Is LMU test optional?

We haven't confirmed LMU's test policy for 2026–27. Check their admissions site; many colleges have changed their policy since 2020.

What is LMU's acceptance rate?

45% of applicants were admitted in 2024–25, according to the college's Common Data Set or, where that's missing, IPEDS, the federal college survey. In fall 2024, 10,409 of 23,089 applicants were admitted. Applications rose 74%, from 13,288 in 2015 to 23,089 in 2024, and LMU's admit rate went from 51% to 45%.

What ACT score do you need for LMU?

8% of first-year students sent an ACT, and they scored 28–32, with a median of 30. On the official ACT–SAT concordance, their SAT range of 1280–1400 works out to about 27–31.

Does applying early decision help at LMU?

44% of early decision applicants were admitted (356 of 807), against 45% of all applicants. Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the real edge is smaller than the gap.

How many students get off the waitlist at LMU?

222 of the 6,802 students who were offered a spot were admitted, or 3.3%, per the Common Data Set 2024–25.

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What SAT score do you need for LMU? (Middle 50%: 1280–1400)

First-year students at LMU who sent an SAT scored 1280–1400, with a median of 1350 (Common Data Set 2024–25). LMU admits 45% of applicants.

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Where your score lands at LMU

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1280–1400, median 1350

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LMU by the numbers

Admit rate: 45%
Middle 50% SAT: 1280–1400
Median SAT: 1350
About on the ACT: 27–31
Sent an SAT: 18%

Test policy not confirmed for 2026–27 · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2024–25; admit rate from it or IPEDS

LMU admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 74%, from 13,288 in 2015 to 23,089 in 2024, and LMU's admit rate went from 51% to 45%.

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Fall	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate
2024	23,089	10,409	45%
2023	23,361	9,413	40%
2022	21,695	8,963	41%
2021	19,045	8,727	46%
2020	18,576	9,314	50%
2019	18,592	8,150	44%
2018	17,846	8,411	47%
2017	15,381	8,072	52%
2016	13,506	7,276	54%
2015	13,288	6,748	51%

In fall 2024, 1,541 of the 10,409 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at LMU

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?*

Under 1230Far reachHold
1230–1270ReachHold
1280–1340TargetHold
1350 and upTargetSend

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Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges. *Send it? assumes they're test optional; we haven't confirmed their policy.

LMU SAT sections, ACT and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test	25th	Median	75th
SAT Math	620	670	710
SAT Reading and Writing	640	680	720
SAT total	1280	1350	1400
ACT composite	28	30	32

Of enrolled first-year students, 18% sent an SAT and 8% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2024–25.

Top 10% of their class: 30%; of new students who reported a rank

LMU early decision and waitlist

Early decision

356 of 807 early decision applicants were admitted.

Early decision44%
All applicants45%

Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the gap overstates how much applying early helps on its own.

Waitlist

6,802 applicants were offered a spot, and 222 were admitted from it.

3.3%of students who were offered a spot got in

Common Data Set 2024–25.

LMU cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price: $48,381; per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years: 79%
Median earnings: $78,349; 10 years after starting
Undergraduates: 7,716

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

Colleges like LMU

Similar SAT ranges and admit rates.

Sources

LMU Common Data Set 2024–25
SAT and ACT ranges, early decision, waitlist, GPA and class rank, as the college reported them.
College Navigator (IPEDS)
Applications, admissions and enrollment by year, from the federal college survey.
College Scorecard
Net price, graduation rate and earnings, from the US Department of Education.
LMU website
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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1280–1400, and the median was 1350. At 1350 or higher you're above half of them. LMU admits 45% of applicants.

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