Reality Check – SAT 25th-75th Percentile for Enrolled Student at Selective Colleges and Universities Nationwide
Data based on college Class of 2015 (entered college Fall 2011) 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 2011 indicated that the average score for students on the Writing section of the SAT is 496 nationwide. This is roughly commensurate with the national average for Critical Reading (502); 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.
SOURCE: The Common Data Set 2011-12, The College Board
Agnes Scott College (GA) 1020-1260 [1550-1890]##
Allegheny College (PA) 1070-1300 [1590-1940]
American University (DC) 1170-1370 [1750-2050]##
Amherst College (MA) 1320-1530 [1990-2300]
Auburn University (AL) 1120-1360 [1650-2010]++
Austin College (TX) 1150-1360 [1710-2010]++
Babson College (MA) 1220-1420 [1830-2130]++
Bard College (NY) 1330-1440 [2010-2190]##
Barnard College (NY) 1250-1440 [1900-2140]
Bates College (ME) 1260-1420 [1900-2140]##
Baylor University (TX) 1130-1340 [1660-1980]
Belmont University (TN) 1060-1270 [1590-1910]
Beloit College (WI) 1110-1350 [1670-2040]
Bennington College (VT) 1170-1360 [1730-2050]##
Bentley University (MA) 1140-1320 [1690-1970]++
Berea College (KY) 980-1230 [1490-1840]
Berry College (GA) 1040-1270 [1560-1890]
Binghamton University (NY) 1220-1390 [1800-2060]
Birmingham Southern College (AL) 990-1250 [1480-1860]
Boston College (MA) 1260-1440 [1890-2160]
Boston University (MA) 1180-1370 [1780-2050]
Bowdoin College (ME) 1330-1490 [2000-2250]##
Bradley University (IL) 1080-1290 [1580-1910]
Brandeis University (MA) 1230-1450 [1860-2170]
Brigham Young University (UT) 1150-1360 [1690-2010]
Brown University (RI) 1340-1520 [2010-2290]
Bryant University (RI) 1040-1220 [1540-1810]##
Bryn Mawr College (PA) 1200-1430 [1830-2140]##++
Bucknell University (PA) 1220-1400 [1820-2100]
Butler University (IN) 1070-1260 [1590-1880]
California Institute of Technology 1460-1590 [2160-2380]++
California Polytechnic at San Luis Obispo 1120-1330 [1660-1970]
Calvin College (MI) 1030-1310 [1530-1960]
Carleton College (MN) 1320-1510 [1980-2260]
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 1310-1510 [1950-2250]
Case Western Reserve University (OH) 1240-1440 [1830-2130]
Catholic University of America (DC) 1010-1230 [1520-1850]
Centre College (KY) 1120-1360 [1690-2030]
Chapman University (CA) 1110-1310 [1680-1970]
Claremont McKenna College (CA) 1300-1480 [1930-2200]
Clark University (MA) 1080-1310 [1620-1960]##
Clarkson University (NY) 1060-1260 [1540-1850]
Clemson University (SC) 1140-1330 [1690-1980]
Colby College (ME) 1250-1420 [1860-2130]##
Colgate University (NY) 1260-1440 [1880-2170]
College of Charleston (SC) 1110-1290 [1670-1940]
College of the Atlantic (ME) 1180-1360 [1750-2030]##++
College of the Holy Cross (MA) 1210-1380 [1810-2080]##
College of the Ozarks (MO) 1110-1190 [1650-1760]
College of William and Mary (VA) 1240-1450 [1860-2170]
College of Wooster (OH) 1100-1330 [1650-1980]
Colorado College 1260-1420 [1880-2130]++
Colorado School of Mines 1200-1390 [1730-2030]++
Columbia University, Columbia College (NY) 1400-1570 [2100-2360]
Connecticut College (CT) 1250-1410 [1880-2130]##
Cooper Union (NY) 1260-1500 [1880-2230]++
Cornell College (IA) 1080-1360 [1600-2000]
Cornell University (NY) 1300-1500 [1930-2230]
Dartmouth College (NH) 1350-1560 [2030-2350]
Davidson College (NC) 1270-1450 [1900-2180]
Denison University (OH) 1190-1360 [1790-2050]##
DePaul University (IL) 1050-1260 [1580-1900]##
DePauw University (IN) 1100-1340 [1640-1990]
Dickinson College (PA) 1190-1370 [1790-2060]##
Drew University (NJ) 1000-1240 [1500-1850]##
Drexel University (PA) 1100-1310 [1620-1940]
Duke University (NC) 1350-1530 [2020-2300]
Earlham College (IN) 1000-1280 [1490-1910]
Eckerd College (FL) 1010-1230 [1510-1830]
Elon University (NC) 1120-1320 [1680-1980]
Emerson College (MA) 1130-1320 [1710-1990]
Emory University (GA) 1320-1510 [1980-2260]
Eugene Lang College of the
New School University (NY) 1030-1270 [1570-1930]++
Fairfield University (CT) 1070-1250 [1610-1880]##
Flagler College (FL) 1050-1180 [1560-1760]++
Florida State University 1110-1290 [1660-1940]
Fordham University (NY) 1150-1340 [1720-2020]
Franklin & Marshall College (PA) 1240-1390 [1850-2070]##
Franklin Olin College of Engineering (MA) 1360-1520 [2030-2270]
Furman University (SC) 1130-1340 [1690-2010]
George Mason University (VA) 1050-1250 [1570-1870]##
George Washington University (DC) 1210-1380 [1830-2090]
Georgetown University (DC) 1290-1490 [1930-2230]
Georgia Institute of Technology 1260-1450 [1860-2150]
Gettysburg College (PA) 1220-1380 [1830-2070]##
Gonzaga University (WA) 1110-1390 [1660-2090]++
Goucher College (MD) 1010-1270 [1520-1910]##
Grinnell College (IA) 1210-1430 [1810-2150]
Grove City College (PA) 1120-1370 [1680-2060]
Guilford College (NC) 950-1210 [1410-1810]##++
Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) 1150-1350 [1730-2030]##
Hamilton College (NY) 1310-1470 [1960-2200]##
Hampshire College (MA) 1130-1350 [1710-2020]##
Harvard University (MA) 1390-1590 [2080-2380]
Harvey Mudd College (CA) 1430-1570 [2120-2340]++
Haverford College (PA) 1300-1500 [1960-2260]
Hendrix College (AR) 1120-1360 [1690-2050]
Hillsdale College (MI) 1210-1430 [1800-2160]
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY) 1130-1300 [1690-1950]##
Hofstra University (NY) 1080-1250 [1610-1870]
Illinois Institute of Technology 1140-1350 [1660-1980]
Illinois Wesleyan University 1030-1430 [1570-2100]
Indiana University at Bloomington 1050-1280 [1560-1900]
Ithaca College (NY) 1040-1250 [1570-1880]
James Madison University (VA) 1050-1240 [1570-1880]
Johns Hopkins University (MD) 1310-1510 [1960-2260]
Kalamazoo College (MI) 1110-1350 [1640-2010]
Kenyon College (OH) 1250-1430 [1890-2160]
Kettering University (MI) 1130-1340 [1640-1990]
Knox College (IL) 1150-1380 [1710-2050]##
Lafayette College (PA) 1210-1380 [1790-2060]++
Lake Forest College (IL) 1090-1310 [1640-1940]##++
Lawrence University (WI) 1180-1390 [1750-2090]##
Lehigh University (PA) 1220-1400 [1800-2080]
Lewis and Clark College (OR) 1190-1390 [1800-2100]##++
Loyola Marymount University (CA) 1100-1280 [1650-1930]
Loyola University Chicago (IL) 1080-1310 [1610-1950]
Loyola University in Maryland 1100-1290 [1640-1930]##
Loyola University New Orleans (LA) 1150-1240 [1740-1860]++
Macalester College (MN) 1280-1450 [1920-2180]
Marist College (NY) 1100-1270 [1650-1910]##++
Marlboro College (VT) 1100-1330 [1650-1990]##
Marquette University (WI) 1050-1280 [1570-1910]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1410-1570 [1990-2340]
Messiah College (PA) 1040-1270 [1540-1890]##
Miami University (OH) 1090-1280 [1620-1900]
Middlebury College (VT) 1290-1480 [1940-2240]##
Mills College (CA) 1050-1280 [1570-1910]++
Millsaps College (MS) 1050-1300 [1560-1950]
Milwaukee School of Engineering (WI) 1150-1380 [1680-2090]++
Mount Holyoke College (MA) 1200-1420 [1820-2130]##
Muhlenberg College (PA) 1120-1340 [1680-2010]##
New College of Florida 1200-1420 [1800-2100]
New York University 1260-1460 [1900-2190]##++
North Carolina State University 1090-1280 [1600-1890]
Northeastern University (MA) 1250-1430 [1850-2130]++
Northwestern University (IL) 1380-1540 [2060-2310]++
Oberlin College and Conservatory (OH) 1300-1460 [1990-2210]++
Occidental College (CA) 1210-1390 [1810-2090]
Oglethorpe University (GA) 1060-1260 [1570-1880]
Ohio State University 1140-1360 [1690-2010]
Penn State University Park 1090-1300 [1630-1940]
Pepperdine University (CA) 1100-1330 [1660-1990]
Pitzer College (CA) 1210-1380 [1820-2070]##
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
(formerly Brooklyn Poly) 1210-1390 [1770-2040]
Pomona College (CA) 1370-1550 [2050-2330]
Pratt Institute (NY) 1080-1300 [1620-1950]++
Prescott College (AZ) 980-1280 [1480-1890]
Princeton University (NJ) 1410-1590 [2110-2380]
Providence College (RI) 1050-1260 [1590-1900]##
Purdue University (IN) 1040-1300 [1540-1910]
Quinnipiac University (CT) 1060-1200 [1600-1810]
Reed College (OR) 1300-1470 [1950-2210]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) 1290-1470 [1870-2170]
Rhodes College (TN) 1180-1370 [1770-2060]
Rice University (TX) 1330-1530 [1980-2290]
Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) 1100-1320 [1620-1960]
Rollins College (FL) 1090-1280 [1640-1920]##
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (IN) 1180-1390 [1710-2030]
Rutgers University (NJ) 1080-1310 [1610-1950]
Saint John’s College (MD) 1210-1410 [1850-2140]##
Saint John’s College (NM) 1160-1410 [1760-2170]##++
Saint Joseph’s University (PA) 1030-1210 [1550-1820]
Saint Lawrence University (NY) 1150-1320 [1720-1980]##++
Saint Louis University (MO) 1080-1330 [1610-1990]
Saint Mary’s College (CA) 1000-1210 [1500-1810]
Saint Mary’s College of Maryland 1100-1330 [1650-2000]
Saint Olaf College (MN) 1190-1430 [1770-2140]
Salisbury University (MD) 1070-1220 [1600-1820]##
Santa Clara University (CA) 1170-1370 [1740-2050]++
Sarah Lawrence College (NY) optional — not reported
Scripps College (CA) 1280-1450 [1940-2190]
Seattle University (WA) 1050-1260 [1580-1890]
Shimer College (IL) 1020-1280 [1700-1960]##
Siena College (NY) 1040-1240 [1550-1850]
Skidmore College (NY) 1150-1350 [1730-2030]
Smith College (MA) 1200-1440 [1820-2160]##
Southern Methodist University (TX) 1180-1370 [1750-2040]++
Southwestern University (TX) 1120-1330 [1680-2010]
Stanford University (CA) 1360-1550 [2040-2330]
State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo 1190-1380 [1780-2070]
Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) 1190-1380 [1750-2040]++
Stonehill College (MA) 1110-1290 [1660-1970]##++
Stony Brook University (NY) 1130-1330 [1660-1970]
Susquehanna University (PA) 1020-1220 [1510-1820]##
Swarthmore College (PA) 1350-1530 [2030-2300]
Syracuse University (NY) 1050-1270 [1570-1900]
Temple University (PA) 1010-1210 [1510-1810]
Texas A&M University 1100-1320 [1610-1940]##
Texas Christian University 1060-1280 [1600-1920]
The College of New Jersey 1130-1330 [1690-1990]
Towson University (MD) 990-1170 [1490-1760]
Trinity College (CT) 1180-1370 [1790-2070]##
Trinity University (TX) 1160-1360 [1730-2030]
Tufts University (MA) 1360-1500 [2040-2260]
Tulane University (LA) 1240-1410 [1880-2130]
Union College (NY) 1200-1380 [1800-2060]##
United States Air Force Academy (CO) 1220-1390 [1810-2070]++
United States Coast Guard Academy (CT) 1140-1310 [1680-1940]
US Merchant Marine Academy (NY) 1160-1320 [1720-1960]++
United States Military Academy (NY) 1150-1370 [1700-2030]
United States Naval Academy (MD) 1160-1380 [1720-2060]++
University of California, Berkeley 1250-1510 [1870-2230]++
University of California, Los Angeles 1170-1430 [1760-2140]
University of California, San Diego 1150-1390 [1710-2080]
University of Central Florida 1090-1280 [1600-1890]
University of Chicago (IL) 1400-1570 [2100-2350]
University of Cincinnati (OH) 1020-1260 [1500-1850]
University of Colorado 1060-1280 [1580-1910]
University of Connecticut 1130-1310 [1680-1960]
University of Dallas (TX) 1080-1340 [1630-2030]
University of Dayton (OH) 1030-1250 [1540-1860]
University of Delaware 1100-1300 [1650-1950]
University of Denver (CO) 1110-1330 [1650-1970]
University of Florida 1170-1370 [1730-2030]
University of Georgia 1120-1310 [1680-1960]
University of Illinois 1230-1440 [1820-2100]++
University of Mary Washington (VA) 1030-1250 [1550-1870]
University of Maryland, College Park 1190-1400 [1770-2080]
University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1090-1280 [1620-1910]++
University of Miami (FL) 1230-1400 [1830-2090]++
University of Michigan 1250-1450 [1870-2170]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1200-1400 [1790-2090]
University of Notre Dame (IN) 1340-1520 [1990-2260]
University of Pennsylvania 1350-1530 [2020-2300]
University of Pittsburgh (PA) 1170-1380 [1730-2040]
University of Portland (OR) 1110-1320 [1660-1990]++
University of Puget Sound (WA) 1130-1340 [1700-2010]
University of Richmond (VA) 1190-1390 [1770-2080]
University of Rochester (NY) 1250-1440 [1860-2140]
University of San Diego (CA) 1130-1320 [1700-1980]
University of San Francisco (CA) 1030-1250 [1550-1880]++
University of Scranton (PA) 1030-1210 [1540-1810]##
University of Southern California 1280-1490 [1930-2230]
University of Texas, Austin 1120-1380 [1660-2060]##
Univ of the Sciences in Philadelphia (PA) 1060-1250 [1570-1860]
University of The South (TN) 1140-1330 [1700-2000]##
University of Tulsa (OK) 1120-1380 [1670-2090]
University of Vermont 1090-1280 [1630-1920]
University of Virginia 1240-1460 [1860-2180]
University of Washington 1080-1350 [1600-1990]
University of Wisconsin, Madison 1170-1410 [1760-2090]
Ursinus College (PA) 1100-1320 [1650-1960]##
Vanderbilt University (TN) 1380-1550 [2050-2310]
Vassar College (NY) 1320-1470 [1980-2220]
Villanova University (PA) 1210-1390 [1800-2070]
Virginia Tech 1110-1310 [1650-1940]
Wagner College (NY) 1050-1280 [1570-1910]##
Wake Forest University (NC) 1230-1400 [1840-2100]##
Washington and Lee University (VA) 1310-1480 [1960-2210]
Washington College (MD) 1090-1240 [1610-1860]##
Washington University in St. Louis (MO) 1400-1540 [2090-2300]
Webb Institute of Naval Architecture (NY) 1330-1510 [1950-2240]++
Wellesley College (MA) 1290-1490 [1950-2240]
Wesleyan University (CT) 1300-1480 [1960-2230]
Wheaton College (IL) 1220-1400 [1820-2100]
Wheaton College (MA) 1160-1340 [1740-2020]##
Whitman College (WA) 1250-1440 [1880-2150]++
Willamette University (OR) 1100-1320 [1640-1970]
Williams College (MA) 1310-1530 [1970-2300]
Wofford College (SC) 1150-1370 [1720-2040]
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA) 1200-1400 [1760-2050]##
Yale University (CT) 1400-1590 [2110-2380]
Yeshiva University (NY) 1090-1360 [1630-2030]
## — indicates that submission of standardized testing is OPTIONAL in all or some cases—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 2013
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) to where you apply!
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). Permission to duplicate is freely and happily granted.