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US universities for a 1250 SAT score: 333 where it's in the middle 50%

At these 333 US universities on the Common App, a 1250 SAT falls within the middle 50% of first-year students who enrolled in fall 2024 and sent the SAT. They're sorted from the lowest acceptance rate. A score in the middle 50% makes you competitive on tests; grades, essays and activities decide the rest.

Updated September 25, 2026

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333 of 333 universities

UniversitySAT middle 50%Acceptance rateSAT/ACTIntl feeCity
College of the Holy Cross1240–141017.6%Optional$65Worcester
Colorado College1230–146018.5%Optional$0Colorado Springs
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina1085–128522.7%Flexible$40Charleston
Spelman College1108–132024.9%Optional$50Atlanta
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)1250–151026.6%Required$90Austin
Fisk University1140–151037.4%Flexible$35Nashville
LeTourneau University990–133038%Optional$0Longview
Regent University990–125038.1%Flexible$0Virginia Beach
Clemson University1240–141038.3%Optional$70Clemson
William Jewell College1080–127038.4%Sometimes$0Liberty
Illinois Wesleyan University1120–134039.3%Sometimes$0Bloomington
University of Central Florida1200–135040.1%Required$30Orlando
Hampden-Sydney College1030–125040.9%Sometimes$0Hampden-Sydney
Howard University1090–132041.3%Optional$45Washington
The University of Tennessee Knoxville1200–137041.6%Required$75Knoxville
Southwestern University1130–130043.1%Flexible$0Georgetown
University of South Florida1130–132043.2%Required$30Tampa
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology1080–131044.5%Sometimes$0Socorro
Texas Christian University1140–135044.5%Optional$50Fort Worth
Rollins College1160–137047.5%Sometimes$0Winter Park
Austin College1100–131047.7%Optional$0Sherman
Minneapolis College of Art and Design1130–134048.5%Sometimes$50Minneapolis
The College of Idaho1070–128049.1%Flexible$0Caldwell
Belhaven University1010–129849.8%Flexible$25Jackson
Purdue University1200–148049.9%Required$60West Lafayette
Providence College1250–139050.9%Optional$70Providence
Baylor University1200–140051.3%Sometimes$0Waco
Wofford College1198–134351.9%Optional$0Spartanburg
University of Connecticut1210–144052.4%Optional$80Storrs
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences1110–138052.7%Sometimes$50Albany
University of North Florida1070–127053.2%Required$30Jacksonville
University of Dallas1120–137053.4%Required$50Irving
Maine Maritime Academy1095–126054.1%Sometimes$50Castine
Moravian University1070–128554.2%Optional$0Bethlehem
Centre College1160–145054.4%Optional$0Danville
Allegheny College1173–135854.6%Optional$0Meadville
Florida International University1070–126054.7%Required$30Miami
Illinois Institute of Technology1180–144054.9%Optional$0Chicago
Hendrix College1123–134855.6%Optional$0Conway
University of Michigan- Dearborn990–125555.6%Optional$0Dearborn
Marist University1190–134056.5%Optional$50Poughkeepsie
Moore College of Art and Design1180–138056.5%Flexible$60Philadelphia
Lake Forest College1190–139356.8%Flexible$0Lake Forest
Jacksonville University1100–128056.9%Sometimes$30Jacksonville
Washington College1140–139056.9%Sometimes$0Chestertown
DePauw University1200–141057.2%Sometimes$0Greencastle
Florida Polytechnic University1170–134057.5%Required$30Lakeland
Drury University1130–129057.6%Sometimes$0Springfield
Florida Institute of Technology1120–132057.7%Required$0Melbourne
Alvernia University1093–128658.1%Optional$0Reading
College of Wooster1220–146059.5%Optional$0Wooster
College of Charleston1140–131060%Sometimes$60Charleston
University of South Carolina Columbia1180–136060.2%Sometimes$100Columbia
University of New Haven1060–126560.4%Sometimes$50West Haven
Marywood University1060–125060.6%Optional$50Scranton
Penn State1240–142060.6%Optional$75University Park
Cleveland Institute of Art980–128061.3%Not considered$0Cleveland
The University of Tulsa1223–153061.5%Sometimes$0Tulsa
SUNY New Paltz1170–134061.6%Sometimes$50New Paltz
Sarah Lawrence College1240–143061.7%Optional$0Bronxville
University of San Francisco1190–139061.7%Optional$70San Francisco
Chatham University1070–129562%Sometimes$0Pittsburgh
Queens University of Charlotte1140–134062.1%Sometimes$0Charlotte
Agnes Scott College1160–133062.2%Optional$30Decatur
The College of New Jersey1140–134062.3%Sometimes$65Ewing
Augustana College (Illinois)1030–127062.7%Optional$0Rock Island
University of Missouri-St Louis1060–129062.7%Flexible$40Saint Louis
Beloit College1200–143063%Optional$0Beloit
Wabash College1060–127063.3%Optional$0Crawfordsville
Drake University1110–135063.9%Optional$50Des Moines
Lawrence University1200–142063.9%Optional$0Appleton
Berry College1125–133064%Not considered$50Mount Berry
Coe College1070–129064%Sometimes$0Cedar Rapids
Hobart and William Smith Colleges1190–138564%Optional$0Geneva
University of North Carolina Wilmington1230–134064.2%Sometimes$80Wilmington
Florida Southern College1150–133064.4%Sometimes$0Lakeland
New Jersey Institute of Technology1210–146065.1%Sometimes$75Newark
The University of Texas at Dallas1160–141065.1%Optional$75Richardson
Cedarville University1130–136065.3%Sometimes$0Cedarville
University of Dayton1200–138065.4%Optional$50Dayton
Bryant University1190–133065.5%Flexible$50Smithfield
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma1090–128065.8%Sometimes$0Chickasha
Adelphi University1120–134065.9%Sometimes$50Garden City
Abilene Christian University1070–127066%Flexible$50Abilene
Elon University1130–128066.3%Sometimes$60Elon
St. John Fisher University1120–130066.4%Optional$0Rochester
SUNY College at Geneseo1190–134066.4%Optional$50Geneseo
Westminster University (Utah)1070–131066.6%Optional$0Salt Lake City
Carroll University1040–127066.8%Optional$25Waukesha
Ouachita Baptist University1070–128067.5%Sometimes$0Arkadelphia
Augustana University (South Dakota)1150–137067.7%Sometimes$0Sioux Falls
Converse University1010–125067.7%Optional$0Spartanburg
Lipscomb University1160–138067.7%Sometimes$50Nashville
Drew University1103–133867.8%Sometimes$40Madison
Hollins University1150–134068%Flexible$0Roanoke
Hofstra University1230–140068.1%Sometimes$75Hempstead
Salve Regina University1160–133068.2%Flexible$0Newport
St. Mary's College of Maryland1143–134068.6%Sometimes$50St. Mary's City
The University of Alabama in Huntsville1210–141068.6%Sometimes$40Huntsville
Mercer University1160–135068.9%Required$50Macon
Ithaca College1230–139069%Sometimes$0Ithaca
Siena University1110–136069%Sometimes$0Loudonville
Siena University1110–136069%Sometimes$0Loudonville
Siena University1110–136069%Sometimes$0Loudonville
Gordon College1130–135569.2%Optional$0Wenham
Hartwick College1070–129069.6%Optional$0Oneonta
SUNY Oneonta1120–131069.6%Optional$50Oneonta
Simmons University1220–139070%Optional$0Boston
College of the Atlantic1240–143070.2%Optional$0Bar Harbor
Ramapo College of New Jersey1130–130070.6%Sometimes$65Mahwah
Roberts Wesleyan University990–130570.6%Optional$0Rochester
University of Delaware1190–137070.6%Flexible$75Newark
Walsh University1040–128070.7%Sometimes$0North Canton
Knox College1180–144070.8%Sometimes$0Galesburg
Calvin University1083–133070.9%Sometimes$35Grand Rapids
Carroll College (Montana)1050–130070.9%Sometimes$0Helena
Widener University1080–129070.9%Optional$0Chester
University of Minnesota Rochester950–138071%Optional$30Rochester
Virginia Military Institute1050–127071.2%Optional$0Lexington
Caldwell University1130–137071.3%Sometimes$0Caldwell
University of the Pacific1183–148071.3%Optional$55Stockton
James Madison University1170–134071.5%Optional$70Harrisonburg
Luther College1078–140671.5%Optional$0Decorah
Evangel University1040–126071.6%Sometimes$0Springfield
Stetson University1060–127071.6%Sometimes$0DeLand
Springfield College1080–133071.9%Optional$0Springfield
Muhlenberg College1250–141072%Sometimes$0Allentown
St. Joseph's University, New York - Brooklyn Campus1110–127072%Optional$25Brooklyn
St. Joseph’s University, New York - Long Island Campus1110–127072%Optional$25Brooklyn
Quinnipiac University1150–132072.2%Sometimes$65Hamden
University of Puget Sound1170–138072.2%Sometimes$65Tacoma
University of Rhode Island1020–128072.2%Optional$65Kingston
Milligan University1133–126872.3%Flexible$0Milligan
Wittenberg University980–127572.3%Flexible$0Springfield
SUNY Maritime College1123–128872.4%Sometimes$50Throggs Neck
UMBC: University of Maryland, Baltimore County1240–142072.4%Optional$75Baltimore
Missouri University of Science and Technology1190–142072.5%Flexible$0Rolla
Texas Tech University1090–128072.6%Sometimes$75Lubbock
Earlham College1110–129073.1%Optional$0Richmond
Nova Southeastern University1030–130073.2%Required$50Fort Lauderdale
Louisiana State University A&M-Baton Rouge1180–134073.3%Sometimes$50Baton Rouge
Pratt Institute1150–139073.3%Optional$90Brooklyn
Seton Hall University1220–139073.3%Optional$65South Orange
Taylor University1070–133073.5%Flexible$0Upland
Elmhurst University990–126073.6%Sometimes$0Elmhurst
University of Nevada- Reno1060–129073.7%Optional$95Reno
York College of Pennsylvania1020–127073.7%Optional$0York
Alfred University1095–131073.8%Optional$0Alfred
Mount St. Mary's University1046–128073.8%Sometimes$25Emmitsburg
University of Houston1160–134073.9%Sometimes$90Houston
SUNY Purchase1185–138074%Sometimes$50Purchase
Lycoming College1080–130074.1%Sometimes$0Williamsport
Meredith College1098–134874.2%Optional$40Raleigh
SUNY University at Buffalo1210–138074.2%Flexible$50Buffalo
Biola University1160–137074.3%Sometimes$0La Mirada
Norwich University1060–132074.4%Optional$0Northfield
Ohio Northern University1175–140074.4%Optional$0Ada
Nazareth University1070–132074.7%Sometimes$0Rochester
Oklahoma State University1040–125075%Sometimes$90Stillwater
Saint Louis University1200–141075%Optional$0Saint Louis
Methodist University1080–125075.1%Optional$0Fayetteville
Catawba College1030–130075.2%Sometimes$0Salisbury
High Point University1110–132075.3%Sometimes$50High Point
Kalamazoo College1170–138075.3%Optional$0Kalamazoo
Miami University (Ohio)1220–139075.4%Sometimes$70Oxford
University of Detroit Mercy1030–126075.4%Sometimes$0Detroit
Loyola University Maryland1200–137075.5%Optional$60Baltimore
Sweet Briar College1100–131075.5%Sometimes$0Sweet Briar
Baldwin Wallace University1060–129075.7%Optional$0Berea
California Lutheran University1150–133075.7%Optional$25Thousand Oaks
Emmanuel College (MA)1170–134075.7%Optional$0Boston
Eckerd College1160–133075.8%Optional$50Saint Petersburg
DePaul University1140–133075.9%Optional$0Chicago
Pace University1180–134075.9%Optional$50New York
Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana1130–132576%Sometimes$0Notre Dame
The University of Alabama1170–140076.6%Flexible$50Tuscaloosa
The University of Oklahoma1140–133076.6%Optional$90Norman
Maryland Institute College of Art1078–130576.8%Optional$60Baltimore
Seattle University1200–143076.9%Optional$60Seattle
Elmira College1090–138577%Sometimes$0Elmira
Oklahoma City University1050–126077%Sometimes$60Oklahoma City
Westmont College1240–145077%Optional$0Santa Barbara
DeSales University1090–126077.1%Optional$0Center Valley
Willamette University1240–144077.1%Optional$0Salem
North Central College1055–131077.3%Optional$0Naperville
Oregon State University1140–140077.3%Optional$65Corvallis
Clarkson University1200–139077.4%Flexible$0Potsdam
University of Illinois Chicago1130–135077.4%Optional$170Chicago
Mississippi State University1100–135077.6%Flexible$60Mississippi State
Goucher College1090–132577.7%Optional$0Baltimore
Rowan University1110–131077.7%Sometimes$45Glassboro
University of Denver1240–141077.8%Sometimes$65Denver
Elizabethtown College1105–131077.9%Sometimes$0Elizabethtown
Pacific Lutheran University1040–126078%Optional$0Tacoma
Saint Anselm College1110–127878%Optional$50Manchester
University of Colorado Boulder1240–143078.1%Optional$70Boulder
Indiana University Bloomington - Flagship Campus1170–140078.2%Sometimes$65Bloomington
SUNY Plattsburgh1080–125078.4%Optional$50Plattsburgh
West Chester University of Pennsylvania1100–127078.4%Optional$45West Chester
University of Missouri1150–133078.5%Sometimes$65Columbia
Rider University1100–132078.6%Sometimes$75Lawrenceville
Kettering University1160–133078.7%Optional$0Flint
Juniata College1130–132078.9%Optional$50Huntingdon
Manhattan University1180–135878.9%Optional$75Riverdale
Messiah University1110–135079%Sometimes$50Mechanicsburg
Hope College1100–134079.2%Optional$0Holland
University of Southern Maine990–125079.2%Optional$0Portland
Drexel University1240–144079.4%Sometimes$65Philadelphia
University of Louisville1040–127079.4%Optional$30Louisville
University of North Carolina at Charlotte1140–133079.6%Sometimes$80Charlotte
Creighton University1243–142879.8%Sometimes$0Omaha
Nebraska Wesleyan University1020–129079.8%Sometimes$35Lincoln
Ripon College980–127079.8%Optional$0Ripon
University of Mary Washington1170–137079.8%Sometimes$50Fredericksburg
Cornell College1120–128579.9%Optional$50Mount Vernon
Guilford College1120–126080%Flexible$0Greensboro
Arcadia University1065–126580.2%Sometimes$50Glenside
SUNY Oswego1070–127080.5%Optional$50Oswego
John Carroll University1180–133080.9%Optional$0University Heights
Husson University1065–127581%Optional$0Bangor
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)1190–142081%Sometimes$50Old Westbury
Thomas Jefferson University1160–133081%Sometimes$50Philadelphia
The University of Scranton1160–131881.2%Sometimes$50Scranton
Wayne State University1060–127081.2%Flexible$25Detroit
Marquette University1200–136081.3%Optional$0Milwaukee
SUNY Polytechnic Institute1025–137081.3%Sometimes$50Utica
Loyola University Chicago1170–136081.6%Optional$0Chicago
St. Bonaventure University1065–129081.6%Sometimes$0Saint Bonaventure
Gonzaga University1190–138081.7%Sometimes$60Spokane
Kansas State University1060–126081.7%Sometimes$80Manhattan
Molloy University1088–129081.7%Optional$45Rockville Centre
Western Carolina University1080–127081.8%Sometimes$65Cullowhee
Andrews University990–129081.9%Optional$0Berrien Springs
Montana State University1065–128582.1%Optional$38Bozeman
Suffolk University1090–130082.3%Sometimes$50Boston
Samford University1070–125082.4%Sometimes$50Birmingham
University of Redlands1107–135082.7%Sometimes$0Redlands
Champlain College1220–138082.9%Optional$0Burlington
Eastern Connecticut State University1070–126083%Optional$50Willimantic
Le Moyne College1160–133083%Optional$0Syracuse
Savannah College of Art and Design1030–127083%Flexible$100Savannah
University of Massachusetts Lowell1180–137083%Sometimes$70Lowell
Roanoke College1090–130083.1%Sometimes$0Salem
Northwest University1040–135083.2%Optional$30Kirkland
St. John's University (NY)1150–134083.4%Sometimes$0Queens
Dominican University of California1210–130083.5%Sometimes$0San Rafael
Western New England University1090–130083.5%Optional$0Springfield
Duquesne University1180–134083.6%Sometimes$0Pittsburgh
Framingham State University1100–128083.6%Optional$50Framingham
University of Iowa1130–133083.6%Sometimes$80Iowa City
Hanover College1110–128083.7%Sometimes$60Hanover
Point Loma Nazarene University1175–136583.7%Optional$55San Diego
Lebanon Valley College1140–130283.8%Optional$0Annville
Truman State University1170–137083.8%Flexible$0Kirksville
University of Massachusetts Boston1070–129083.8%Sometimes$60Boston
Mount Vernon Nazarene University1046–131584.1%Optional$25Mount Vernon
Saint Michael's College1120–128084.5%Optional$0Colchester
Michigan State University1180–136084.8%Flexible$75East Lansing
Ohio University1090–129085%Optional$75Athens
Butler University1160–135085.1%Optional$50Indianapolis
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences1160–141685.2%Sometimes$0Boston
University of Cincinnati1160–137085.3%Optional$100Cincinnati
Ball State University1080–126085.5%Sometimes$60Muncie
St. Norbert College1033–129085.7%Flexible$0De Pere
Immaculata University1156–132385.8%Optional$0Immaculata
Christopher Newport University1060–129086%Sometimes$65Newport News
The University of Utah1190–138086%Sometimes$65Salt Lake City
Bellarmine University1030–125086.1%Optional$0Louisville
The University of Arizona1150–142086.1%Sometimes$80Tucson
Long Island University1110–135086.2%Optional$50Brookville
Webster University1110–131086.2%Optional$0Saint Louis
Xavier University1103–131086.4%Optional$0Cincinnati
Covenant College1160–138086.5%Flexible$35Lookout Mountain
Transylvania University1120–138086.5%Sometimes$0Lexington
Christian Brothers University1020–138086.7%Sometimes$0Memphis
Iona University1110–130086.9%Optional$50New Rochelle
George Mason University1160–136087.5%Sometimes$75Fairfax
Salisbury University1180–132087.5%Sometimes$50Salisbury
University of Nebraska- Lincoln1098–133087.5%Sometimes$45Lincoln
Hamline University (MN)1133–139187.6%Optional$0Saint Paul
Roger Williams University1140–131087.7%Sometimes$55Bristol
Bethel University (MN)1190–130087.8%Sometimes$0Saint Paul
Bridgewater State University1060–126387.8%Optional$50Bridgewater
Wagner College1190–129088%Sometimes$60Staten Island
Worcester State University1026–128388%Optional$50Worcester
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)1210–145088.2%Sometimes$40Birmingham
University of Oregon1130–136088.3%Optional$75Eugene
Oglethorpe University1090–131088.4%Optional$50Atlanta
University of North Carolina Greensboro1150–135588.5%Sometimes$65Greensboro
Houghton University1170–137588.7%Optional$0Houghton
Iowa State University1120–136088.7%Flexible$65Ames
University of Minnesota Duluth1180–135088.8%Flexible$50Duluth
Monmouth University1140–131089%Sometimes$60West Long Branch
University of Portland1160–137089.2%Optional$0Portland
Valparaiso University1060–128089.4%Optional$0Valparaiso
Waynesburg University930–125089.8%Optional$0Waynesburg
Whitworth University1090–133089.8%Sometimes$0Spokane
Appalachian State University1120–128090.1%Sometimes$65Boone
Old Dominion University1100–128090.4%Optional$50Norfolk
Missouri State University1020–127090.5%Sometimes$50Springfield
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth1050–127090.6%Optional$60North Dartmouth
Wilkes University1020–125090.6%Optional$0Wilkes-Barre
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania1120–131090.8%Optional$40Kutztown
Wentworth Institute of Technology1110–132091.2%Optional$50Boston
Chaminade University of Honolulu970–125091.4%Optional$50Honolulu
Bridgewater College1020–136091.7%Sometimes$0Bridgewater
Ursinus College1200–138591.8%Sometimes$0Collegeville
University of North Carolina Asheville1170–136091.9%Sometimes$75Asheville
Utica University990–125092%Optional$0Utica
Michigan Technological University1130–135092.4%Sometimes$35Houghton
Utah State University1070–129092.5%Flexible$50Logan
School of Visual Arts1188–149092.6%Optional$50New York
Virginia Commonwealth University1010–127092.6%Sometimes$75Richmond
University of Northern Iowa1020–128092.7%Optional$50Cedar Falls
University of Kentucky1070–129092.9%Sometimes$60Lexington
Delaware Valley University1090–130393.2%Optional$0Doylestown
Western Washington University1150–139093.2%Optional$70Bellingham
Franklin Pierce University1057–128293.5%Optional$0Rindge
George Fox University1070–134093.5%Optional$40Newberg
University of Kansas1070–130093.5%Sometimes$90Lawrence
University of Northwestern-St. Paul868–127193.5%Sometimes$0Saint Paul
Oregon Tech1000–127095%Optional$50Klamath Falls
Belmont University1160–135095.3%Optional$50Nashville
University of Hartford1120–131095.7%Flexible$0West Hartford
The Evergreen State College1035–125396.4%Sometimes$60Olympia
Oklahoma Christian University1010–127096.5%Flexible$0Edmond
Missouri Southern State University1150–142097%Required$60Joplin
St. Mary's University900–131097.8%Flexible$0San Antonio
Benedictine College1140–138098.1%Flexible$0Atchison
University of South Dakota1125–131598.8%Sometimes$25Vermillion
Oral Roberts University1120–131098.9%Sometimes$0Tulsa
Western Colorado University1163–135399.7%Optional$0Gunnison
Sattler College1140–1310—Sometimes$30Boston

Built from each university's 2026–27 requirements as published on the Common App (updated September 25, 2026). Universities can change them during the season: confirm on the official page before you apply. Acceptance rates, international enrollment and costs come from the US Department of Education (IPEDS): fall 2024 admissions and enrollment, 2024–25 published tuition and fees. Download as CSV

Questions

Is 1250 a good SAT score?

It sits in the middle 50% of enrolled students at 333 US universities on the Common App, and above the middle 50% at 224 more.

What colleges can I get into with a 1250 SAT?

Your score is in range at universities such as Purdue University, Abilene Christian University, Adelphi University, Agnes Scott College and Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Admission also depends on your grades, essays and activities.

Should I send a 1250 SAT to a test-optional university?

At a test-optional university, send it if it's at or above the middle of that university's range. 151 universities on this list are test-optional or test-blind for 2026–27.

How is the range calculated?

We add the 25th and the 75th percentiles of the two SAT sections (Math, Reading and Writing) published by the US Department of Education for fall 2024. It's the usual approximation of the total-score range.

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