SAT Scores: Average SAT Scores for Colleges – SAT Percentiles and Score Rankings

Information includes Average SAT Scores According to College wise, State wise and Gender Wise. The Below report represents the 25th and 75th percentile SAT scores of all students that are admitted in a given year. So, see the below new SAT percentiles to give you an idea of these new benchmarks.

What is Good SAT Score?

There is no definition of a ‘good’ SAT score. Generally speaking, scoring close to the average (mean). It means 500 on critical reading and writing and 500 on mathematics – shows that a student has scored as well as about half of the other students who have taken the test.

Each college has its own way of using test scores and evaluating applicants. The Average SAT Scores reports sent to colleges include SAT Score Ranges and SAT Percentiles that provide some context for how well a student has performed in the test.

Average SAT I Scores 2019-20

SubjectMin Score
Critical Reading620
Math (for Engineering and Architecture)600
Writing610

Average SAT II Scores

SubjectMin Score
Literature610
American History600
World History590
Math I570
Math II/IIC540
Biology590
Ecological Biology590
Molecular Biology590
Chemistry580
Physics580
Chinese/Chinese Language570
French/French Language570
German/German Language579
Hebrew500
Italian570
Japanese/Japanese Language570
Korean with L570
Latin580
Spanish/Spanish L570

Check complete list of Average SAT Scores by State Wise

StateScore
Massachusetts1130
Connecticut1126
Minnesota1107
New Jersey1104
Illinois1101
New Hampshire1101
North Dakota1099
Virginia1099
South Dakota1099
Iowa1098
Wisconsin1096
Vermont1093
Colorado1090
Missouri1089
Michigan1086
Kansas1081
Georgia1080
Indiana1075
Florida1073
Nebraska1070
Wyoming1067
Kentucky1064
New York1062
North Carolina1062
Oregon1058
Maryland1057
Washington1057
Idaho1056
South Carolina1056
Hawaii1056
Tennessee1054
California1053
Ohio1051
Arizona1045
Pennsylvania1044
Oklahoma1043
Rhode Island1042
Montana1039
Alaska1037
Mississippi1035
Arkansas1034
Utah1027
Texas1026
Nevada1017
New Mexico1016
Delaware1015
District of Columbia1012
Louisiana1011
Maine1008
Alabama998
West Virginia963

Important Note: You can get SAT scores 2019-20 by phone starting on the day they’re released, but there’s an extra fee.

New SAT Scored

The new SAT is scored on a scale from 400 to 1600. Student gets two section scores, one for Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW) and other one is Math, which is essentially your Reading and Writing sections combined. The scale for both EBRW and Math ranges from 200 to 800.

If you choose to take the essay, your essay score won’t factor into your total scores. Your essay will be scored by 2 readers. Student gets three scores between 2 and 8 for three areas:

  • Reading
  • Analysis, and
  • Writing.

SAT Percentiles

PercentileEBRWMathTOTAL
90th percentile (excellent)680*690*1340
75th percentile (good)620610*1220*
50th percentile (average)540**530**1080
25th percentile (poor)470470**950
10th percentile (very poor)410*410830

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