Fall 2024 federal data
Colleges for a 1500 SAT score
A 1500 SAT sits inside the middle 50% of enrolled submitters at 83 colleges, above it at 808 and below it at 11, out of 902 colleges that report SAT ranges.
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Target colleges
Colleges where a 1500 is in the middle 50%
| College | State | SAT middle 50% | ACT middle 50% | Acceptance rate | Test policy (fall 2024) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | NC | 1500-1570 | 34-35 | 5.7% | Test-optional |
| Vanderbilt University | TN | 1500-1570 | 34-35 | 5.9% | Test-optional |
| Carnegie Mellon University | PA | 1500-1570 | 34-35 | 12% | Test-optional |
| Harvey Mudd College | CA | 1500-1570 | 34-36 | 13% | Test-optional |
| Yale University | CT | 1470-1570 | 33-35 | 3.9% | Test-optional |
| Dartmouth College | NH | 1500-1570 | 33-35 | 5.4% | Test-optional |
| Pomona College | CA | 1490-1560 | 33-35 | 7.1% | Test-optional |
| Swarthmore College | PA | 1490-1560 | 33-35 | 7.5% | Test-optional |
| Williams College | MA | 1490-1570 | 34-35 | 8.3% | Test-optional |
| Cornell University | NY | 1500-1570 | 33-35 | 8.8% | Test-optional |
| Amherst College | MA | 1490-1580 | 33-35 | 9.0% | Test-optional |
| Washington University in St Louis | MO | 1500-1570 | 33-35 | 12% | Test-optional |
| Claremont McKenna College | CA | 1470-1560 | 33-35 | 9.6% | Test-optional |
| Bowdoin College | ME | 1470-1550 | 33-35 | 7.1% | Test-optional |
| Barnard College | NY | 1470-1560 | 32-34 | 8.8% | Test-optional |
| New York University | NY | 1480-1560 | 34-35 | 9.2% | Test-optional |
| Emory University | GA | 1470-1550 | 32-35 | 11% | Test-optional |
| University of Notre Dame | IN | 1455-1560 | 33-35 | 11% | Test-optional |
| Emory University-Oxford College | GA | 1470-1550 | 32-35 | 13% | Test-optional |
| Wellesley College | MA | 1460-1560 | 33-35 | 14% | Test-optional |
| Carleton College | MN | 1450-1560 | 32-34 | 20% | Test-optional |
| Tufts University | MA | 1470-1560 | 33-35 | 12% | Test-optional |
| Haverford College | PA | 1460-1550 | 33-35 | 12% | Test-optional |
| Case Western Reserve University | OH | 1430-1540 | 32-34 | 37% | Test-optional |
| Colby College | ME | 1460-1550 | 32-34 | 7.1% | Test-optional |
| Middlebury College | VT | 1445-1550 | 33-35 | 11% | Test-optional |
| Hamilton College | NY | 1450-1550 | 33-35 | 14% | Test-optional |
| Colgate University | NY | 1430-1540 | 33-34 | 14% | Test-optional |
| Boston College | MA | 1440-1540 | 33-35 | 16% | Test-optional |
| University of Southern California | CA | 1450-1550 | 32-35 | 9.8% | Test-optional |
| Vassar College | NY | 1450-1550 | 33-35 | 19% | Test-optional |
| Scripps College | CA | 1440-1540 | 31-34 | 38% | Test-optional |
| Northeastern University | MA | 1440-1540 | 33-35 | 5.2% | Test-optional |
| Wesleyan University | CT | 1415-1540 | 33-35 | 17% | Test-optional |
| Smith College | MA | 1420-1540 | 32-35 | 21% | Test-optional |
| Georgetown University | DC | 1390-1550 | 31-35 | 13% | Required |
| Grinnell College | IA | 1410-1540 | 31-34 | 14% | Test-optional |
| University of Rochester | NY | 1410-1540 | 31-34 | 40% | Test-optional |
| Washington and Lee University | VA | 1430-1540 | 33-34 | 14% | Test-optional |
| University of Richmond | VA | 1410-1530 | 33-35 | 22% | Test-optional |
| Boston University | MA | 1420-1530 | 32-34 | 11% | Test-optional |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | GA | 1370-1540 | 30-34 | 14% | Required |
| University of Virginia | VA | 1410-1540 | 32-35 | 17% | Test-optional |
| Rhode Island School of Design | RI | 1396-1530 | 31-34 | 19% | Test-optional |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | 1390-1530 | 28-34 | 15% | Test-optional |
| Wake Forest University | NC | 1410-1520 | 32-34 | 22% | Test-optional |
| William & Mary | VA | 1400-1530 | 32-34 | 34% | Test-optional |
| Brandeis University | MA | 1390-1520 | 31-34 | 41% | Test-optional |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City | MO | 1290-1550 | 20-28 | 72% | Test-optional |
| University of Maryland-College Park | MD | 1400-1530 | 32-35 | 45% | Test-optional |
| Bates College | ME | 1420-1530 | 31-34 | 13% | Test-optional |
| Tulane University of Louisiana | LA | 1400-1520 | 31-34 | 14% | Test-optional |
| Davidson College | NC | 1400-1530 | 31-34 | 13% | Test-optional |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | 1360-1530 | 31-34 | 16% | Test-optional |
| Mount Holyoke College | MA | 1380-1530 | 32-35 | 36% | Test-optional |
| Babson College | MA | 1390-1530 | 31-34 | 17% | Test-optional |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | 1380-1520 | 29-33 | 45% | Test-optional |
| Villanova University | PA | 1395-1510 | 32-34 | 27% | Test-optional |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | NY | 1375-1510 | 30-34 | 64% | Test-optional |
| Oberlin College | OH | 1360-1520 | 31-34 | 34% | Test-optional |
| Occidental College | CA | 1380-1520 | 31-34 | 44% | Test-optional |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | NJ | 1380-1505 | 31-34 | 48% | Test-optional |
| Lehigh University | PA | 1370-1500 | 31-34 | 26% | Test-optional |
| Macalester College | MN | 1350-1510 | 30-34 | 28% | Test-optional |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | 1310-1520 | 30-34 | 42% | Test-optional |
| Yeshiva University | NY | 1340-1510 | 29-33 | 56% | Test-optional |
| Connecticut College | CT | 1350-1500 | 30-33 | 37% | Test-optional |
| George Washington University | DC | 1350-1500 | 31-34 | 47% | Test-optional |
| Lafayette College | PA | 1350-1500 | 31-33 | 32% | Test-optional |
| Reed College | OR | 1290-1520 | 30-34 | 25% | Test-optional |
| Kenyon College | OH | 1358-1503 | 31-33 | 31% | Test-optional |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | 1310-1500 | 30-33 | 60% | Test-optional |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | IN | 1320-1500 | 29-34 | 77% | Test-optional |
| Stony Brook University | NY | 1330-1500 | 29-33 | 49% | Test-optional |
| Fisk University | TN | 1140-1510 | 19-24 | 37% | Test-optional |
| Binghamton University | NY | 1340-1500 | 30-32 | 39% | Test-optional |
| The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | NY | 1295-1501 | 28-34 | 21% | Test-optional |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | 1310-1500 | 28-33 | 58% | Test-optional |
| University of Tulsa | OK | 1223-1530 | 25-34 | 62% | Test-optional |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | 1300-1500 | 26-31 | 80% | Test-optional |
| Trinity University | TX | 1340-1500 | 31-34 | 26% | Test-optional |
| The University of Texas at Austin | TX | 1250-1510 | 27-33 | 27% | Test-optional |
| Bryn Mawr College | PA | 1280-1510 | 29-33 | 29% | Test-optional |
Reach colleges
Closest reaches for a 1500 SAT
| College | State | SAT middle 50% | ACT middle 50% | Acceptance rate | Test policy (fall 2024) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | CA | 1510-1580 | 34-35 | 3.6% | Test-optional |
| Harvard University | MA | 1510-1580 | 34-36 | 3.7% | Required |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | 1510-1580 | 34-35 | 4.0% | Test-optional |
| University of Chicago | IL | 1510-1580 | 34-35 | 4.5% | Test-optional |
| Princeton University | NJ | 1510-1580 | 34-35 | 4.6% | Test-optional |
| University of Pennsylvania | PA | 1510-1570 | 34-36 | 5.4% | Test-optional |
| Rice University | TX | 1510-1570 | 34-35 | 8.0% | Test-optional |
| Brown University | RI | 1510-1580 | 34-35 | 5.4% | Test-optional |
| Northwestern University | IL | 1510-1570 | 33-35 | 7.7% | Test-optional |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MA | 1520-1580 | 34-36 | 4.6% | Required |
| Johns Hopkins University | MD | 1520-1570 | 34-36 | 6.4% | Test-optional |
Score is a strength
Colleges where a 1500 is above the middle 50%
| College | State | SAT middle 50% | ACT middle 50% | Acceptance rate | Test policy (fall 2024) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara University | CA | 1350-1490 | 31-33 | 48% | Test-optional |
| Southern Methodist University | TX | 1340-1490 | 30-34 | 63% | Test-optional |
| Hillsdale College | MI | 1320-1490 | 30-33 | 21% | Test-optional |
| Denison University | OH | 1320-1490 | 30-33 | 17% | Test-optional |
| School of Visual Arts | NY | 1188-1490 | Not reported | 93% | Test-optional |
| Rhodes College | TN | 1300-1486 | 26-32 | 50% | Test-optional |
| Fordham University | NY | 1320-1480 | 30-33 | 59% | Test-optional |
| Whitman College | WA | 1310-1480 | 29-33 | 38% | Test-optional |
| University of Miami | FL | 1320-1480 | 30-33 | 19% | Test-optional |
| Colorado School of Mines | CO | 1320-1480 | 29-33 | 61% | Test-optional |
| University of Florida | FL | 1320-1480 | 29-33 | 24% | Required |
| Ohio State University | OH | 1310-1480 | 28-32 | 61% | Test-optional |
| Skidmore College | NY | 1340-1480 | 31-33 | 21% | Test-optional |
| Union College | NY | 1310-1480 | 29-33 | 44% | Test-optional |
| University of Georgia | GA | 1270-1480 | 29-34 | 38% | Required |
| Purdue University | IN | 1200-1480 | 27-34 | 50% | Required |
| University of the Pacific | CA | 1183-1480 | 23-32 | 71% | Test-optional |
| Trinity College | CT | 1298-1470 | 30-34 | 29% | Test-optional |
| Bucknell University | PA | 1310-1470 | 30-33 | 29% | Test-optional |
| St Olaf College | MN | 1300-1470 | 28-32 | 48% | Test-optional |
| Wheaton College | IL | 1260-1470 | 28-32 | 87% | Test-optional |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | 1300-1470 | 28-32 | 42% | Test-optional |
| Franklin and Marshall College | PA | 1310-1463 | 30-33 | 28% | Test-optional |
| Dickinson College | PA | 1310-1460 | 30-33 | 42% | Test-optional |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | NY | 1300-1460 | 29-33 | 67% | Test-optional |
| Gettysburg College | PA | 1270-1460 | 29-32 | 39% | Test-optional |
| American University | DC | 1280-1460 | 29-32 | 62% | Test-optional |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | 1280-1460 | 29-33 | 58% | Test-optional |
| Brigham Young University | UT | 1270-1460 | 28-32 | 68% | Test-optional |
| Clark University | MA | 1288-1460 | 30-33 | 40% | Test-optional |
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FAQ
Questions about a 1500 SAT
What colleges can I get into with a 1500 SAT?
No score guarantees admission, but a 1500 falls inside the middle 50% of enrolled SAT submitters at 83 of the 902 colleges in this directory that report SAT ranges, from Duke University to Bryn Mawr College. It is above the middle 50% at 808 colleges and below it at 11.
Should I submit a 1500 SAT to a test-optional college?
A common rule of thumb is to submit when your score is at or above a college's 50th percentile and to consider withholding it when it falls below the 25th. The ranges here describe students who chose to submit, so check each college's own guidance.
Sources and method
Where these numbers come from
- College Scorecard data downloads (June 10, 2026 release)U.S. Department of Education
- College Scorecard data dictionary and cohort mapU.S. Department of Education
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)National Center for Education Statistics
Test scores: 25th, 50th and 75th percentile SAT section scores and ACT composites of first-time students who enrolled in fall 2024 and submitted scores, as each college reported to IPEDS. Composite SAT ranges add the two section percentiles, so they are an estimate of the true composite range.
Admissions and test policy: Fall 2024 entering class, reported to IPEDS in 2024-25. Policies change; check each college's admissions site before applying.
Cost and outcomes: tuition for academic year 2024-25; average net price for academic year 2023-24; graduation rate for first-time, full-time students who started in 2018-19, graduating within 150% of normal time (6 years for a bachelor's degree); median earnings 10 years after entry, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars.
Coverage: colleges currently operating that reported SAT or ACT ranges and enrolled at least 500 undergraduates. Data released 2026-06-10, retrieved 2026-10-05. Spot an error? Email [email protected].