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US universities for a 1400 SAT score: 121 where it's in the middle 50%
At these 121 US universities on the Common App, a 1400 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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121 of 121 universities
| University | SAT middle 50% | Acceptance rate | SAT/ACT | Intl fee | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown University | 1390–1550 | 12.9% | Required | $80 | Washington |
| Davidson College | 1400–1530 | 13.4% | Optional | $0 | Davidson |
| Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) | 1370–1540 | 14.1% | Required | $85 | Atlanta |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) | 1390–1530 | 15.3% | Sometimes | $85 | Chapel Hill |
| University of Michigan | 1360–1530 | 15.6% | Flexible | $75 | Ann Arbor |
| Babson College | 1390–1530 | 17.1% | Optional | $75 | Wellesley |
| 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 |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 1396–1530 | 18.7% | Optional | $60 | Providence |
| 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 |
| Lehigh University | 1370–1500 | 25.9% | Optional | $75 | Bethlehem |
| 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 |
| Villanova University | 1395–1510 | 27% | Optional | $80 | Villanova |
| 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 |
| Kenyon College | 1358–1503 | 31% | Optional | $0 | Gambier |
| Lafayette College | 1350–1500 | 31.4% | Optional | $65 | Easton |
| William & Mary | 1400–1530 | 34.1% | Optional | $75 | Williamsburg |
| Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences | 1360–1520 | 34.2% | Optional | $0 | Oberlin |
| Oberlin Conservatory of Music | 1360–1520 | 34.2% | Optional | $100 | Oberlin |
| Mount Holyoke College | 1380–1530 | 36% | Optional | $0 | South Hadley |
| 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 |
| Brandeis University | 1390–1520 | 40.5% | Optional | $80 | Waltham |
| 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 |
| Occidental College | 1380–1520 | 44.2% | Optional | $0 | Los Angeles |
| Bennington College | 1291–1403 | 44.5% | Optional | $0 | Bennington |
| University of Maryland | 1400–1530 | 44.8% | Flexible | $80 | College Park |
| Bentley University | 1280–1430 | 45.1% | Flexible | $75 | Waltham |
| Loyola Marymount University | 1260–1430 | 45.1% | Optional | $75 | Los Angeles |
| University of Wisconsin- Madison | 1380–1520 | 45.2% | Optional | $80 | Madison |
| Syracuse University | 1270–1440 | 45.9% | Optional | $85 | Syracuse |
| The George Washington University (GWU) | 1350–1500 | 47.1% | Sometimes | $80 | Washington |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | 1380–1505 | 47.6% | Sometimes | $75 | Hoboken |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| St. Lawrence University | 1255–1420 | 54.3% | Optional | $0 | Canton |
| Centre College | 1160–1450 | 54.4% | Optional | $0 | Danville |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | 1180–1440 | 54.9% | Optional | $0 | Chicago |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | 1375–1510 | 63.5% | Sometimes | $0 | Troy |
| Lawrence University | 1200–1420 | 63.9% | Optional | $0 | Appleton |
| 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 |
| University of Vermont | 1290–1440 | 65.3% | Optional | $0 | Burlington |
| Chapman University | 1260–1440 | 65.4% | Sometimes | $70 | Orange |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 1300–1460 | 66.9% | Optional | $65 | Rochester |
| Hofstra University | 1230–1400 | 68.1% | Sometimes | $75 | Hempstead |
| The University of Alabama in Huntsville | 1210–1410 | 68.6% | Sometimes | $40 | Huntsville |
| College of the Atlantic | 1240–1430 | 70.2% | Optional | $0 | Bar Harbor |
| Knox College | 1180–1440 | 70.8% | Sometimes | $0 | Galesburg |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ohio Northern University | 1175–1400 | 74.4% | Optional | $0 | Ada |
| Saint Louis University | 1200–1410 | 75% | Optional | $0 | Saint Louis |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) | 1190–1420 | 81% | Sometimes | $50 | Old Westbury |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 1160–1416 | 85.2% | Sometimes | $0 | Boston |
| University of St. Thomas (MN) | 1260–1423 | 85.4% | Optional | $0 | Saint Paul |
| The University of Arizona | 1150–1420 | 86.1% | Sometimes | $80 | Tucson |
| Wheaton College (IL) | 1260–1470 | 87.4% | Sometimes | $0 | Wheaton |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) | 1210–1450 | 88.2% | Sometimes | $40 | Birmingham |
| School of Visual Arts | 1188–1490 | 92.6% | Optional | $50 | New York |
| Missouri Southern State University | 1150–1420 | 97% | Required | $60 | Joplin |
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 1400 a good SAT score?
It sits in the middle 50% of enrolled students at 121 US universities on the Common App, and above the middle 50% at 515 more.
What colleges can I get into with a 1400 SAT?
Your score is in range at universities such as University of Michigan, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Purdue University and University of Georgia. Admission also depends on your grades, essays and activities.
Should I send a 1400 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. 74 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.