REALITY CHECK – SAT RANGE, 25TH-75TH PERCENTILE FOR ENROLLED STUDENTS AT
VARIOUS SELECTIVE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES NATIONWIDE
Data based on college Class of 2018 (entered college fall 2014) 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 2014 indicated that the average score for students on the Writing section of the
SAT is 498 nationwide. This is roughly commensurate with the national average for Critical
Reading (503); 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 2014-15, The College Board; school websites
## -- indicates that submission of SAT/ACT is OPTIONAL; OR students may submit tests OTHER THAN
ACT/SAT; OR tests are required/not required only for certain subgroups in the applicant pool; 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 2017
[last modified July 22, 2015 at 6:53 AM]
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)
Augustana College (IL)
Austin College (TX)
Babson College (MA)
Bard College (NY)
Bard College at Simon’s Rock (MA)
Barnard College (NY)
Bates College (ME)
1010-1220 [1520-1830]
1060-1260 [1590-1900]##++
1070-1260
1050-1270
1150-1340
1350-1550
1000-1200
1020-1270
1020-1200
1050-1280
1060-1260
1070-1320
1180-1370
1170-1390
1240-1400
1250-1440
1280-1430
[1570-1860]
[1560-1910]
[1730-2010]##
[2020-2320]
[1490-1800]
[1520-1890]##
[1530-1800]##
[1570-1890]
[1550-1860]
[1590-1960]
[1760-2040]
[1770-2100]##
[1860-2090]##
[1900-2170]
[1920-2160]##
Baylor University (TX)
Belmont University (TN)
Beloit College (WI)
Bennington College (VT)
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)
Cedarville University (OH)
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
1130-1330
1060-1260
1100-1370
1170-1400
1150-1330
1020-1220
1060-1260
1210-1370
1000-1240
1270-1460
1190-1410
1370-1520
1000-1250
1250-1480
1150-1370
1330-1550
1070-1240
1200-1440
1210-1400
1060-1280
1500-1600
1130-1320
1050-1300
1320-1510
1340-1540
1270-1470
1020-1230
1080-1300
1110-1340
1110-1290
1060-1250
1120-1330
1060-1270
1350-1520
1110-1330
1090-1290
1170-1330
1230-1430
1280-1470
1030-1230
1100-1340
1230-1380
1110-1260
1270-1470
1100-1320
1250-1460
1230-1400
[1660-1970]
[1590-1890]
[1640-2060]
[1750-2100]##
[1700-1980]
[1500-1820]
[1580-1880]
[1790-2040]
[1500-1860]
[1910-2190]
[1790-2100]
[2050-2290]##
[1460-1850]
[1890-2190]##++
[1720-2060]
[2000-2330]
[1570-1830]##
[1830-2160]##++
[1820-2100]
[1580-1890]
[2230-2390]
[1680-1960]
[1570-1970]
[1970-2260]
[2000-2300]
[1880-2180]
[1530-1850]
[1590-1930]
[1660-2000]
[1670-1950]
[1590-1880]##
[1650-1970]
[1580-1890]
[2030-2280]++
[1670-1990]##
[1590-1890]
[1750-2000]
[1860-2140]##
[1910-2190]
[1550-1850]
[1650-1980]##
[1840-2090]##
[1640-1880]++
[1890-2190]
[1640-1970]
[1870-2170]##++
[1790-2050]++
Colorado State University
Columbia University (NY)
Connecticut College (CT)
Cooper Union (NY)
Cornell College (IA)
Cornell University (NY)
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 International University
Florida Southern College
Florida State 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)
1030-1250
1390-1570
1250-1410
1250-1500
1030-1320
1330-1510
1070-1300
1360-1550
1230-1440
1160-1380
1030-1270
1090-1300
1190-1370
1070-1310
1060-1310
1000-1220
1090-1300
1380-1590
1150-1370
1010-1240
1130-1320
1140-1330
1280-1460
1030-1250
1090-1260
960-1140
1040-1270
1070-1230
1040-1220
1130-1280
1150-1350
1050-1270
1220-1390
1410-1550
1130-1340
1050-1250
1200-1390
1320-1520
1310-1490
1210-1360
1100-1290
1020-1280
1290-1500
1070-1330
910-1070
1100-1340
1310-1470
[1540-1870]
[2090-2350]
[1890-2130]##
[1860-2210]
[1540-1950]
[1980-2250]
[1590-1940]
[2050-2340]
[1850-2150]
[1750-2070]##++
[1550-1910]##
[1610-1930]
[1790-2050]##
[1600-1950]
[1590-1950]
[1500-1830]
[1610-1930]
[2080-2380]++
[1710-2030]##++
[1520-1850]
[1690-1980]
[1720-2000]
[1930-2190]++
[1580-1900]##
[1650-1900]##
[1420-1700]
[1550-1880]
[1590-1820]
[1540-1800]
[1690-1920]
[1730-2030]
[1590-1920]
[1810-2070]##
[2100-2310]
[1690-2000]##
[1570-1870]##
[1810-2090]
[1980-2280]
[1940-2220]
[1810-2040]##
[1640-1930]
[1530-1910]##
[1920-2240]++
[1610-2000]
[1340-1630]##
[1650-2020]##
[1960-2210]##
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)
Hofstra University (NY)
Hope College (MI)
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)
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Mount Holyoke College (MA)
Muhlenberg College (PA)
New College of Florida
New Jersey Institute of Technology
no longer considered
1410-1600 [2120-2400]
1420-1570 [2100-2330]
1330-1490 [1990-2240]
1080-1320 [1620-1980]
1210-1420 [1800-2120]
1140-1320 [1700-1980]##++
1050-1230 [1570-1840]##
1060-1310 [1590-1970]
1160-1380 [1680-2020]
1150-1380 [1640-2000]++
1060-1290 [1570-1910]
1080-1270 [1620-1910]##++
1050-1230 [1570-1840]
1250-1450 [1890-2170]++
1360-1530 [2040-2300]++
1080-1380 [1620-2050]++
1230-1420 [1850-2140]
1110-1310 [1630-1960]
1120-1360 [1680-2030]##
1200-1400 [1790-2080]
1000-1250 [1490-1870]##
1140-1410 [1710-2090]##
1230-1410 [1820-2080]
1190-1380 [1780-2060]##
1100-1300 [1650-1950]
1050-1260 [1570-1880]
1100-1270 [1640-1900]##
1010-1230 [1530-1860]
1270-1470 [1910-2190]++
1090-1270 [1640-1910]##
1080-1370 [1590-2050]##
1100-1290 [1620-1910]
1420-1570 [2110-2350]
980-1210 [1470-1800]##
1090-1290 [1600-1900]
1010-1240 [1500-1840]
1120-1330 [1660-1980]
1260-1470 [1910-2220]##
1020-1250 [1540-1860]
1030-1270 [1540-1910]++
1130-1350 [1680-2020]++
1160-1370 [1720-2040]
1220-1450 [1840-2160]##
1120-1330 [1680-2000]##
1180-1370 [1770-2050]
1080-1300 [1570-1910]++
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
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)
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)
1120-1310
1240-1450
1160-1330
1340-1500
1390-1560
1260-1450
1210-1390
1040-1230
1160-1390
1090-1290
1120-1330
1240-1430
1380-1540
1060-1290
900-1210
1400-1600
1040-1250
1080-1330
1010-1210
1290-1480
1300-1490
1110-1380
1200-1380
1390-1550
1110-1320
1110-1280
1190-1400
1090-1340
1050-1230
1200-1440
1210-1450
1030-1220
1110-1290
1090-1330
1010-1220
1110-1280
1050-1250
1130-1390
1070-1230
1210-1390
1160-1380
1260-1460
1060-1280
1040-1220
1120-1400
1020-1220
1070-1260
[1670-1950]
[1860-2170]##
[1700-1960]
[1980-2230]++
[2080-2330]
[1900-2180]
[1820-2090]
[1540-1830]
[1720-2050]
[1630-1930]
[1680-1990]
[1860-2150]##++
[2070-2320]
[1600-1930]
[1330-1790]
[2100-2400]
[1570-1890]##
[1600-1960]
[1510-1800]
[1940-2200]
[1920-2210]
[1680-2070]++
[1800-2070]++
[2060-2320]
[1630-1950]
[1640-1910]##
[1730-2040]
[1630-2000]
[1570-1840]##
[1810-2140]##++
[1780-2140]##++
[1550-1830]##
[1650-1920]##
[1630-1990]
[1510-1820]
[1630-1920]
[1570-1870]##
[1690-2090]
[1600-1830]##
[1800-2070]
[1760-2080]##++
[1900-2190]
[1590-1910]
[1540-1830]
[1620-2020]##++
[1510-1810]
[1610-1910]++
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)
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
Thomas Aquinas College (CA)
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
1130-1350
1240-1470
1090-1370
1220-1400
1050-1260
1380-1570
1120-1320
1070-1280
1260-1410
1010-1220
1150-1350
1020-1210
1360-1540
1070-1280
1010-1230
1060-1310
1080-1280
1130-1310
1180-1350
1000-1170
1040-1300
1150-1340
1170-1360
1340-1520
1230-1410
1210-1400
1210-1390
1170-1340
1180-1350
1160-1390
1170-1380
970-1220
1010-1230
1230-1490
1170-1460
1180-1400
1120-1380
1090-1280
1430-1590
1040-1290
1060-1290
1150-1350
1080-1320
1040-1250
1100-1300
1110-1300
1170-1360
[1690-2030]
[1870-2190]##
[1620-2020]++
[1820-2100]
[1570-1890]
[2070-2360]
[1670-1980]
[1590-1900]##
[1820-2100]++
[1520-1840]##
[1690-2000]
[1510-1810]##
[2040-2310]
[1600-1910]++
[1500-1830]##
[1540-1920]##
[1620-1930]
[1670-1980]##
[1790-2040]
[1490-1750]
[1550-1940]
[1730-2020]##
[1730-2010]
[2030-2280]
[1870-2130]
[1800-2070]##
[1800-2070]
[1740-1990]
[1750-2010]
[1710-2050]
[1730-2050]
[1440-1810]##
[1510-1840]
[1840-2230]
[1760-2190]
[1750-2080]++
[1690-2070]
[1600-1890]
[2140-2370]
[1530-1900]++
[1580-1920]
[1700-2010]
[1600-1960]
[1550-1860]
[1640-1950]
[1620-1920]
[1750-2030]
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
University of Missouri
University of New Hampshire
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Wilmington
University of North Florida
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 Rhode Island
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)
1150-1350
1290-1480
1020-1200
1110-1310
1210-1420
1120-1310
1220-1420
1280-1480
1180-1440
1050-1310
1000-1200
1210-1400
1110-1270
1070-1230
1340-1520
1360-1550
1180-1360
1080-1310
1110-1330
1000-1200
1010-1200
1220-1430
1240-1460
1130-1320
1040-1250
1040-1210
1120-1300
1110-1280
1280-1480
1170-1390
1040-1310
1080-1260
1130-1360
1170-1410
1080-1290
1250-1460
1100-1350
1200-1410
1050-1260
1430-1580
1320-1490
1220-1400
1000-1210
1110-1320
1060-1270
1210-1420
1040-1230
[1720-2020]
[1890-2170]++
[1520-1800]
[1640-1950]
[1800-2090]
[1670-1950]
[1810-2110]
[1920-2210]
[1750-2120]++
[1570-1960]
[1500-1800]
[1800-2100]
[1630-1890]
[1610-1850]
[2000-2280]
[2050-2330]
[1750-2030]
[1630-1970]
[1660-1990]
[1500-1800]
[1500-1790]
[1820-2130]
[1850-2170]##
[1690-1980]
[1550-1870]
[1560-1810]##
[1670-1940]++
[1620-1890]
[1920-2220]
[1730-2060]##++
[1550-1950]
[1600-1880]
[1700-2030]##++
[1690-2120]
[1620-1930]
[1870-2180]
[1630-1990]
[1790-2090]++
[1550-1880]##
[2110-2350]
[1980-2240]
[1820-2100]
[1480-1800]
[1640-1960]
[1580-1900]##
[1830-2130]##
[1560-1840]##
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)
Wofford College (SC)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)
Yale University (CT)
Yeshiva University (NY)
1320-1460
1040-1270
1420-1570
1320-1520
1290-1480
1290-1480
1050-1290
1190-1410
1120-1350
1200-1430
1080-1320
1350-1560
1060-1270
1210-1410
1410-1600
1120-1360
[1960-2190]
[1550-1890]##
[2140-2340]
[1940-2230]
[1960-2230]
[1940-2240]##
[1580-1940]
[1790-2110]
[1670-2000]##
[1800-2140]
[1620-1950]
[2040-2340]
[1580-1910]++
[1780-2080]##
[2120-2390]
[1670-2020]
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 datum 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 datum would be incomplete/inaccurate (aren’t you
glad you asked?)