Lists · 2026–27
US universities for a 1450 SAT score: 98 where it's in the middle 50%
At these 98 US universities on the Common App, a 1450 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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98 of 98 universities
| University | SAT middle 50% | Acceptance rate | SAT/ACT | Intl fee | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern University | 1440–1540 | 5.2% | Optional | $75 | Boston |
| University of Southern California (USC) | 1450–1550 | 9.8% | Optional | $85 | Los Angeles |
| Middlebury College | 1445–1550 | 10.7% | Optional | $0 | Middlebury |
| Boston University (BU) | 1420–1530 | 11.1% | Optional | $80 | Boston |
| Georgetown University | 1390–1550 | 12.9% | Required | $80 | Washington |
| Bates College | 1420–1530 | 13.3% | Optional | $0 | Lewiston |
| Davidson College | 1400–1530 | 13.4% | Optional | $0 | Davidson |
| Hamilton College | 1450–1550 | 13.6% | Optional | $65 | Clinton |
| Colgate University | 1430–1540 | 13.9% | Optional | $0 | Hamilton |
| Washington and Lee University | 1430–1540 | 14% | Optional | $60 | Lexington |
| Webb Institute | 1430–1530 | 14% | Required | $70 | Glen Cove |
| Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) | 1370–1540 | 14.1% | Required | $85 | Atlanta |
| Grinnell College | 1410–1540 | 14.5% | Sometimes | $0 | Grinnell |
| 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 |
| Boston College (BC) | 1440–1540 | 16.4% | Optional | $85 | Chestnut Hill |
| Wesleyan University | 1415–1540 | 16.5% | Sometimes | $65 | Middletown |
| University of Virginia (UVA) | 1410–1540 | 16.8% | Optional | $75 | Charlottesville |
| Babson College | 1390–1530 | 17.1% | Optional | $75 | Wellesley |
| Denison University | 1320–1490 | 17.4% | Optional | $0 | Granville |
| Colorado College | 1230–1460 | 18.5% | Optional | $0 | Colorado Springs |
| Vassar College | 1450–1550 | 18.6% | Optional | $65 | Poughkeepsie |
| Rhode Island School of Design | 1396–1530 | 18.7% | Optional | $60 | Providence |
| University of Miami | 1320–1480 | 18.9% | Sometimes | $75 | Coral Gables |
| Carleton College | 1450–1560 | 20.4% | Optional | $0 | Northfield |
| 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 |
| Smith College | 1420–1540 | 21% | Optional | $0 | Northampton |
| Skidmore College | 1340–1480 | 21.1% | Optional | $0 | Saratoga Springs |
| Wake Forest University | 1410–1520 | 21.7% | Optional | $85 | Winston-Salem |
| University of Richmond | 1410–1530 | 22.2% | Sometimes | $50 | University of Richmond |
| 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 |
| Case Western Reserve University | 1430–1540 | 36.5% | Optional | $0 | Cleveland |
| 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 |
| Scripps College | 1440–1540 | 38.3% | Optional | $60 | Claremont |
| 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 Rochester | 1410–1540 | 40.1% | Optional | $50 | Rochester |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| University of Maryland | 1400–1530 | 44.8% | Flexible | $80 | College Park |
| University of Wisconsin- Madison | 1380–1520 | 45.2% | Optional | $80 | Madison |
| 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 |
| List College The Jewish Theological Seminary | 1440–1580 | 48.6% | Optional | $65 | New York |
| 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 |
| Bard College | 1270–1450 | 52.1% | Optional | $0 | Annandale-On-Hudson |
| Centre College | 1160–1450 | 54.4% | Optional | $0 | Danville |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| American University | 1280–1460 | 62% | Optional | $75 | Washington |
| Pepperdine University | 1290–1450 | 62.9% | Sometimes | $70 | Malibu |
| Southern Methodist University | 1340–1490 | 63.3% | Optional | $0 | Dallas |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | 1375–1510 | 63.5% | Sometimes | $0 | Troy |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1210–1460 | 65.1% | Sometimes | $75 | Newark |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | 1300–1460 | 66.9% | Optional | $65 | Rochester |
| University of the Pacific | 1183–1480 | 71.3% | Optional | $55 | Stockton |
| University of Missouri- Kansas City | 1290–1550 | 72.2% | Sometimes | $75 | Kansas City |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 1320–1500 | 76.9% | Optional | $65 | Terre Haute |
| Westmont College | 1240–1450 | 77% | Optional | $0 | Santa Barbara |
| University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 1300–1500 | 79.7% | Optional | $55 | Minneapolis |
| 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 |
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 1450 a good SAT score?
It sits in the middle 50% of enrolled students at 98 US universities on the Common App, and above the middle 50% at 560 more.
What colleges can I get into with a 1450 SAT?
Your score is in range at universities such as University of Michigan, University of Southern California, Boston University, Northeastern University and Georgia Institute of Technology. Admission also depends on your grades, essays and activities.
Should I send a 1450 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. 66 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.