REALITY CHECK – SAT RANGE
REALITY CHECK – SAT RANGE, 25TH-75TH PERCENTILE FOR ENROLLED STUDENTS AT VARIOUS SELECTIVE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES NATIONWIDE
This list was compiled by Cigus Vanni.
Data based on college Class of 2017 (entered college fall 2013) and include only those students who ENROLLED at each individual school, NOT all students who applied NOR all students who were accepted. Those schools that reported all three sections of the SAT for The Common Data set are in italics. Otherwise, numbers in brackets are PROJECTED SAT totals for three scales, calculated by doubling the Critical Reading section and adding this to the Math section. Normative data released by The College Board in summer 2012 indicated that the average score for students on the Writing section of the SAT is 488 nationwide. This is roughly commensurate with the national average for Critical Reading (496); consequently, the extrapolation of Writing scores to form a three part total is based on the assumption that the range of Writing results will be parallel to the range of scores from the Critical Reading section
SOURCES: The Common Data Set 2013-14, The College Board; school websites
## — indicates that submission of SAT/ACT is OPTIONAL; OR students may submit tests OTHER THAN ACT/SAT; OR SAT/ACT may be required for some but not all applicants; OR tests need not be submitted if certain specified GPA level is attained (be sure to check with individual admissions office!)
++ — indicates gain of forty (40) points or more at either 25% or 75% gate level when compared
with figures from scores of college Class of 2016
Adelphi University (NY) 1020-1220 [1530-1830]
Agnes Scott College (GA) 1010-1310 [1530-1950]##
Albany College of Pharmacy and
Health Sciences (NY) 1100-1270 [1630-1890]
Allegheny College (PA) 1070-1290 [1590-1920]
American University (DC) 1160-1350 [1740-2030]##
Amherst College (MA) 1350-1530 [2020-2290]
Arcadia University (PA) 1000-1180 [1490-1770]
Arizona State University 1020-1270 [1520-1890]##
Assumption College (MA) 1010-1190 [1520-1790]##
Auburn University (AL) 1060-1270 [1570-1890]
Austin College (TX) 1100-1330 [1620-1960]
Babson College (MA) 1160-1340 [1740-2010]
Bard College (NY) 1170-1380 [1770-2090]##
Bard College at Simon’s Rock (MA) 1290-1460 [1910-2170]##
Barnard College (NY) 1240-1440 [1890-2180]
Bates College (ME) 1260-1440 [1900-2150]##
Baylor University (TX) 1120-1330 [1650-1970]
Belmont University (TN) 1070-1270 [1610-1910]
Beloit College (WI) 1090-1370 [1640-2080]
Bennington College (VT) 1180-1380 [1810-2100]##
Bentley University (MA) 1140-1310 [1690-1960]
Berea College (KY) 1020-1240 [1500-1850]
Berry College (GA) 1060-1270 [1580-1880]
Binghamton University (NY) 1200-1390 [1770-2060]
Birmingham Southern College(AL) 1020-1270 [1560-1900]++
Boston College (MA) 1270-1450 [1910-2180]
Boston University (MA) 1190-1390 [1790-2080]
Bowdoin College (ME) 1360-1510 [2050-2280]##++
Bradley University (IL) 1010-1270 [1500-1890]
Brandeis University (MA) 1230-1470 [1850-2180]##
Brigham Young University (UT) 1150-1360 [1720-2040]
Brown University (RI) 1330-1540 [2000-2310]
Bryant University (RI) 1050-1220 [1550-1810]##
Bryn Mawr College (PA) 1210-1370 [1830-2090]##
Bucknell University (PA) 1200-1400 [1800-2090]
Butler University (IN) 1060-1270 [1580-1900]
California Institute of Technology 1490-1600 [2210-2390]
California Polytechnic at San Luis Obispo 1130-1320 [1680-1960]
Calvin College (MI) 1050-1310 [1570-1960]
Carleton College (MN) 1340-1520 [2000-2270]
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 1340-1530 [1990-2280]
Case Western Reserve University (OH) 1270-1480 [1890-2190]
Catholic University of America (DC) 1010-1220 [1510-1830]
Centre College (KY) 1110-1350 [1660-2020]
Chapman University (CA) 1120-1300 [1680-1950]
Christopher Newport University (VA) 1070-1250 [1610-1880]##
City U of New York (CUNY) Baruch Campus 1130-1330 [1660-1960]
City U of New York (CUNY) Hunter Campus 1070-1270 [1590-1890]
Claremont McKenna College (CA) 1320-1500 [1980-2250]
Clark University (MA) 1110-1320 [1670-1990]##++
Clarkson University (NY) 1090-1290 [1590-1890]++
Clemson University (SC) 1190-1380 [1770-2060]++
Colby College (ME) 1260-1430 [1880-2150]##
Colgate University (NY) 1270-1450 [1890-2170]
College of Charleston (SC) 1050-1240 [1580-1870]
College of the Atlantic (ME) 1110-1330 [1690-1980]##
College of the Holy Cross (MA) 1220-1390 [1830-2090]##
College of the Ozarks (MO) 960-1110 [1450-1660]++
College of William and Mary (VA) 1270-1460 [1890-2180]
College of Wooster (OH) 1100-1330 [1660-1980]++
Colorado College 1220-1430 [1840-2130]##
Colorado School of Mines 1230-1430 [1780-2100]++
Columbia University (NY) 1400-1570 [2090-2360]
Connecticut College (CT) 1240-1410 [1880-2120]##
Cooper Union (NY) 1220-1490 [1830-2220]
Cornell College (IA) 1030-1320 [1540-1950]
Cornell University (NY) 1320-1520 [1960-2260]
Creighton University (NE) 1060-1300 [1560-1920]
Dartmouth College (NH) 1360-1560 [2040-2340]
Davidson College (NC) 1230-1440 [1840-2150]
Denison University (OH) 1190-1360 [1780-2020]##
DePaul University(IL) 1050-1260 [1580-1890]##
DePauw University (IN) 1070-1330 [1600-1960]
Dickinson College (PA) 1190-1370 [1780-2050]##
DigiPen Institute of Technology (WA) 1090-1340 [1610-1950]
Drake University (IA) 1070-1320 [1600-1960]
Drew University (NJ) 990-1220 [1490-1820]
Drexel University (PA) 1070-1310 [1590-1940]
Duke University (NC) 1360-1550 [2040-2330]
Earlham College (IN) 1150-1340 [1670-1980]##++
Eckerd College (FL) 1030-1220 [1550-1840]
Elon University (NC) 1120-1320 [1680-1980]
Emerson College (MA) 1140-1320 [1720-1990]
Emory University (GA) 1260-1470 [1890-2200]
Eugene Lang College (NY) 1060-1260 [1610-1910]##
Fairfield University (CT) 1090-1250 [1640-1890]##
Flagler College (FL) 1070-1160 [1590-1730]
Florida Institute of Technology 1030-1260 [1530-1870]
Florida State University 1110-1280 [1670-1920]
Florida International University 1070-1230 [1590-1820]
Fordham University (NY) 1160-1350 [1740-2030]
Franciscan University of Steubenville (OH) 1050-1270 [1590-1920]
Franklin & Marshall College (PA) 1220-1410 [1810-2100]##
Franklin Olin College of Engineering (MA) 1430-1550 [2100-2330]
Furman University (SC) 1130-1340 [1680-2010]##++
George Mason University (VA) 1050-1250 [1570-1870]##
George Washington University (DC) 1200-1390 [1800-2090]
Georgetown University (DC) 1320-1500 [1980-2250]
Georgia Institute of Technology 1290-1480 [1920-2200]++
Gettysburg College (PA) 1200-1370 [1800-2060]##
Gonzaga University (WA) 1100-1290 [1640-1930]++
Goucher College (MD) 1010-1280 [1520-1920]##
Grinnell College (IA) 1250-1500 [1870-2230]
Grove City College (PA) 1080-1340 [1620-2010]
Guilford College (NC) 940-1190 [1390-1770]##
Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) 1080-1340 [1630-2030]##
Hamilton College (NY) 1300-1470 [1950-2200]##
Hampshire College (MA) no longer considered
Harvard University (MA) 1410-1600 [2120-2400]
Harvey Mudd College (CA) 1400-1560 [2070-2320]
Haverford College (PA) 1310-1490 [1970-2240]
Hendrix College (AR) 1070-1330 [1600-2010]
Hillsdale College (MI) 1220-1410 [1830-2130]
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY) 1120-1290 [1680-1930]##
Hofstra University (NY) 1050-1230 [1570-1840]##
Illinois Institute of Technology 1160-1380 [1680-2020]++
Illinois Wesleyan University 1080-1360 [1590-1980]
Indiana University Bloomington 1060-1290 [1570-1910]
Ithaca College (NY) 1080-1270 [1620-1910]##++
James Madison University (VA) 1050-1240 [1570-1860]
Jewish Theological Seminary of America (NY) 1220-1420 [1850-2150]
Johns Hopkins University (MD) 1340-1520 [1980-2280]
Kalamazoo College (MI) 1090-1360 [1630-2010]++
Kenyon College (OH) 1230-1410 [1860-2140]
Kettering University (MI) 1140-1350 [1670-2010]++
Knox College (IL) 1110-1360 [1650-2010]##
Lafayette College (PA) 1180-1370 [1760-2060]
Lake Forest College (IL) 1020-1240 [1530-1860]##
Lawrence University (WI) 1140-1410 [1700-2100]##
Lehigh University (PA) 1220-1410 [1800-2080]
Lewis and Clark College (OR) 1180-1370 [1760-2060]##
Loyola Marymount University (CA) 1090-1290 [1640-1940]
Loyola University Chicago (IL) 1050-1260 [1570-1890]
Loyola University in Maryland 1100-1270 [1640-1900]##
Loyola University New Orleans(LA) 1030-1250 [1550-1890]
Macalester College (MN) 1230-1450 [1860-2170]
Marist College (NY) 1090-1260 [1640-1900]##
Marlboro College (VT) 1080-1380 [1610-2060]##
Marquette University (WI) 1070-1280 [1590-1910]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1430-1570 [2120-2350]
McDaniel College (MD) 1000-1210 [1500-1810]##
Mercer University (GA) 1080-1270 [1590-1890]
Messiah College (PA) 1030-1260 [1530-1880]
Miami University (OH) 1120-1330 [1660-1980]++
Middlebury College (VT) 1280-1490 [1930-2240]##
Mills College (CA) 1040-1250 [1560-1870]
Millsaps College (MS) 1020-1250 [1500-1860]++
Milwaukee School of Engineering (WI) 1130-1320 [1670-1960]++
Mount Holyoke College (MA) 1220-1430 [1840-2150]##
Muhlenberg College (PA) 1140-1340 [1710-2010]##
New College of Florida 1190-1380 [1780-2060]
New Jersey Institute of Technology 1030-1250 [1500-1840]++
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 1120-1350 [1670-2020]
New York University 1260-1460 [1900-2190]##
North Carolina State University 1150-1320 [1690-1950]++
Northeastern University (MA) 1300-1480 [1940-2200]++
Northwestern University (IL) 1390-1550 [2080-2320]
Oberlin College and Conservatory (OH) 1270-1460 [1920-2190]
Occidental College (CA) 1210-1400 [1820-2100]
Oglethorpe University (GA) 1030-1240 [1520-1850]
Ohio State University 1150-1380 [1700-2040]
Penn State University Park 1070-1280 [1600-1910]
Pepperdine University (CA) 1130-1340 [1700-2010]
Pitzer College (CA) 1210-1400 [1810-2100]##++
Pomona College (CA) 1380-1540 [2070-2320]
Pratt Institute (NY) 1070-1300 [1600-1940]
Prescott College (AZ) 910-1260 [1400-1840]
Princeton University (NJ) 1410-1600 [2120-2390]
Providence College (RI) 1050-1260 [1580-1900]##
Purdue University (IN) 1080-1320 [1600-1950]
Quinnipiac University (CT) 1000-1190 [1500-1780]
Reed College (OR) 1280-1470 [1930-2190]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 1290-1490 [1910-2210]++
Rhode Island School of Design 1090-1380 [1640-2070]
Rhodes College (TN) 1170-1370 [1760-2060]++
Rice University (TX) 1370-1550 [2040-2320]
Ripon College (WI) 1000-1310 [1490-1940]++
Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) 1110-1320 [1630-1950]
Rollins College (FL) 1110-1290 [1640-1940]##
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (IN) 1180-1420 [1720-2070]
Rutgers University (NJ) 1090-1320 [1630-1980]++
Saint Anselm College (NH) 1060-1230 [1580-1850]##
Saint John’s College (MD) 1150-1410 [1750-2130]##
Saint John’s College (NM) 1160-1450 [1740-2130]##++
Saint Joseph’s University (PA) 1020-1200 [1530-1800]##
Saint Lawrence University (NY) 1120-1310 [1670-1960]##
Saint Louis University (MO) 1080-1310 [1610-1960]
Saint Mary’s College of California 1010-1220 [1510-1820]
Saint Mary’s College of Maryland 1070-1310 [1600-1960]
Saint Michael’s College (VT) 1060-1290 [1590-1920]##
Saint Olaf College (MN) 1180-1420 [1760-2110]
Salisbury University (MD) 1080-1230 [1610-1840]##
Santa Clara University (CA) 1190-1380 [1770-2060]
Sarah Lawrence College (NY) 1150-1350 [1640-2030]##
Scripps College (CA) 1280-1450 [1940-2200]++
Seattle University (WA) 1050-1260 [1580-1900]
Seton Hall University (NJ) 1020-1220 [1520-1820]
Shimer College (IL) 1110-1280 [1610-1970]##
Siena College (NY) 1000-1200 [1480-1790]
Simmons College (MA) 1040-1250 [1570-1890]
Skidmore College (NY) 1130-1350 [1700-2040]
Smith College (MA) 1220-1450 [1850-2180]##
Soka University of America (CA) 1080-1340 [1620-1970]
Southern Methodist University (TX) 1220-1390 [1810-2070]++
Southwestern University (TX) 1060-1280 [1580-1920]
Stanford University (CA) 1380-1570 [2070-2350]
State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo 1180-1360 [1760-2040]
Stetson University (FL) 1070-1270 [1580-1870]
Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) 1210-1380 [1770-2040]++
Stonehill College (MA) 1030-1230 [1540-1850]##
Stony Brook University (NY) 1150-1350 [1690-2000]
Susquehanna University (PA) 1020-1230 [1510-1840]##++
Swarthmore College (PA) 1350-1530 [2030-2300]
Syracuse University (NY) 1040-1270 [1560-1900]
Temple University (PA) 1010-1230 [1500-1840]++
Texas A&M University 1070-1290 [1560-1900]##
Texas Christian University 1090-1270 [1610-1910]
The College of New Jersey 1130-1340 [1690-2010]##
Towson University (MD) 990-1170 [1490-1750]
Transylvania University (KY) 1040-1280 [1560-1940]
Trinity College (CT) 1150-1330 [1740-2000]##
Trinity University (TX) 1150-1370 [1700-2030]
Tufts University (MA) 1370-1520 [2050-2290]
Tulane University (LA) 1240-1400 [1870-2120]
Union College (NY) 1220-1400 [1810-2090]##
United States Air Force Academy (CO) 1210-1400 [1800-2090]
United States Coast Guard Academy (CT) 1190-1360 [1750-2010]++
United States Merchant Marine Academy (NY) 1180-1350 [1750-2010]
United States Military Academy (NY) 1180-1390 [1730-2060]
United States Naval Academy (MD) 1180-1380 [1750-2060]
University of Arizona 970-1220 [1440-1810]##
University of Arkansas 1020-1230 [1520-1820]
University of California Berkeley 1250-1500 [1870-2240]
University of California Los Angeles 1170-1440 [1750-2160]
University of California San Diego 1170-1370 [1700-2050]
University of California Santa Barbara 1130-1370 [1700-2060]++
University of Central Florida 1090-1270 [1600-1880]
University of Chicago (IL) 1440-1590 [2140-2370]
University of Cincinnati (OH) 1000-1260 [1490-1860]
University of Colorado 1060-1280 [1580-1910]
University of Connecticut 1130-1330 [1690-1990]
University of Dallas (TX) 1090-1330 [1620-1990]
University of Dayton (OH) 1030-1240 [1540-1840]
University of Delaware 1090-1300 [1630-1940]
University of Denver (CO) 1100-1320 [1630-1950]
University of Florida 1170-1360 [1740-2040]
University of Georgia 1150-1330 [1710-2000]
University of Illinois 1260-1450 [1840-2120]++
University of Mary Washington (VA) 1010-1210 [1500-1810]
University of Maryland Baltimore County 1110-1310 [1640-1950]
University of Maryland College Park 1200-1420 [1780-2110]
University of Massachusetts Amherst 1110-1310 [1650-1950]
University of Miami (FL) 1230-1420 [1820-2010]
University of Michigan 1260-1480 [1890-2210]
University of Minnesota 1170-1410 [1740-2080]
University of Missouri 1040-1290 [1560-1930]
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 1200-1410 [1790-2100]
University of North Carolina Wilmington 1110-1290 [1640-1990]
University of Notre Dame (IN) 1340-1520 [1990-2270]
University of Pennsylvania 1360-1540 [2050-2320]
University of Pittsburgh (PA) 1180-1360 [1750-2030]
University of Portland (OR) 1090-1300 [1640-1950]
University of Puget Sound (WA) 1120-1330 [1670-2000]
University of Redlands(CA) 1030-1230 [1540-1840]
University of Richmond (VA) 1210-1410 [1810-2100]
University of Rochester (NY) 1250-1450 [1870-2150]##
University of San Diego (CA) 1110-1320 [1660-1980]
University of San Francisco (CA) 1070-1270 [1600-1900]++
University of Scranton (PA) 1030-1210 [1540-1810]##
University of South Carolina 1090-1280 [1630-1910]
University of South Florida 1080-1260 [1590-1870]
University of Southern California 1280-1480 [1920-2230]
University of Texas Austin 1140-1380 [1690-2060]##
University of the Pacific (CA) 1030-1320 [1530-1960]
University of the Sciences (PA) 1070-1240 [1590-1850]
University of the South [Sewanee] (TN) 1140-1320 [1710-1990]##
University of Tulsa (OK) 1130-1400 [1690-2110]
University of Vermont 1080-1290 [1620-1940]
University of Virginia 1250-1460 [1870-2180]
University of Washington 1100-1360 [1630-2000]
University of Wisconsin Madison 1170-1400 [1740-2070]
Ursinus College (PA) 1060-1280 [1590-1920]##
Vanderbilt University (TN) 1410-1570 [2090-2340]
Vassar College (NY) 1310-1480 [1970-2230]
Villanova University (PA) 1210-1400 [1810-2090]
Virginia Commonwealth University 1000-1210 [1490-1800]
Virginia Tech 1120-1340 [1660-1980]
Wagner College (NY) 1050-1270 [1570-1890]##
Wake Forest University (NC) 1230-1420 [1830-2120]##
Washington and Jefferson College (PA) 1050-1230 [1560-1840]##
Washington and Lee University (VA) 1310-1460 [1960-2190]
Washington College (MD) 1050-1280 [1560-1890]##
Washington University in Saint Louis (MO) 1420-1550 [2120-2320]
Webb Institute of Naval Architecture (NY) 1370-1520 [2020-2230]++
Wellesley College (MA) 1310-1510 [1980-2270]++
Wesleyan University (CT) 1310-1490 [1970-2240]##
Westmont College (CA) 1060-1310 [1580-1960]
Wheaton College (IL) 1190-1410 [1790-2110]
Wheaton College (MA) 1110-1340 [1670-2010]##
Whitman College (WA) 1220-1420 [1830-2120]
Willamette University (OR) 1080-1310 [1620-1950]
Williams College (MA) 1330-1540 [2020-2320]
Wofford College (SC) 1080-1260 [1600-1860]
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA) 1220-1410 [1790-2080]##
Yale University (CT) 1420-1590 [2140-2390]
Yeshiva University (NY) 1100-1370 [1640-2040]
Please recall that these figures are standardized test ranges—they are NOT “cut-off” scores or lines of demarcation. Please also recall that standardized testing is never the most important aspect of college admissions—they are not unimportant but they are not the end-all and be-all of acceptance. These figures do not imply or infer in any fashion whether a student will be accepted or denied at the schools to which s/he applies. And remember—if you have specific or more detailed questions or concerns, call the admissions office(s) of the college(s) to which you apply!
But I have a question: why are these data for the class that just finished its first year—and not for the actual incoming class?? Well, that’s because colleges and universities are not required to report the scores for entering classes until several months into spring semester. Many schools admit entering/ first-year students for the spring semester—consequently, their test results are not available until more than halfway through the school year. Without these results data would be incomplete/inaccurate (aren’t you glad you asked?)
This list was compiled by Cigus Vanni, New Jersey Association for College Admission Counseling Executive Board Member and former member of the Professional Development Committee of the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (2007-2010).