Summary of U.S. Colleges by 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 2022-2023.
35 colleges have SAT scores of 1500 or higher, which is very competitive. Additionally, 58 colleges have SAT scores of 1400 or higher, which is also competitive scores.
SAT Percentile and Score Table
The 2023 Average SAT score colleges is 1,168. For public colleges, the average SAT score is 1,127 and the private colleges' average SAT score is 1,194.
The following table summarizes the number of colleges by SAT score for 993 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.
SAT Score | Total | Public Colleges | Private Colleges |
---|---|---|---|
1500 or higher | 35 96 to 99+ |
- | 35 94 to 99+ |
1450 - 1500 | 29 94 to 96 |
6 98 to 99+ |
23 91 to 94 |
1400 - 1450 | 29 91 to 94 |
7 97 to 98 |
22 87 to 91 |
1350 - 1400 | 37 87 to 91 |
8 95 to 97 |
29 82 to 87 |
1300 - 1350 | 48 82 to 87 |
16 90 to 95 |
32 77 to 82 |
1250 - 1300 | 73 75 to 82 |
23 84 to 90 |
50 69 to 77 |
1200 - 1250 | 110 64 to 75 |
29 77 to 84 |
81 55 to 69 |
1150 - 1200 | 134 50 to 64 |
59 61 to 77 |
75 43 to 55 |
1100 - 1150 | 166 33 to 50 |
75 42 to 61 |
91 28 to 43 |
1050 - 1100 | 154 18 to 33 |
74 22 to 42 |
80 15 to 28 |
1000 - 1050 | 83 10 to 18 |
37 13 to 22 |
46 8 to 15 |
Below 1000 | 95 0 to 10 |
48 0 to 13 |
47 0 to 8 |
U.S. Colleges by SAT Score Chart
The following chart visualizes the SAT score distribution for U.S. colleges.
List of Colleges by SAT score
The following table lists U.S. colleges having 1500 or higher SAT score. SAT score 1500 or higher corresponds to the 96 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.
1500+1450 - 15001400 - 14501350 - 14001300 - 13501250 - 13001200 - 12501150 - 12001100 - 11501050 - 11001000 - 1050Below 1000
School Name | SAT Average Score | |
---|---|---|
2022-2023 | 2021-2022 | |
Johns Hopkins University Private | Baltimore, MD |
1,550 | - |
Harvard University Private | Cambridge, MA |
1,550 +20 (1.31%) |
1,530 |
Dartmouth College Private | Hanover, NH |
1,550 +50 (3.33%) |
1,500 |
Duke University Private | Durham, NC |
1,550 +37 (2.45%) |
1,513 |
Stanford University Private | Stanford, CA |
1,550 +30 (1.97%) |
1,520 |
Yale University Private | New Haven, CT |
1,540 +10 (0.65%) |
1,530 |
University of Chicago Private | Chicago, IL |
1,540 -5 (-0.32%) |
1,545 |
Princeton University Private | Princeton, NJ |
1,540 +25 (1.65%) |
1,515 |
Carnegie Mellon University Private | Pittsburgh, PA |
1,540 +20 (1.32%) |
1,520 |
University of Pennsylvania Private | Philadelphia, PA |
1,540 +15 (0.98%) |
1,525 |
Brown University Private | Providence, RI |
1,540 +25 (1.65%) |
1,515 |
Rice University Private | Houston, TX |
1,540 +10 (0.65%) |
1,530 |
Harvey Mudd College Private | Claremont, CA |
1,530 +10 (0.66%) |
1,520 |
Northwestern University Private | Evanston, IL |
1,530 +10 (0.66%) |
1,520 |
Williams College Private | Williamstown, MA |
1,530 | - |
Washington University in St Louis Private | Saint Louis, MO |
1,530 - |
1,530 |
Columbia University in the City of New York Private | New York, NY |
1,530 +10 (0.66%) |
1,520 |
Cornell University Private | Ithaca, NY |
1,530 +25 (1.66%) |
1,505 |
New York University Private | New York, NY |
1,530 +20 (1.32%) |
1,510 |
Vanderbilt University Private | Nashville, TN |
1,530 +5 (0.33%) |
1,525 |
Pomona College Private | Claremont, CA |
1,520 - |
1,520 |
University of Southern California Private | Los Angeles, CA |
1,520 +45 (3.05%) |
1,475 |
Bowdoin College Private | Brunswick, ME |
1,520 | - |
Swarthmore College Private | Swarthmore, PA |
1,520 +25 (1.67%) |
1,495 |
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Private | Needham, MA |
1,520 -15 (-0.98%) |
1,535 |
Claremont McKenna College Private | Claremont, CA |
1,510 +35 (2.37%) |
1,475 |
University of Notre Dame Private | Notre Dame, IN |
1,510 +30 (2.03%) |
1,480 |
Amherst College Private | Amherst, MA |
1,510 +50 (3.42%) |
1,460 |
Tufts University Private | Medford, MA |
1,510 +15 (1.00%) |
1,495 |
Barnard College Private | New York, NY |
1,505 +17 (1.14%) |
1,488 |
Jewish Theological Seminary of America Private | New York, NY |
1,505 +87 (6.14%) |
1,418 |