biotechnology 16 — 50% / 50% 19% $56,187 64 —
Behavioral Aspects of Health 51 — 14% / 86% 0% $52,537 55 100%
Nursing 32 — 9% / 91% 22% $89,905 96 —
Accounting 252 +4 37% / 63% 2% $68,484 82 92%
Business Management and Administration 140 — 41% / 59% 2% $72,690 86 89%
Finance 144 — 51% / 49% 1% $79,026 90 91%
General Business 209 — 28% / 72% 1% $65,272 79 92%
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration 41 +4 10% / 90% 2% $65,414 79 —
International Business 39 +1 26% / 74% 5% $64,880 78 92%
Logistics 90 +2 59% / 41% 6% $72,690 86 89%
Management Information Systems and Statistics 136 — 69% / 31% 1% $81,477 92 94%
Marketing 95 +1 33% / 67% 3% $62,783 75 91%
Risk Management and Insurance 23 +1 30% / 70% 0% $98,504 98 90%
Communication 59 — 24% / 76% 0% $52,769 56 92%
English 37 — 27% / 73% 0% $44,087 31 89%
History 39 — 67% / 33% 0% $54,619 60 94%
Humanities/Humanistic Studies 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $52,163 55 —
Interdisciplinary Studies — — — — $60,309 72 92%
Interdisciplinary Studies 227 — 25% / 75% 0% $55,991 63 —
Philosophy 6 — 50% / 50% 0% $46,595 39 —
Political Science 43 — 49% / 51% 0% $52,155 54 91%
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing 12 — 8% / 92% 0% $45,990 37 —
Psychology 287 — 13% / 87% 2% $52,395 55 92%
Social Sciences 16 — 12% / 88% 0% $49,090 46 96%
Social Work 89 — 11% / 89% 0% $59,704 71 96%
Sociology 20 — 40% / 60% 0% $46,024 37 93%
Spanish 10 — 20% / 80% 10% $50,126 49 100%
Education 190 — 8% / 92% 1% $57,251 66 —
Visual and Performing Arts 34 — 24% / 76% 3% $28,520 4 89%
Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians 15 — 67% / 33% 0% $75,304 88 90%
Criminal Justice 244 — 36% / 64% 0% $56,400 64 92%
Industrial Safety Technology/Technician 13 — 46% / 54% 0% $72,916 86 97%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,098
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $18,669
Est. In-State Cost $10,476
Est. Out-of-State Cost $24,150
ROI Percentile 76th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 67%
4-Year Graduation Rate 14%
6-Year Graduation Rate 33%
Transfer-Out Rate 30%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 14.7% 14.7% 2012 Graduated: 11.9% 11.9% 2013 Graduated: 14.1% 14.1% 2014 Graduated: 19.2% 19.2% 2015 Graduated: 13.3% 13.3% 2016 Graduated: 15.9% 15.9% 2017 Graduated: 20.8% 20.8% 2018 Graduated: 20.4% 20.4% 2019 Graduated: 28.5% 28.5% 2020 Graduated: 29.9% 29.9% 2021 Graduated: 30.3% 30.3% 2022 Graduated: 30.9% 30.9% 2023 Graduated: 33.8% 33.8% 2024 Graduated: 33.2% 33.2%

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% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 11.4% 11.4% 2012 Men: 8.2% 8.2% 2013 Men: 9.7% 9.7% 2014 Men: 14.7% 14.7% 2015 Men: 11.9% 11.9% 2016 Men: 11.6% 11.6% 2017 Men: 12.2% 12.2% 2018 Men: 14.4% 14.4% 2019 Men: 21.7% 21.7% 2020 Men: 23.2% 23.2% 2021 Men: 21.8% 21.8% 2022 Men: 22.3% 22.3% 2023 Men: 26.6% 26.6% 2024 Men: 22.8% 22.8% 2011 Women: 17.5% 17.5% 2012 Women: 15.0% 15.0% 2013 Women: 18.0% 18.0% 2014 Women: 22.5% 22.5% 2015 Women: 14.6% 14.6% 2016 Women: 19.4% 19.4% 2017 Women: 27.2% 27.2% 2018 Women: 26.3% 26.3% 2019 Women: 33.8% 33.8% 2020 Women: 35.3% 35.3% 2021 Women: 36.5% 36.5% 2022 Women: 37.6% 37.6% 2023 Women: 38.9% 38.9% 2024 Women: 42.4% 42.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 14.8% 14.8% 2012 Asian: 7.5% 7.5% 2013 Asian: 13.5% 13.5% 2014 Asian: 9.8% 9.8% 2015 Asian: 14.1% 14.1% 2016 Asian: 12.0% 12.0% 2017 Asian: 19.5% 19.5% 2018 Asian: 26.8% 26.8% 2019 Asian: 24.8% 24.8% 2020 Asian: 24.1% 24.1% 2021 Asian: 27.6% 27.6% 2022 Asian: 22.7% 22.7% 2023 Asian: 25.3% 25.3% 2024 Asian: 29.4% 29.4% 2011 Black: 10.4% 10.4% 2012 Black: 6.7% 6.7% 2013 Black: 11.7% 11.7% 2014 Black: 12.4% 12.4% 2015 Black: 10.4% 10.4% 2016 Black: 11.8% 11.8% 2017 Black: 16.7% 16.7% 2018 Black: 9.6% 9.6% 2019 Black: 18.0% 18.0% 2020 Black: 24.7% 24.7% 2021 Black: 29.0% 29.0% 2022 Black: 30.0% 30.0% 2023 Black: 26.5% 26.5% 2024 Black: 31.6% 31.6% 2011 Hispanic: 17.7% 17.7% 2012 Hispanic: 14.4% 14.4% 2013 Hispanic: 14.8% 14.8% 2014 Hispanic: 23.8% 23.8% 2015 Hispanic: 15.4% 15.4% 2016 Hispanic: 17.9% 17.9% 2017 Hispanic: 21.4% 21.4% 2018 Hispanic: 24.0% 24.0% 2019 Hispanic: 31.5% 31.5% 2020 Hispanic: 30.6% 30.6% 2021 Hispanic: 30.9% 30.9% 2022 Hispanic: 32.3% 32.3% 2023 Hispanic: 35.8% 35.8% 2024 Hispanic: 34.7% 34.7% 2011 White: 10.5% 10.5% 2012 White: 6.3% 6.3% 2013 White: 13.7% 13.7% 2014 White: 18.3% 18.3% 2015 White: 11.3% 11.3% 2016 White: 13.7% 13.7% 2017 White: 23.4% 23.4% 2018 White: 15.9% 15.9% 2019 White: 23.6% 23.6% 2020 White: 25.0% 25.0% 2021 White: 31.4% 31.4% 2022 White: 28.6% 28.6% 2023 White: 30.3% 30.3% 2024 White: 23.8% 23.8% 2011 International: 18.6% 18.6% 2012 International: 25.7% 25.7% 2013 International: 21.3% 21.3% 2014 International: 22.4% 22.4% 2015 International: 12.2% 12.2% 2016 International: 24.7% 24.7% 2017 International: 27.1% 27.1% 2018 International: 18.1% 18.1% 2019 International: 32.9% 32.9% 2020 International: 43.1% 43.1% 2021 International: 32.7% 32.7% 2022 International: 57.1% 57.1% 2023 International: 50.0% 50.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%

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
Business & Economics 39.6% 1,169 41% / 59% 2% $71,447 85 91%
Humanities & Social Sciences 28.9% 853 23% / 77% 1% $53,499 58 93%
Professional 9.2% 272 38% / 62% 0% $58,232 68 92%
Education 6.4% 190 8% / 92% 1% $57,251 66 —
Computer Science 5.5% 162 81% / 19% 11% $89,439 95 91%
Life & Natural Sciences 4.8% 142 28% / 72% 4% $46,238 38 94%
Health Sciences 2.8% 83 12% / 88% 8% $66,944 80 100%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.7% 49 51% / 49% 4% $58,907 69 96%
Arts 1.2% 34 24% / 76% 3% $28,520 4 89%

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Education $1.0M #235 83% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.4M #405 33% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.3M #490 69% $0.0M — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.1M #503 40% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.1M #371 79% $0.0M — — — —
Engineering $0.1M #388 81% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $2.1M #488 67% $0.1M — — — —

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 No
Acceptance Rate 72%
Yield (Unbound) 15%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 72% 72% 72%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Acceptance: 95.1% 95.1% 2014 Acceptance: 84.2% 84.2% 2015 Acceptance: 77.6% 77.6% 2016 Acceptance: 82.9% 82.9% 2017 Acceptance: 84.1% 84.1% 2018 Acceptance: 83.2% 83.2% 2019 Acceptance: 88.7% 88.7% 2020 Acceptance: 92.8% 92.8% 2021 Acceptance: 94.8% 94.8% 2022 Acceptance: 88.4% 88.4% 2023 Acceptance: 90.6% 90.6% 2024 Acceptance: 90.0% 90.0% 2013 Yield: 38.4% 38.4% 2014 Yield: 36.5% 36.5% 2015 Yield: 32.7% 32.7% 2016 Yield: 27.1% 27.1% 2017 Yield: 29.3% 29.3% 2018 Yield: 29.1% 29.1% 2019 Yield: 29.5% 29.5% 2020 Yield: 26.9% 26.9% 2021 Yield: 23.3% 23.3% 2022 Yield: 25.3% 25.3% 2023 Yield: 23.7% 23.7% 2024 Yield: 20.0% 20.0%

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 2013 Applicants: 3,096 3,096 2014 Applicants: 3,235 3,235 2015 Applicants: 3,460 3,460 2016 Applicants: 4,187 4,187 2017 Applicants: 3,931 3,931 2018 Applicants: 4,416 4,416 2019 Applicants: 5,617 5,617 2020 Applicants: 5,973 5,973 2021 Applicants: 6,148 6,148 2022 Applicants: 6,131 6,131 2023 Applicants: 6,953 6,953 2024 Applicants: 6,551 6,551 2013 Admitted: 2,944 2,944 2014 Admitted: 2,723 2,723 2015 Admitted: 2,686 2,686 2016 Admitted: 3,470 3,470 2017 Admitted: 3,305 3,305 2018 Admitted: 3,673 3,673 2019 Admitted: 4,981 4,981 2020 Admitted: 5,544 5,544 2021 Admitted: 5,831 5,831 2022 Admitted: 5,421 5,421 2023 Admitted: 6,302 6,302 2024 Admitted: 5,893 5,893 2013 Enrolled: 1,130 1,130 2014 Enrolled: 993 993 2015 Enrolled: 877 877 2016 Enrolled: 939 939 2017 Enrolled: 967 967 2018 Enrolled: 1,069 1,069 2019 Enrolled: 1,467 1,467 2020 Enrolled: 1,491 1,491 2021 Enrolled: 1,360 1,360 2022 Enrolled: 1,373 1,373 2023 Enrolled: 1,491 1,491 2024 Enrolled: 1,181 1,181

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 45%
SAT Range 940 – 1110
SAT Math Range 460 – 550
SAT RW Range 480 – 560

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 900 1000 1100 1200 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 25th: 800 800 2014 25th: 820 820 2015 25th: 810 810 2016 25th: 820 820 2017 25th: 920 920 2018 25th: 940 940 2019 25th: 920 920 2022 25th: 960 960 2023 25th: 960 960 2024 25th: 940 940 2013 75th: 990 990 2014 75th: 980 980 2015 75th: 990 990 2016 75th: 990 990 2017 75th: 1078 1078 2018 75th: 1080 1080 2019 75th: 1080 1080 2022 75th: 1100 1100 2023 75th: 1110 1110 2024 75th: 1110 1110

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 25th: 420 420 2014 25th: 430 430 2015 25th: 420 420 2016 25th: 420 420 2017 25th: 460 460 2018 25th: 470 470 2019 25th: 460 460 2022 25th: 480 480 2023 25th: 470 470 2024 25th: 460 460 2013 75th: 510 510 2014 75th: 510 510 2015 75th: 510 510 2016 75th: 510 510 2017 75th: 540 540 2018 75th: 540 540 2019 75th: 540 540 2022 75th: 550 550 2023 75th: 550 550 2024 75th: 550 550

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 25th: 380 380 2014 25th: 390 390 2015 25th: 390 390 2016 25th: 400 400 2017 25th: 460 460 2018 25th: 470 470 2019 25th: 460 460 2022 25th: 480 480 2023 25th: 490 490 2024 25th: 480 480 2013 75th: 480 480 2014 75th: 470 470 2015 75th: 480 480 2016 75th: 480 480 2017 75th: 538 538 2018 75th: 540 540 2019 75th: 540 540 2022 75th: 550 550 2023 75th: 560 560 2024 75th: 560 560

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 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% 2022 Submitted: 47.0% 47.0% 2023 Submitted: 47.0% 47.0% 2024 Submitted: 45.0% 45.0%

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.