Colleges by 2025 SAT Score

More colleges are removing SAT scores as a "required item" from their application requirements, but still they are considering the SAT score in admission process. Most students have taken SAT exam and submitted SAT scores when applying competitive 4-years colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

45 colleges have SAT scores of 1500 or higher, which is very competitive. Additionally, 64 colleges have SAT scores of 1400 or higher, which is also competitive scores.

The 2025 Average SAT score colleges is 1,183. For public colleges, the average SAT score is 1,136 and the private colleges' average SAT score is 1,215.

The following table summarizes the number of colleges by SAT score for 945 colleges that require or consider the SAT score for admission. The large-font numbers in each cell mean the number of schools for corresponding score and school type and the small-font numbers below mean the percentile for that SAT score.

You can see the list of college in each SAT range by following the link on the SAT range.

The following chart visualizes the SAT score distribution for U.S. colleges.

The following table lists U.S. colleges having 1500 or higher SAT score. SAT score 1500 or higher corresponds to the 95 to 99+ percentile for colleges in nation .

The table is sorted from highest to lowest SAT score, based on the most recent two years of data. A green number means the school's SAT score is higher than last year, while a red number means the score lower than last year.