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US universities for a 1350 SAT score: 184 where it's in the middle 50%
At these 184 US universities on the Common App, a 1350 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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184 of 184 universities
| University | SAT middle 50% | Acceptance rate | SAT/ACT | Intl fee | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denison University | 1320–1490 | 17.4% | Optional | $0 | Granville |
| College of the Holy Cross | 1240–1410 | 17.6% | Optional | $65 | Worcester |
| Colorado College | 1230–1460 | 18.5% | Optional | $0 | Colorado Springs |
| University of Miami | 1320–1480 | 18.9% | Sometimes | $75 | Coral Gables |
| Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art | 1295–1501 | 20.7% | Sometimes | $75 | New York |
| Hillsdale College | 1320–1490 | 20.7% | Optional | $0 | Hillsdale |
| Skidmore College | 1340–1480 | 21.1% | Optional | $0 | Saratoga Springs |
| Florida State University | 1270–1410 | 24.2% | Required | $30 | Tallahassee |
| University of Florida | 1320–1480 | 24.2% | Required | $30 | Gainesville |
| Reed College | 1290–1520 | 24.6% | Optional | $0 | Portland |
| Trinity University | 1340–1500 | 25.9% | Optional | $0 | San Antonio |
| The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) | 1250–1510 | 26.6% | Required | $90 | Austin |
| Franklin & Marshall College | 1310–1463 | 28.2% | Optional | $60 | Lancaster |
| Macalester College | 1350–1510 | 28.5% | Optional | $0 | Saint Paul |
| Bucknell University | 1310–1470 | 28.9% | Sometimes | $50 | Lewisburg |
| Trinity College | 1298–1470 | 29.2% | Sometimes | $0 | Hartford |
| Bryn Mawr College | 1280–1510 | 29.4% | Optional | $0 | Bryn Mawr |
| Lafayette College | 1350–1500 | 31.4% | Optional | $65 | Easton |
| Fairfield University | 1260–1390 | 33.3% | Optional | $0 | Fairfield |
| Connecticut College | 1350–1500 | 37% | Optional | $0 | New London |
| Fisk University | 1140–1510 | 37.4% | Flexible | $35 | Nashville |
| University of Georgia | 1270–1480 | 37.7% | Required | $85 | Athens |
| Whitman College | 1310–1480 | 38.1% | Optional | $60 | Walla Walla |
| Clemson University | 1240–1410 | 38.3% | Optional | $70 | Clemson |
| SUNY Binghamton University | 1340–1500 | 38.6% | Optional | $50 | Vestal |
| Gettysburg College | 1270–1460 | 38.9% | Flexible | $0 | Gettysburg |
| Clark University | 1288–1460 | 39.5% | Optional | $0 | Worcester |
| University of Central Florida | 1200–1350 | 40.1% | Required | $30 | Orlando |
| The University of Tennessee Knoxville | 1200–1370 | 41.6% | Required | $75 | Knoxville |
| North Carolina State University | 1300–1470 | 41.7% | Sometimes | $100 | Raleigh |
| Dickinson College | 1310–1460 | 42.1% | Optional | $0 | Carlisle |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) | 1310–1520 | 42.4% | Optional | $75 | Champaign |
| Furman University | 1260–1430 | 42.9% | Optional | $0 | Greenville |
| Soka University of America | 1333–1510 | 43.4% | Optional | $30 | Aliso Viejo |
| Union College | 1310–1480 | 43.9% | Optional | $0 | Schenectady |
| Bennington College | 1291–1403 | 44.5% | Optional | $0 | Bennington |
| Texas Christian University | 1140–1350 | 44.5% | Optional | $50 | Fort Worth |
| Bentley University | 1280–1430 | 45.1% | Flexible | $75 | Waltham |
| Loyola Marymount University | 1260–1430 | 45.1% | Optional | $75 | Los Angeles |
| Auburn University | 1260–1390 | 45.9% | Required | $60 | Auburn |
| Syracuse University | 1270–1440 | 45.9% | Optional | $85 | Syracuse |
| The George Washington University (GWU) | 1350–1500 | 47.1% | Sometimes | $80 | Washington |
| Rollins College | 1160–1370 | 47.5% | Sometimes | $0 | Winter Park |
| Santa Clara University | 1350–1490 | 48% | Optional | $75 | Santa Clara |
| St. Olaf College | 1300–1470 | 48.3% | Optional | $0 | Northfield |
| SUNY Stony Brook University | 1330–1500 | 49% | Sometimes | $50 | Stony Brook |
| Purdue University | 1200–1480 | 49.9% | Required | $60 | West Lafayette |
| Rhodes College | 1300–1486 | 50.4% | Optional | $0 | Memphis |
| Providence College | 1250–1390 | 50.9% | Optional | $70 | Providence |
| Baylor University | 1200–1400 | 51.3% | Sometimes | $0 | Waco |
| Emerson College | 1270–1420 | 51.3% | Optional | $0 | Boston |
| Bard College | 1270–1450 | 52.1% | Optional | $0 | Annandale-On-Hudson |
| University of Connecticut | 1210–1440 | 52.4% | Optional | $80 | Storrs |
| Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 1110–1380 | 52.7% | Sometimes | $50 | Albany |
| University of Dallas | 1120–1370 | 53.4% | Required | $50 | Irving |
| St. Lawrence University | 1255–1420 | 54.3% | Optional | $0 | Canton |
| Centre College | 1160–1450 | 54.4% | Optional | $0 | Danville |
| Allegheny College | 1173–1358 | 54.6% | Optional | $0 | Meadville |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | 1180–1440 | 54.9% | Optional | $0 | Chicago |
| Moore College of Art and Design | 1180–1380 | 56.5% | Flexible | $60 | Philadelphia |
| Lake Forest College | 1190–1393 | 56.8% | Flexible | $0 | Lake Forest |
| Sewanee: The University of the South | 1260–1390 | 56.9% | Optional | $0 | Sewanee |
| Washington College | 1140–1390 | 56.9% | Sometimes | $0 | Chestertown |
| DePauw University | 1200–1410 | 57.2% | Sometimes | $0 | Greencastle |
| University of Pittsburgh | 1280–1460 | 58.1% | Sometimes | $55 | Pittsburgh |
| Fordham University | 1320–1480 | 59.3% | Optional | $80 | Bronx |
| College of Wooster | 1220–1460 | 59.5% | Optional | $0 | Wooster |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | 1310–1500 | 59.7% | Optional | $90 | Amherst |
| University of South Carolina Columbia | 1180–1360 | 60.2% | Sometimes | $100 | Columbia |
| Penn State | 1240–1420 | 60.6% | Optional | $75 | University Park |
| The Ohio State University | 1310–1480 | 60.6% | Required | $70 | Columbus |
| Colorado School of Mines | 1320–1480 | 60.7% | Optional | $75 | Golden |
| The University of Tulsa | 1223–1530 | 61.5% | Sometimes | $0 | Tulsa |
| Sarah Lawrence College | 1240–1430 | 61.7% | Optional | $0 | Bronxville |
| University of San Francisco | 1190–1390 | 61.7% | Optional | $70 | San Francisco |
| American University | 1280–1460 | 62% | Optional | $75 | Washington |
| Pepperdine University | 1290–1450 | 62.9% | Sometimes | $70 | Malibu |
| Beloit College | 1200–1430 | 63% | Optional | $0 | Beloit |
| Southern Methodist University | 1340–1490 | 63.3% | Optional | $0 | Dallas |
| Drake University | 1110–1350 | 63.9% | Optional | $50 | Des Moines |
| Lawrence University | 1200–1420 | 63.9% | Optional | $0 | Appleton |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1190–1385 | 64% | Optional | $0 | Geneva |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1210–1460 | 65.1% | Sometimes | $75 | Newark |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | 1160–1410 | 65.1% | Optional | $75 | Richardson |
| Cedarville University | 1130–1360 | 65.3% | Sometimes | $0 | Cedarville |
| University of Vermont | 1290–1440 | 65.3% | Optional | $0 | Burlington |
| Chapman University | 1260–1440 | 65.4% | Sometimes | $70 | Orange |
| University of Dayton | 1200–1380 | 65.4% | Optional | $50 | Dayton |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 1300–1460 | 66.9% | Optional | $65 | Rochester |
| Augustana University (South Dakota) | 1150–1370 | 67.7% | Sometimes | $0 | Sioux Falls |
| Lipscomb University | 1160–1380 | 67.7% | Sometimes | $50 | Nashville |
| Hofstra University | 1230–1400 | 68.1% | Sometimes | $75 | Hempstead |
| The University of Alabama in Huntsville | 1210–1410 | 68.6% | Sometimes | $40 | Huntsville |
| Mercer University | 1160–1350 | 68.9% | Required | $50 | Macon |
| Ithaca College | 1230–1390 | 69% | Sometimes | $0 | Ithaca |
| Siena University | 1110–1360 | 69% | Sometimes | $0 | Loudonville |
| Siena University | 1110–1360 | 69% | Sometimes | $0 | Loudonville |
| Siena University | 1110–1360 | 69% | Sometimes | $0 | Loudonville |
| Gordon College | 1130–1355 | 69.2% | Optional | $0 | Wenham |
| Simmons University | 1220–1390 | 70% | Optional | $0 | Boston |
| College of the Atlantic | 1240–1430 | 70.2% | Optional | $0 | Bar Harbor |
| University of Delaware | 1190–1370 | 70.6% | Flexible | $75 | Newark |
| Knox College | 1180–1440 | 70.8% | Sometimes | $0 | Galesburg |
| University of Minnesota Rochester | 950–1380 | 71% | Optional | $30 | Rochester |
| Caldwell University | 1130–1370 | 71.3% | Sometimes | $0 | Caldwell |
| University of the Pacific | 1183–1480 | 71.3% | Optional | $55 | Stockton |
| Luther College | 1078–1406 | 71.5% | Optional | $0 | Decorah |
| Muhlenberg College | 1250–1410 | 72% | Sometimes | $0 | Allentown |
| University of Missouri- Kansas City | 1290–1550 | 72.2% | Sometimes | $75 | Kansas City |
| University of Puget Sound | 1170–1380 | 72.2% | Sometimes | $65 | Tacoma |
| UMBC: University of Maryland, Baltimore County | 1240–1420 | 72.4% | Optional | $75 | Baltimore |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology | 1190–1420 | 72.5% | Flexible | $0 | Rolla |
| Pratt Institute | 1150–1390 | 73.3% | Optional | $90 | Brooklyn |
| Seton Hall University | 1220–1390 | 73.3% | Optional | $65 | South Orange |
| SUNY Purchase | 1185–1380 | 74% | Sometimes | $50 | Purchase |
| SUNY University at Buffalo | 1210–1380 | 74.2% | Flexible | $50 | Buffalo |
| Biola University | 1160–1370 | 74.3% | Sometimes | $0 | La Mirada |
| Ohio Northern University | 1175–1400 | 74.4% | Optional | $0 | Ada |
| Saint Louis University | 1200–1410 | 75% | Optional | $0 | Saint Louis |
| Kalamazoo College | 1170–1380 | 75.3% | Optional | $0 | Kalamazoo |
| Miami University (Ohio) | 1220–1390 | 75.4% | Sometimes | $70 | Oxford |
| Loyola University Maryland | 1200–1370 | 75.5% | Optional | $60 | Baltimore |
| The University of Alabama | 1170–1400 | 76.6% | Flexible | $50 | Tuscaloosa |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 1320–1500 | 76.9% | Optional | $65 | Terre Haute |
| Seattle University | 1200–1430 | 76.9% | Optional | $60 | Seattle |
| Elmira College | 1090–1385 | 77% | Sometimes | $0 | Elmira |
| Westmont College | 1240–1450 | 77% | Optional | $0 | Santa Barbara |
| Willamette University | 1240–1440 | 77.1% | Optional | $0 | Salem |
| Oregon State University | 1140–1400 | 77.3% | Optional | $65 | Corvallis |
| Clarkson University | 1200–1390 | 77.4% | Flexible | $0 | Potsdam |
| University of Illinois Chicago | 1130–1350 | 77.4% | Optional | $170 | Chicago |
| Mississippi State University | 1100–1350 | 77.6% | Flexible | $60 | Mississippi State |
| University of Denver | 1240–1410 | 77.8% | Sometimes | $65 | Denver |
| University of Colorado Boulder | 1240–1430 | 78.1% | Optional | $70 | Boulder |
| Indiana University Bloomington - Flagship Campus | 1170–1400 | 78.2% | Sometimes | $65 | Bloomington |
| Manhattan University | 1180–1358 | 78.9% | Optional | $75 | Riverdale |
| Messiah University | 1110–1350 | 79% | Sometimes | $50 | Mechanicsburg |
| Drexel University | 1240–1440 | 79.4% | Sometimes | $65 | Philadelphia |
| University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 1300–1500 | 79.7% | Optional | $55 | Minneapolis |
| Creighton University | 1243–1428 | 79.8% | Sometimes | $0 | Omaha |
| University of Mary Washington | 1170–1370 | 79.8% | Sometimes | $50 | Fredericksburg |
| New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) | 1190–1420 | 81% | Sometimes | $50 | Old Westbury |
| Marquette University | 1200–1360 | 81.3% | Optional | $0 | Milwaukee |
| SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 1025–1370 | 81.3% | Sometimes | $50 | Utica |
| Loyola University Chicago | 1170–1360 | 81.6% | Optional | $0 | Chicago |
| Gonzaga University | 1190–1380 | 81.7% | Sometimes | $60 | Spokane |
| Otis College of Art and Design | 1265–1395 | 81.8% | Optional | $50 | Los Angeles |
| University of Redlands | 1107–1350 | 82.7% | Sometimes | $0 | Redlands |
| Champlain College | 1220–1380 | 82.9% | Optional | $0 | Burlington |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | 1180–1370 | 83% | Sometimes | $70 | Lowell |
| Northwest University | 1040–1350 | 83.2% | Optional | $30 | Kirkland |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | 1175–1365 | 83.7% | Optional | $55 | San Diego |
| Truman State University | 1170–1370 | 83.8% | Flexible | $0 | Kirksville |
| Michigan State University | 1180–1360 | 84.8% | Flexible | $75 | East Lansing |
| Butler University | 1160–1350 | 85.1% | Optional | $50 | Indianapolis |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 1160–1416 | 85.2% | Sometimes | $0 | Boston |
| University of Cincinnati | 1160–1370 | 85.3% | Optional | $100 | Cincinnati |
| University of St. Thomas (MN) | 1260–1423 | 85.4% | Optional | $0 | Saint Paul |
| The University of Utah | 1190–1380 | 86% | Sometimes | $65 | Salt Lake City |
| The University of Arizona | 1150–1420 | 86.1% | Sometimes | $80 | Tucson |
| Long Island University | 1110–1350 | 86.2% | Optional | $50 | Brookville |
| Covenant College | 1160–1380 | 86.5% | Flexible | $35 | Lookout Mountain |
| Transylvania University | 1120–1380 | 86.5% | Sometimes | $0 | Lexington |
| Christian Brothers University | 1020–1380 | 86.7% | Sometimes | $0 | Memphis |
| Wheaton College (IL) | 1260–1470 | 87.4% | Sometimes | $0 | Wheaton |
| George Mason University | 1160–1360 | 87.5% | Sometimes | $75 | Fairfax |
| Hamline University (MN) | 1133–1391 | 87.6% | Optional | $0 | Saint Paul |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) | 1210–1450 | 88.2% | Sometimes | $40 | Birmingham |
| University of Oregon | 1130–1360 | 88.3% | Optional | $75 | Eugene |
| University of North Carolina Greensboro | 1150–1355 | 88.5% | Sometimes | $65 | Greensboro |
| Houghton University | 1170–1375 | 88.7% | Optional | $0 | Houghton |
| Iowa State University | 1120–1360 | 88.7% | Flexible | $65 | Ames |
| University of Minnesota Duluth | 1180–1350 | 88.8% | Flexible | $50 | Duluth |
| University of Portland | 1160–1370 | 89.2% | Optional | $0 | Portland |
| Bridgewater College | 1020–1360 | 91.7% | Sometimes | $0 | Bridgewater |
| Ursinus College | 1200–1385 | 91.8% | Sometimes | $0 | Collegeville |
| University of North Carolina Asheville | 1170–1360 | 91.9% | Sometimes | $75 | Asheville |
| Michigan Technological University | 1130–1350 | 92.4% | Sometimes | $35 | Houghton |
| School of Visual Arts | 1188–1490 | 92.6% | Optional | $50 | New York |
| Western Washington University | 1150–1390 | 93.2% | Optional | $70 | Bellingham |
| Belmont University | 1160–1350 | 95.3% | Optional | $50 | Nashville |
| Missouri Southern State University | 1150–1420 | 97% | Required | $60 | Joplin |
| Benedictine College | 1140–1380 | 98.1% | Flexible | $0 | Atchison |
| Western Colorado University | 1163–1353 | 99.7% | Optional | $0 | Gunnison |
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 1350 a good SAT score?
It sits in the middle 50% of enrolled students at 184 US universities on the Common App, and above the middle 50% at 432 more.
What colleges can I get into with a 1350 SAT?
Your score is in range at universities such as Purdue University, University of Georgia, The George Washington University, University of Miami and Syracuse University. Admission also depends on your grades, essays and activities.
Should I send a 1350 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. 95 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.