REALITY CHECK – SAT RANGE, 25TH-75TH PERCENTILE FOR ENROLLED STUDENTS AT
VARIOUS SELECTIVE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES NATIONWIDE
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)
Agnes Scott College (GA)
Albany College of Pharmacy and
Health Sciences (NY)
Allegheny College (PA)
American University (DC)
Amherst College (MA)
Arcadia University (PA)
Arizona State University
Assumption College (MA)
Auburn University (AL)
Austin College (TX)
Babson College (MA)
Bard College (NY)
Bard College at Simon’s Rock (MA)
Barnard College (NY)
Bates College (ME)
Baylor University (TX)
Belmont University (TN)
Beloit College (WI)
Bennington College (VT)
1020-1220 [1530-1830]
1010-1310 [1530-1950]##
1100-1270
1070-1290
1160-1350
1350-1530
1000-1180
1020-1270
1010-1190
1060-1270
1100-1330
1160-1340
1170-1380
1290-1460
1240-1440
1260-1440
1120-1330
1070-1270
1090-1370
1180-1380
[1630-1890]
[1590-1920]
[1740-2030]##
[2020-2290]
[1490-1770]
[1520-1890]##
[1520-1790]##
[1570-1890]
[1620-1960]
[1740-2010]
[1770-2090]##
[1910-2170]##
[1890-2180]
[1900-2150]##
[1650-1970]
[1610-1910]
[1640-2080]
[1810-2100]##
Bentley University (MA)
Berea College (KY)
Berry College (GA)
Binghamton University (NY)
Birmingham Southern College (AL)
Boston College (MA)
Boston University (MA)
Bowdoin College (ME)
Bradley University (IL)
Brandeis University (MA)
Brigham Young University (UT)
Brown University (RI)
Bryant University (RI)
Bryn Mawr College (PA)
Bucknell University (PA)
Butler University (IN)
California Institute of Technology
California Polytechnic at San Luis Obispo
Calvin College (MI)
Carleton College (MN)
Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
Case Western Reserve University (OH)
Catholic University of America (DC)
Centre College (KY)
Chapman University (CA)
Christopher Newport University (VA)
City U of New York (CUNY) Baruch Campus
City U of New York (CUNY) Hunter Campus
Claremont McKenna College (CA)
Clark University (MA)
Clarkson University (NY)
Clemson University (SC)
Colby College (ME)
Colgate University (NY)
College of Charleston (SC)
College of the Atlantic (ME)
College of the Holy Cross (MA)
College of the Ozarks (MO)
College of William and Mary (VA)
College of Wooster (OH)
Colorado College
Colorado School of Mines
Columbia University (NY)
Connecticut College (CT)
Cooper Union (NY)
Cornell College (IA)
Cornell University (NY)
1140-1310
1020-1240
1060-1270
1200-1390
1020-1270
1270-1450
1190-1390
1360-1510
1010-1270
1230-1470
1150-1360
1330-1540
1050-1220
1210-1370
1200-1400
1060-1270
1490-1600
1130-1320
1050-1310
1340-1520
1340-1530
1270-1480
1010-1220
1110-1350
1120-1300
1070-1250
1130-1330
1070-1270
1320-1500
1110-1320
1090-1290
1190-1380
1260-1430
1270-1450
1050-1240
1110-1330
1220-1390
960-1110
1270-1460
1100-1330
1220-1430
1230-1430
1400-1570
1240-1410
1220-1490
1030-1320
1320-1520
[1690-1960]
[1500-1850]
[1580-1880]
[1770-2060]
[1560-1900]++
[1910-2180]
[1790-2080]
[2050-2280]##++
[1500-1890]
[1850-2180]##
[1720-2040]
[2000-2310]
[1550-1810]##
[1830-2090]##
[1800-2090]
[1580-1900]
[2210-2390]
[1680-1960]
[1570-1960]
[2000-2270]
[1990-2280]
[1890-2190]
[1510-1830]
[1660-2020]
[1680-1950]
[1610-1880]##
[1660-1960]
[1590-1890]
[1980-2250]
[1670-1990]##++
[1590-1890]++
[1770-2060]++
[1880-2150]##
[1890-2170]
[1580-1870]
[1690-1980]##
[1830-2090]##
[1450-1660]++
[1890-2180]
[1660-1980]++
[1840-2130]##
[1780-2100]++
[2090-2360]
[1880-2120]##
[1830-2220]
[1540-1950]
[1960-2260]
Creighton University (NE)
Dartmouth College (NH)
Davidson College (NC)
Denison University (OH)
DePaul University (IL)
DePauw University (IN)
Dickinson College (PA)
DigiPen Institute of Technology (WA)
Drake University (IA)
Drew University (NJ)
Drexel University (PA)
Duke University (NC)
Earlham College (IN)
Eckerd College (FL)
Elon University (NC)
Emerson College (MA)
Emory University (GA)
Eugene Lang College (NY)
Fairfield University (CT)
Flagler College (FL)
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida State University
Florida International University
Fordham University (NY)
Franciscan University of Steubenville (OH)
Franklin & Marshall College (PA)
Franklin Olin College of Engineering (MA)
Furman University (SC)
George Mason University (VA)
George Washington University (DC)
Georgetown University (DC)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gettysburg College (PA)
Gonzaga University (WA)
Goucher College (MD)
Grinnell College (IA)
Grove City College (PA)
Guilford College (NC)
Gustavus Adolphus College (MN)
Hamilton College (NY)
Hampshire College (MA)
Harvard University (MA)
Harvey Mudd College (CA)
Haverford College (PA)
Hendrix College (AR)
Hillsdale College (MI)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)
1060-1300 [1560-1920]
1360-1560 [2040-2340]
1230-1440 [1840-2150]
1190-1360 [1780-2020]##
1050-1260 [1580-1890]##
1070-1330 [1600-1960]
1190-1370 [1780-2050]##
1090-1340 [1610-1950]
1070-1320 [1600-1960]
990-1220 [1490-1820]
1070-1310 [1590-1940]
1360-1550 [2040-2330]
1150-1340 [1670-1980]##++
1030-1220 [1550-1840]
1120-1320 [1680-1980]
1140-1320 [1720-1990]
1260-1470 [1890-2200]
1060-1260 [1610-1910]##
1090-1250 [1640-1890]##
1070-1160 [1590-1730]
1030-1260 [1530-1870]
1110-1280 [1670-1920]
1070-1230 [1590-1820]
1160-1350 [1740-2030]
1050-1270 [1590-1920]
1220-1410 [1810-2100]##
1430-1550 [2100-2330]
1130-1340 [1680-2010]##++
1050-1250 [1570-1870]##
1200-1390 [1800-2090]
1320-1500 [1980-2250]
1290-1480 [1920-2200]++
1200-1370 [1800-2060]##
1100-1290 [1640-1930]++
1010-1280 [1520-1920]##
1250-1500 [1870-2230]
1080-1340 [1620-2010]
940-1190 [1390-1770]##
1080-1340 [1630-2030]##
1300-1470 [1950-2200]##
no longer considered
1410-1600 [2120-2400]
1400-1560 [2070-2320]
1310-1490 [1970-2240]
1070-1330 [1600-2010]
1220-1410 [1830-2130]
1120-1290 [1680-1930]##
Hofstra University (NY)
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Wesleyan University
Indiana University Bloomington
Ithaca College (NY)
James Madison University (VA)
Jewish Theological Seminary of America (NY)
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
Kalamazoo College (MI)
Kenyon College (OH)
Kettering University (MI)
Knox College (IL)
Lafayette College (PA)
Lake Forest College (IL)
Lawrence University (WI)
Lehigh University (PA)
Lewis and Clark College (OR)
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Loyola University Chicago (IL)
Loyola University in Maryland
Loyola University New Orleans (LA)
Macalester College (MN)
Marist College (NY)
Marlboro College (VT)
Marquette University (WI)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McDaniel College (MD)
Mercer University (GA)
Messiah College (PA)
Miami University (OH)
Middlebury College (VT)
Mills College (CA)
Millsaps College (MS)
Milwaukee School of Engineering (WI)
Mount Holyoke College (MA)
Muhlenberg College (PA)
New College of Florida
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
New York University
North Carolina State University
Northeastern University (MA)
Northwestern University (IL)
Oberlin College and Conservatory (OH)
Occidental College (CA)
Oglethorpe University (GA)
Ohio State University
1050-1230
1160-1380
1080-1360
1060-1290
1080-1270
1050-1240
1220-1420
1340-1520
1090-1360
1230-1410
1140-1350
1110-1360
1180-1370
1020-1240
1140-1410
1220-1410
1180-1370
1090-1290
1050-1260
1100-1270
1030-1250
1230-1450
1090-1260
1080-1380
1070-1280
1430-1570
1000-1210
1080-1270
1030-1260
1120-1330
1280-1490
1040-1250
1020-1250
1130-1320
1220-1430
1140-1340
1190-1380
1030-1250
1120-1350
1260-1460
1150-1320
1300-1480
1390-1550
1270-1460
1210-1400
1030-1240
1150-1380
[1570-1840]##
[1680-2020]++
[1590-1980]
[1570-1910]
[1620-1910]##++
[1570-1860]
[1850-2150]
[1980-2280]
[1630-2010]++
[1860-2140]
[1670-2010]++
[1650-2010]##
[1760-2060]
[1530-1860]##
[1700-2100]##
[1800-2080]
[1760-2060]##
[1640-1940]
[1570-1890]
[1640-1900]##
[1550-1890]
[1860-2170]
[1640-1900]##
[1610-2060]##
[1590-1910]
[2120-2350]
[1500-1810]##
[1590-1890]
[1530-1880]
[1660-1980]++
[1930-2240]##
[1560-1870]
[1500-1860]++
[1670-1960]++
[1840-2150]##
[1710-2010]##
[1780-2060]
[1500-1840]++
[1670-2020]
[1900-2190]##
[1690-1950]++
[1940-2200]++
[2080-2320]
[1920-2190]
[1820-2100]
[1520-1850]
[1700-2040]
Penn State University Park
Pepperdine University (CA)
Pitzer College (CA)
Pomona College (CA)
Pratt Institute (NY)
Prescott College (AZ)
Princeton University (NJ)
Providence College (RI)
Purdue University (IN)
Quinnipiac University (CT)
Reed College (OR)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhodes College (TN)
Rice University (TX)
Ripon College (WI)
Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
Rollins College (FL)
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (IN)
Rutgers University (NJ)
Saint Anselm College (NH)
Saint John’s College (MD)
Saint John’s College (NM)
Saint Joseph’s University (PA)
Saint Lawrence University (NY)
Saint Louis University (MO)
Saint Mary’s College of California
Saint Mary’s College of Maryland
Saint Michael’s College (VT)
Saint Olaf College (MN)
Salisbury University (MD)
Santa Clara University (CA)
Sarah Lawrence College (NY)
Scripps College (CA)
Seattle University (WA)
Seton Hall University (NJ)
Shimer College (IL)
Siena College (NY)
Simmons College (MA)
Skidmore College (NY)
Smith College (MA)
Soka University of America (CA)
Southern Methodist University (TX)
Southwestern University (TX)
Stanford University (CA)
State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo
Stetson University (FL)
1070-1280
1130-1340
1210-1400
1380-1540
1070-1300
910-1260
1410-1600
1050-1260
1080-1320
1000-1190
1280-1470
1290-1490
1090-1380
1170-1370
1370-1550
1000-1310
1110-1320
1110-1290
1180-1420
1090-1320
1060-1230
1150-1410
1160-1450
1020-1200
1120-1310
1080-1310
1010-1220
1070-1310
1060-1290
1180-1420
1080-1230
1190-1380
1150-1350
1280-1450
1050-1260
1020-1220
1110-1280
1000-1200
1040-1250
1130-1350
1220-1450
1080-1340
1220-1390
1060-1280
1380-1570
1180-1360
1070-1270
[1600-1910]
[1700-2010]
[1810-2100]##++
[2070-2320]
[1600-1940]
[1400-1840]
[2120-2390]
[1580-1900]##
[1600-1950]
[1500-1780]
[1930-2190]
[1910-2210]++
[1640-2070]
[1760-2060]++
[2040-2320]
[1490-1940]++
[1630-1950]
[1640-1940]##
[1720-2070]
[1630-1980]++
[1580-1850]##
[1750-2130]##
[1740-2130]##++
[1530-1800]##
[1670-1960]##
[1610-1960]
[1510-1820]
[1600-1960]
[1590-1920]##
[1760-2110]
[1610-1840]##
[1770-2060]
[1640-2030]##
[1940-2200]++
[1580-1900]
[1520-1820]
[1610-1970]##
[1480-1790]
[1570-1890]
[1700-2040]
[1850-2180]##
[1620-1970]
[1810-2070]++
[1580-1920]
[2070-2350]
[1760-2040]
[1580-1870]
Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ)
Stonehill College (MA)
Stony Brook University (NY)
Susquehanna University (PA)
Swarthmore College (PA)
Syracuse University (NY)
Temple University (PA)
Texas A&M University
Texas Christian University
The College of New Jersey
Towson University (MD)
Transylvania University (KY)
Trinity College (CT)
Trinity University (TX)
Tufts University (MA)
Tulane University (LA)
Union College (NY)
United States Air Force Academy (CO)
United States Coast Guard Academy (CT)
United States Merchant Marine Academy (NY)
United States Military Academy (NY)
United States Naval Academy (MD)
University of Arizona
University of Arkansas
University of California Berkeley
University of California Los Angeles
University of California San Diego
University of California Santa Barbara
University of Central Florida
University of Chicago (IL)
University of Cincinnati (OH)
University of Colorado
University of Connecticut
University of Dallas (TX)
University of Dayton (OH)
University of Delaware
University of Denver (CO)
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Illinois
University of Mary Washington (VA)
University of Maryland Baltimore County
University of Maryland College Park
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Miami (FL)
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
1210-1380
1030-1230
1150-1350
1020-1230
1350-1530
1040-1270
1010-1230
1070-1290
1090-1270
1130-1340
990-1170
1040-1280
1150-1330
1150-1370
1370-1520
1240-1400
1220-1400
1210-1400
1190-1360
1180-1350
1180-1390
1180-1380
970-1220
1020-1230
1250-1500
1170-1440
1170-1370
1130-1370
1090-1270
1440-1590
1000-1260
1060-1280
1130-1330
1090-1330
1030-1240
1090-1300
1100-1320
1170-1360
1150-1330
1260-1450
1010-1210
1110-1310
1200-1420
1110-1310
1230-1420
1260-1480
1170-1410
[1770-2040]++
[1540-1850]##
[1690-2000]
[1510-1840]##++
[2030-2300]
[1560-1900]
[1500-1840]++
[1560-1900]##
[1610-1910]
[1690-2010]##
[1490-1750]
[1560-1940]
[1740-2000]##
[1700-2030]
[2050-2290]
[1870-2120]
[1810-2090]##
[1800-2090]
[1750-2010]++
[1750-2010]
[1730-2060]
[1750-2060]
[1440-1810]##
[1520-1820]
[1870-2240]
[1750-2160]
[1700-2050]
[1700-2060]++
[1600-1880]
[2140-2370]
[1490-1860]
[1580-1910]
[1690-1990]
[1620-1990]
[1540-1840]
[1630-1940]
[1630-1950]
[1740-2040]
[1710-2000]
[1840-2120]++
[1500-1810]
[1640-1950]
[1780-2110]
[1650-1950]
[1820-2010]
[1890-2210]
[1740-2080]
University of Missouri
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Wilmington
University of Notre Dame (IN)
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh (PA)
University of Portland (OR)
University of Puget Sound (WA)
University of Redlands (CA)
University of Richmond (VA)
University of Rochester (NY)
University of San Diego (CA)
University of San Francisco (CA)
University of Scranton (PA)
University of South Carolina
University of South Florida
University of Southern California
University of Texas Austin
University of the Pacific (CA)
University of the Sciences (PA)
University of the South [Sewanee] (TN)
University of Tulsa (OK)
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin Madison
Ursinus College (PA)
Vanderbilt University (TN)
Vassar College (NY)
Villanova University (PA)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Tech
Wagner College (NY)
Wake Forest University (NC)
Washington and Jefferson College (PA)
Washington and Lee University (VA)
Washington College (MD)
Washington University in Saint Louis (MO)
Webb Institute of Naval Architecture (NY)
Wellesley College (MA)
Wesleyan University (CT)
Westmont College (CA)
Wheaton College (IL)
Wheaton College (MA)
Whitman College (WA)
Willamette University (OR)
Williams College (MA)
1040-1290
1200-1410
1110-1290
1340-1520
1360-1540
1180-1360
1090-1300
1120-1330
1030-1230
1210-1410
1250-1450
1110-1320
1070-1270
1030-1210
1090-1280
1080-1260
1280-1480
1140-1380
1030-1320
1070-1240
1140-1320
1130-1400
1080-1290
1250-1460
1100-1360
1170-1400
1060-1280
1410-1570
1310-1480
1210-1400
1000-1210
1120-1340
1050-1270
1230-1420
1050-1230
1310-1460
1050-1280
1420-1550
1370-1520
1310-1510
1310-1490
1060-1310
1190-1410
1110-1340
1220-1420
1080-1310
1330-1540
[1560-1930]
[1790-2100]
[1640-1990]
[1990-2270]
[2050-2320]
[1750-2030]
[1640-1950]
[1670-2000]
[1540-1840]
[1810-2100]
[1870-2150]##
[1660-1980]
[1600-1900]++
[1540-1810]##
[1630-1910]
[1590-1870]
[1920-2230]
[1690-2060]##
[1530-1960]
[1590-1850]
[1710-1990]##
[1690-2110]
[1620-1940]
[1870-2180]
[1630-2000]
[1740-2070]
[1590-1920]##
[2090-2340]
[1970-2230]
[1810-2090]
[1490-1800]
[1660-1980]
[1570-1890]##
[1830-2120]##
[1560-1840]##
[1960-2190]
[1560-1890]##
[2120-2320]
[2020-2230]++
[1980-2270]++
[1970-2240]##
[1580-1960]
[1790-2110]
[1670-2010]##
[1830-2120]
[1620-1950]
[2020-2320]
Wofford College (SC)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)
Yale University (CT)
Yeshiva University (NY)
1080-1260
1220-1410
1420-1590
1100-1370
[1600-1860]
[1790-2080]##
[2140-2390]
[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/ firstyear 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?)