SAT Scores 1986–2023

October 24, 2024

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These tables accompany “It’s Nonetheless Exhausting to Earn Admission to America’s High Faculties . . . and Getting More durable,” by Michael J. Petrilli and Heena Kuwayama.

Enhance in Median SAT Scores, 1986–2023

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Faculty

1986

2016

2023

Rating change 2016 to 2023

Elon College	1032	1262	1280	18
New York College	1275	1410	1520	110
College of North Carolina–Chapel Hill	1230	1323	1460	137
Boston Faculty	1260	1420	1490	70
Emory College	1290	1420	1500	80
SUNY at Stony Brook College	1190	1350	1400	50
College of Massachusetts–Amherst	1175	1300	1380	80
Loyola Marymount College	1155	1290	1360	70
College of Richmond	1280	1380	1460	80
College of Miami	1230	1360	1410	50
North Carolina State College–Raleigh	1180	1323	1360	37
Case Western Reserve College	1310	1460	1490	30
College of Pittsburgh	1182	1340	1360	20
Villanova College	1263	1380	1440	60
Fordham College	1230	1340	1400	60
Hamilton Faculty	1310	1440	1480	40
Gonzaga College	1157	1260	1325	65
Wake Forest College	1285	1365	1450	85
Tufts College	1337	1440	1500	60
Wellesley Faculty	1350	1447	1510	63
Denison College	1210	1346	1370	24
Vassar Faculty	1333	1460	1490	30
Tulane College	1295	1400	1450	50
Boston College	1297	1370	1450	80
Purdue College	1177	1310	1330	20
Washington and Lee College	1340	1430	1490	60
Middlebury Faculty	1350	1455	1500	45
College of Notre Dame	1350	1480	1500	20
College of Chicago	1391	1540	1540	0
Pepperdine College	1213	1297	1360	63
Southern Methodist College	1258	1380	1405	25
Brown College	1395	1520	1540	20
Johns Hopkins College	1410	1440	1550	110
Skidmore Faculty	1240	1300	1380	80
Binghamton College–SUNY	1270	1380	1410	30
Florida State College	1180	1310	1320	10
Clemson College	1182	1312	1320	8
College of Florida	1253	1335	1390	55
American College	1235	1310	1370	60
Smith Faculty	1340	1415	1470	55
Kenyon Faculty	1310	1392	1440	48
Georgia Institute of Expertise	1310	1460	1440	-20
Grinnell Faculty	1331	1445	1460	15
New Jersey Institute of Expertise	1207	1280	1335	55
Indiana College–Bloomington	1161	1241	1280	39
Rice College	1424	1510	1540	30
Macalester Faculty	1308	1430	1420	-10
Lehigh College	1325	1380	1430	50
College of Virginia	1347	1410	1450	40
Dickinson Faculty	1252	1353	1355	2
Princeton College	1439	1530	1540	10
Williams Faculty	1420	1490	1520	30
Swarthmore Faculty	1420	1490	1520	30
Davidson Faculty	1357	1420	1455	35
Lafayette Faculty	1320	1348	1410	62
Brandeis College	1360	1420	1450	30
Colorado College of Mines	1310	1375	1400	25
Oberlin Faculty	1350	1420	1440	20
Furman College	1254	1290	1340	50
College of Delaware	1198	1280	1280	0
Virginia Tech	1249	1285	1330	45
Yale College	1460	1540	1540	0
Marquette College	1197	1260	1270	10
Texas A&M College–Faculty Station	1190	1270	1260	-10
Pennsylvania State College–College Park	1244	1260	1310	50
Massachusetts Institute of Expertise	1490	1540	1550	10
Harvey Mudd Faculty	1460	1520	1520	0
Rensselaer Polytechnic College	1370	1430	1430	0
Clark College	1265	1300	1320	20
DePauw College	1230	1250	1280	30
Faculty of the Holy Cross	1310	1354	1340	-14
Drexel College	1310	1270	1330	60
Miami College–Oxford	1254	1310	1270	-40
Wesleyan College	1420	1420	1430	10
United States Army Academy	1340	1343	1350	7
The College of the South	1300	1310	1290	-20
Bryn Mawr Faculty	1410	1370	1390	20
Bucknell College	1312	1360	1270	-90

Median SAT Scores, 1986–2023 (“twin” outcomes)

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Median rating

2023 schools

2016 schools

1986 schools

1160		Berea Faculty	UC-Irvine IU-Bloomington Loyola Marymount Gonzaga
1180		Pomona UC-Santa Cruz	NC State-Raleigh College of Pittsburgh Clemson College UC-Riverside Purdue College UMass-Amherst
1240		IU-Bloomington	Skidmore Faculty Penn State UC-Santa Cruz American College
1250		DePauw College	Miami College Dickinson Faculty Furman College College of Florida Virginia Tech
1260	Texas A&M	Gonzaga College Penn State Elon College Marquette College	Boston Faculty Villanova College Southern Methodist College
1270	Bucknell College Miami College Marquette College	Drexel College Texas A&M	Thomas Aquinas College Binghamton College-SUNY Clark College
1280	IU-Bloomington DePauw College Elon College College of Delaware	College of San Diego College of Delaware New Jersey Institute of Expertise	College of Richmond New York College
1290	The College of the South	Furman College Loyola Marymount College Virginia Tech	Emory College Wake Forest College
1300		Skidmore Faculty UMass-Amherst Clark College Pepperdine College	The College of the South UC-Berkeley Tulane College Boston College
1310	Penn State	American College Purdue College Florida State College Clemson College The College of the South Miami College	Drexel College Kenyon Faculty Hamilton Faculty Case Western Reserve College Colorado College of Mines Faculty of the Holy Cross Georgia Tech Bucknell College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Macalester Faculty
1320	Clark College Florida State College Clemson College	Thomas Aquinas College NC State-Raleigh UNC-Chapel Hill	Lafayette Faculty
1330	Drexel College Virginia Tech Purdue College Gonzaga College		Vassar Faculty Grinnell Faculty Lehigh College
1340	Furman College Faculty of the Holy Cross New Jersey Institute of Expertise	OSU-Columbus US Army Academy College of Pittsburgh Fordham College College of Florida	Washington and Lee College Smith Faculty US Army Academy Tufts College
1350	US Army Academy	SUNY-Stonybrook College Dickinson Faculty Faculty of the Holy Cross Pitzer Faculty Lafayette Faculty Denison College Duke College	Wellesley Faculty Middlebury Faculty Oberlin Faculty College of Notre Dame College of Virginia
1360	Loyola Marymount College Pepperdine College NC State-Raleigh College of Pittsburgh Dickinson Faculty	College of Miami Bucknell College	Brandeis College Davidson Faculty US Naval Academy
1370	American College Denison College	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bryn Mawr Faculty Boston College Wake Forest College	Rensselaer Polytechnic College
1380	Skidmore Faculty UMass-Amherst	College of Richmond Villanova College Lehigh College Binghamton College-SUNY Southern Methodist College UCLA Colorado College of Mines
1390	College of Florida Bryn Mawr Faculty	Kenyon Faculty	Pomona Faculty College of Chicago
1400	Fordham College SUNY-Stonybrook College Colorado College of Mines	US Naval Academy Tulane College UC-San Diego	Duke College Brown College
1410	Lafayette Faculty College of Miami Binghamton College-SUNY Southern Methodist College	New York College College of Virginia	Johns Hopkins College Bryn Mawr Faculty
1420	Macalester Faculty	Emory College Boston Faculty Davidson Faculty Brandeis College Oberlin Faculty Wesleyan College Smith Faculty	Rice College Swarthmore Faculty Williams Faculty Wesleyan College
1430	Rensselaer Polytechnic College Wesleyan College Lehigh College	Washington and Lee College Rensselaer Polytechnic College Macalester Faculty UC-Berkeley
1440	Georgia Tech Oberlin Faculty Kenyon Faculty Villanova College	Johns Hopkins College Tufts College Hamilton Faculty	Princeton College
1450	Wake Forest College Boston College Tulane College College of Virginia Brandeis College	Wellesley Faculty Grinnell Faculty
1460	UNC-Chapel Hill College of Richmond Grinnell Faculty Davidson Faculty	Georgia Tech Vassar Faculty Case Western Reserve College Middlebury Faculty	Harvey Mudd Faculty Yale College
1480	Hamilton Faculty	College of Notre Dame
1490	Vassar Faculty Case Western Reserve College Washington and Lee College Boston Faculty	Williams Faculty Swarthmore Faculty	MIT
1510	Wellesley Faculty	Rice College
1520	Pomona Faculty New York College Swarthmore Faculty Williams Faculty Harvey Mudd Faculty	Brown College Harvey Mudd Faculty
1540	Rice College Brown College Princeton College College of Chicago Yale College	MIT College of Chicago Yale College