REALITY CHECK – SAT RANGE, 25TH-75TH PERCENTILE FOR ENROLLED STUDENTS AT
VARIOUS SELECTIVE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES NATIONWIDE
Data based on college Class of 2016 (entered college Fall 2012) 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 2012-13, The College Board; school websites
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)
Auburn University (AL)
Augustana College (IL)
Austin College (TX)
Babson College (MA)
Bard College (NY)
Barnard College (NY)
Bates College (ME)
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)
1010-1220 [1520-1850]
1030-1220 [1550-1920]##
1090-1270
1100-1300
1160-1360
1340-1530
1000-1200
1080-1280
1060-1370
1130-1330
1160-1340
1250-1380
1250-1440
1260-1430
1120-1330
1070-1270
1110-1400
1180-1380
1120-1290
1070-1290
1040-1250
1220-1390
1010-1220
1260-1450
1180-1390
1360-1520
1030-1270
[1600-1860]
[1630-1940]
[1740-2040]##
[2010-2290]
[1490-1790]
[1600-1890]
[1560-2020]
[1660-1980]
[1740-2010]
[1900-2090]##
[1900-2200]++
[1900-2150]##
[1650-1980]
[1610-1910]
[1660-2110]++
[1790-2080]##++
[1660-1930]
[1570-1900]++
[1550-1870]
[1800-2060]
[1500-1800]
[1900-2180]
[1780-2080]
[2010-2280]##
[1540-1920]
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)
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)
Dartmouth College (NH)
Davidson College (NC)
Denison University (OH)
DePaul University (IL)
DePauw University (IN)
Dickinson College (PA)
Drake University (IA)
Drew University (NJ)
Drexel University (PA)
Duke University (NC)
Earlham College (IN)
1230-1450
1170-1380
1320-1530
1050-1240
1190-1430
1200-1390
1070-1280
1490-1580
1120-1330
1060-1360
1340-1520
1320-1520
1260-1480
1010-1220
1140-1390
1110-1310
1070-1240
1310-1510
1060-1280
1060-1270
1150-1340
1240-1430
1270-1450
1110-1300
1150-1370
1220-1380
950-1170
1250-1460
1080-1320
1240-1430
1200-1390
1390-1570
1240-1410
1230-1480
1090-1370
1310-1520
1350-1560
1270-1440
1200-1400
1040-1270
1080-1330
1190-1380
1060-1300
970-1220
1120-1320
1360-1550
1080-1360
[1850-2160]
[1750-2070]++
[1990-2310]
[1560-1840]##
[1800-2140]##++
[1790-2080]
[1580-1900]
[2220-2380]++
[1660-1970]
[1580-2030]++
[2000-2270]
[1970-2260]
[1860-2180]++
[1520-1830]
[1700-2070]++
[1680-1980]
[1600-1870]
[1970-2250]++
[1620-1960]##
[1540-1860]
[1710-2000]
[1850-2140]##
[1900-2180]
[1660-1950]
[1740-2050]##
[1830-2080]##
[1380-1700]
[1870-2180]
[1620-1980]
[1860-2150]
[1750-2040]
[2080-2350]
[1880-2140]##
[1820-2220]
[1590-2030]
[1950-2260]
[2030-2350]
[1890-2170]
[1800-2120]##++
[1570-1910]##
[1610-1970]
[1780-2070]##
[1570-1940]
[1460-1820]##
[1650-1960]
[2040-2330]
[1630-2060]++
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
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)
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)
1010-1230
1130-1320
1150-1330
1280-1470
1050-1270
1080-1250
1060-1180
1040-1250
1120-1280
1160-1350
1060-1270
1210-1400
1430-1570
1110-1310
1050-1250
1200-1390
1310-1500
1260-1460
1210-1360
1090-1290
990-1260
1280-1500
1100-1360
970-1280
1150-1350
1300-1480
1140-1350
1410-1590
1420-1570
1310-1520
1090-1350
1200-1410
1140-1310
1070-1260
1120-1340
1110-1350
1050-1280
1050-1270
1050-1250
1200-1440
1310-1510
1060-1330
1240-1410
1030-1270
1130-1410
1190-1390
1060-1290
[1520-1840]
[1700-1990]
[1740-2010]
[1920-2200]
[1600-1930]
[1620-1890]##
[1580-1760]
[1540-1860]
[1680-1920]
[1740-2030]
[1580-1900]
[1810-2090]##
[2110-2330]++
[1650-1960]
[1570-1870]##
[1810-2090]
[1960-2250]
[1870-2160]
[1810-2050]##
[1630-1930]++
[1490-1890]##
[1910-2250]++
[1650-2040]
[1430-1860]##++
[1730-2030]##
[1950-2220]##
[1720-2030]##
[2110-2390]
[2100-2330]
[1980-2280]
[1640-2030]
[1810-2130]
[1690-1960]##
[1600-1890]
[1640-1980]
[1650-2000]++
[1560-1890]
[1570-1900]
[1570-1860]
[1850-2170]
[1960-2260]
[1590-1980]
[1870-2130]
[1520-1900]
[1700-2070]##
[1770-2070]
[1560-1900]##
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)
Marymount Manhattan College (NY)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McDaniel College (MD)
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 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)
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
(formerly Brooklyn Poly)
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)
Rhodes College (TN)
1160-1430
1200-1400
1170-1370
1110-1300
1090-1300
1080-1260
1040-1270
1270-1490
1080-1260
1080-1380
1070-1280
1050-1270
1410-1570
990-1220
1020-1250
1080-1290
1270-1480
1050-1280
1010-1220
1080-1290
1220-1420
1120-1360
1190-1410
1020-1200
1250-1450
1130-1300
1280-1460
1380-1540
1260-1460
1200-1400
1040-1230
1150-1360
1090-1300
1120-1330
1170-1390
[1740-2120]##
[1770-2070]
[1780-2060]##
[1670-1960]
[1630-1930]
[1620-1950]##
[1570-1920]++
[1900-2210]
[1620-1890]##
[1610-2060]##++
[1600-1910]
[1560-1900]
[2090-2350]
[1480-1830]##
[1520-1870]##
[1610-1920]
[1920-2230]##
[1580-1920]
[1500-1780]
[1590-1900]
[1850-2140]##
[1680-2040]##
[1780-2100]
[1490-1790]
[1890-2180]##
[1650-1920]++
[1890-2170]++
[2060-2310]
[1890-2190]
[1810-2100]
[1540-1830]
[1710-2010]
[1630-1940]
[1680-2000]
[1750-2100]##
1190-1370
1360-1530
1080-1290
950-1230
1410-1590
1050-1270
1060-1300
1000-1180
1300-1490
1270-1460
1150-1370
[1730-2020]
[2040-2310]
[1630-1920]
[1390-1880]
[2120-2390]
[1590-1910]##
[1570-1920]
[1500-1770]
[1950-2230]
[1860-2150]
[1710-2050]
Rice University (TX)
Ripon College (WI)
Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
Rollins College (FL)
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (IN)
Rutgers University (NJ)
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 (CA)
Saint Mary’s College of Maryland
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)
Skidmore College (NY)
Smith College (MA)
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
Towson University (MD)
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)
1360-1530 [2020-2290]++
1030-1240 [1530-1850]
1110-1330 [1630-1960]
1090-1280 [1630-1920]##
1190-1400 [1730-2040]
1040-1290 [1560-1930]
1190-1410 [1810-2140]##
1130-1420 [1690-2090]##
1020-1220 [1530-1830]
1130-1310 [1690-1960]##
1070-1330 [1600-1990]
1000-1210 [1500-1810]
1110-1320 [1650-1960]
1160-1400 [1730-2090]
1070-1230 [1600-1830]##
1200-1380 [1790-2060]++
optional -- not reported
1260-1430 [1910-2160]
1070-1280 [1600-1910]
1000-1200 [1490-1800]
1110-1280 [1710-1980]##
1020-1220 [1520-1820]
1120-1340 [1680-2020]
1210-1430 [1830-2150]##
1190-1370 [1760-2050]
1080-1310 [1610-1970]
1380-1570 [2080-2350]++
1180-1390 [1760-2080]
1050-1260 [1660-1870]
1170-1340 [1710-2010]
1050-1250 [1580-1870]##
1130-1340 [1660-1980]
1020-1210 [1510-1800]##
1350-1550 [2030-2320]
1050-1270 [1570-1900]
1010-1210 [1500-1800]
1080-1310 [1580-1930]##
1080-1280 [1630-1930]
1130-1330 [1690-2010]
990-1180 [1490-1770]
1190-1390 [1790-2090]##
1150-1360 [1700-2010]
1350-1540 [2030-2280]
1250-1430 [1890-2150]
1210-1380 [1800-2060]##
1230-1410 [1830-2100]
1160-1320 [1690-1960]
United States Merchant Marine Academy (NY)
United States Military Academy (NY)
United States Naval Academy (MD)
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
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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 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
1180-1350
1170-1370
1160-1370
1220-1490
1160-1440
1170-1370
1110-1350
1080-1280
1420-1570
1030-1260
1070-1280
1130-1330
1080-1310
1010-1260
1100-1310
1110-1300
1170-1360
1140-1330
1230-1470
1030-1230
1130-1320
1190-1410
1090-1290
1230-1420
1260-1460
1160-1430
1200-1400
1340-1520
1350-1540
1170-1340
1090-1290
1150-1350
1050-1240
1200-1410
1240-1440
1120-1320
1040-1250
1040-1220
1100-1290
1270-1480
1130-1380
1070-1340
1080-1260
1170-1350
1120-1380
1090-1290
1260-1460
[1750-2010]++
[1720-2030]
[1720-2050]
[1840-2240]
[1750-2150]
[1700-2050]
[1670-2020]
[1590-1890]
[2120-2350]
[1510-1870]
[1600-1910]
[1680-1980]
[1610-1970]
[1520-1860]
[1650-1960]
[1630-1940]
[1740-2020]
[1710-2000]++
[1800-2150]++
[1540-1840]
[1660-1960]
[1770-2100]
[1620-1920]
[1820-2010]
[1880-2180]
[1720-2100]
[1780-2090]
[1990-2270]
[2030-2310]
[1730-2000]
[1630-1940]
[1710-2020]
[1560-1850]
[1790-2110]
[1840-2140]
[1680-1980]
[1560-1870]
[1550-1820]##
[1640-1930]
[1910-2220]
[1670-2060]##
[1590-1990]
[1600-1890]
[1740-2010]##++
[1670-2090]
[1630-1940]
[1890-2200]
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)
Wofford College (SC)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)
Yale University (CT)
Yeshiva University (NY)
1100-1350
1160-1400
1080-1310
1400-1560
1310-1490
1200-1390
1000-1210
1110-1320
1050-1270
1250-1410
1040-1230
1300-1480
1070-1250
1420-1560
1360-1490
1290-1480
1300-1480
1080-1310
1210-1420
1120-1320
1220-1440
1100-1320
1330-1560
1160-1310
1200-1390
1410-1590
1090-1360
[1630-1990]
[1730-2070]
[1620-1940]##
[2070-2330]
[1960-2240]
[1790-2080]
[1490-1800]
[1650-1970]
[1570-1900]##
[1870-2110]##
[1560-1840]
[1940-2210]
[1590-1870]##
[2110-2340]++
[1980-2200]
[1980-2230]
[1950-2230]
[1620-1960]
[1810-2130]
[1680-1990]##
[1840-2150]
[1660-1990]
[2010-2300]++
[1630-1940]
[1770-2050]##
[2120-2390]
[1630-2020]
## -- indicates that submission of SAT/ACT is OPTIONAL OR students may submit tests OTHER
THAN ACT/SAT OR tests need not be submiited 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 2015
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!