Soka University of America
Aliso Viejo, California · Private · 484 undergraduates · soka.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
36%
of 740 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1255 to 1413
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$68,880Est.Estimate
before aid
Your chances and merit aid at Soka University of America
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
36% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$68,880
a year in 2027-28, from a $68,880 sticker price
What to do with your 1370
Send your score
Your SAT is at or above the median of freshmen who sent scores (1370).
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Send official score reports when you apply.
Source: How to Apply | Soka University of America · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov1Early Action · November 1, 2026Apply early and hear early. Not binding.
- Jan15Regular Decision · January 15, 2027The standard deadline.
Who gets in
36%
of applicants were admitted: 263 of 740 for fall 2025.
Early Action
Not binding. Apply by 11/1, hear by 12/8.
Wait list
165 students were offered a spot; 23 were later admitted.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 15% of them sent SAT scores and 4% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1255 to 1413
Reading and Writing 610 to 685
Math 615 to 763
ACT composite 22 to 25
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160044%
- 1200 to 139950%
- 1000 to 11996%
- 800 to 9990%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.62
- 4.014%
- 3.75 to 3.9937%
- 3.50 to 3.7424%
- 3.25 to 3.4914%
- 3.00 to 3.245%
- 2.50 to 2.993%
- Below 2.503%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$68,880
a year
- Tuition$41,630
- Fees$2,740
- Food and housing$17,310
- Books and supplies$1,410
- Transportation and other$5,790
Soka University of America published $63,674 for 2025-26. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24, by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$11,621
- $30,001 to $48,000$12,619
- $48,001 to $75,000$12,752
- $75,001 to $110,000$11,372
- Over $110,000$29,747
Financial aid
95%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$32,827
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
15%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $14,072 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 2/15
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
- Aid deadline: 3/2
- The last day to send aid forms.
- Also asks for
- checked, not specified
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP credit
Not given
AP scores may still place you into higher courses.
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
88%
Come back for a second year
90%
Typical earnings
$66,071
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Soka University of America$65,173
- All colleges$55,386
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major.
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