Below is a table of the middle 50th percentile of SAT scores for enrolled
students to some of the best US liberal arts colleges. The means that 50%
of all enrolled students received SAT scores within the range between the
25th and 75th percentile.
| Rank |
School |
Admissions Rate |
SAT Total |
SAT Critical Reading |
SAT Math |
SAT Writing |
| 1 |
Amherst College Amherst, MA |
17.6% |
2000 -
2290
|
670 - 770 |
660 - 760 |
670 - 760 |
| 2 |
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA |
17.7% |
2040 -
2300
|
680 - 780 |
680 - 760 |
680 - 760 |
| 3 |
Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME |
19.0% |
1950 -
2200
|
650 - 740 |
650 - 730 |
650 - 730 |
| 4 |
Williams College Williamstown, MA |
19.1% |
1980 -
2280
|
660 - 760 |
660 - 760 |
n/a - n/a |
| 5 |
Middlebury College Middlebury, VT |
21.6% |
1900 -
2220
|
630 - 740 |
640 - 740 |
630 - 740 |
| 6 |
Haverford College Haverford, PA |
25.1% |
1940 -
2240
|
650 - 750 |
640 - 740 |
650 - 750 |
| 7 |
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA |
27.4% |
1960 -
2190
|
660 - 740 |
650 - 720 |
650 - 730 |
| 8 |
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT |
27.8% |
1930 -
2210
|
640 - 750 |
650 - 730 |
640 - 730 |
| 9 |
Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA |
28.1% |
2110 -
2320
|
690 - 760 |
740 - 800 |
680 - 760 |
| 10 |
Davidson College Davidson, NC |
28.2% |
1905 -
2154
|
630 - 723 |
640 - 713 |
n/a - n/a |
| 11 |
Barnard College New York, NY |
28.7% |
1910 -
2170
|
640 - 740 |
620 - 700 |
650 - 730 |
| 12 |
Kenyon College Gambier, OH |
29.2% |
1870 -
2130
|
630 - 730 |
610 - 690 |
630 - 710 |
| 13 |
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA |
29.9% |
1830 -
2090
|
600 - 690 |
630 - 710 |
600 - 690 |
| 14 |
Carleton College Northfield, MN |
30.0% |
1960 -
2220
|
650 - 750 |
660 - 740 |
650 - 730 |
| 15 |
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY |
30.1% |
1950 -
2190
|
660 - 740 |
640 - 710 |
650 - 740 |
| 16 |
Oberlin College Oberlin, OH |
31.3% |
1880 -
2190
|
640 - 750 |
610 - 710 |
630 - 730 |
| 17 |
Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO |
31.7% |
1830 -
2090
|
610 - 700 |
620 - 690 |
600 - 700 |
| 18 |
Colby College Waterville, ME |
31.8% |
1910 -
2150
|
640 - 720 |
640 - 720 |
630 - 710 |
| 19 |
Trinity College Hartford, CT |
34.2% |
1818 -
2080
|
600 - 690 |
610 - 690 |
608 - 700 |
| 20 |
Reed College Portland, OR |
34.3% |
1960 -
2200
|
680 - 760 |
630 - 710 |
650 - 730 |
| 21 |
Lafayette College Easton, PA |
34.9% |
1750 -
2070
|
570 - 680 |
610 - 710 |
570 - 680 |
| 22 |
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA |
35.6% |
1830 -
2040
|
610 - 690 |
610 - 670 |
n/a - n/a |
| 23 |
Wellesley College Wellesley, MA |
35.7% |
1960 -
2210
|
660 - 750 |
640 - 730 |
660 - 730 |
| 24 |
Fisk University Nashville, TN |
35.7% |
1360 -
1670
|
460 - 580 |
440 - 540 |
460 - 550 |
| 25 |
Spelman College Atlanta, GA |
37.1% |
1470 -
1740
|
500 - 590 |
480 - 570 |
n/a - n/a |
| 26 |
Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA |
37.2% |
1670 -
1970
|
550 - 650 |
560 - 660 |
560 - 660 |
| 27 |
Connecticut College New London, CT |
38.0% |
1845 -
2130
|
620 - 720 |
610 - 700 |
615 - 710 |
| 28 |
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY |
38.8% |
1740 -
2025
|
580 - 680 |
580 - 670 |
n/a - n/a |
| 29 |
Denison University Granville, OH |
39.1% |
1740 -
2040
|
580 - 690 |
580 - 670 |
n/a - n/a |
| 30 |
University of Richmond Richmond, VA |
40.0% |
1783 -
2068
|
583 - 688 |
610 - 690 |
590 - 690 |
| 31 |
Macalester College Saint Paul, MN |
40.6% |
1870 -
2160
|
630 - 730 |
620 - 710 |
620 - 720 |
| 32 |
Dickinson College Carlisle, PA |
41.8% |
1785 -
2055
|
600 - 690 |
590 - 680 |
n/a - n/a |
| 33 |
Scripps College Claremont, CA |
42.9% |
1920 -
2160
|
650 - 740 |
630 - 700 |
n/a - n/a |
| 34 |
Occidental College Los Angeles, CA |
44.1% |
1775 -
2080
|
590 - 700 |
600 - 690 |
585 - 690 |
| 35 |
Grinnell College Grinnell, IA |
45.1% |
1875 -
2190
|
630 - 740 |
620 - 720 |
n/a - n/a |
| 36 |
Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA |
45.2% |
1600 -
1950
|
550 - 680 |
500 - 610 |
550 - 660 |
| 37 |
Cornell College Mount Vernon, IA |
45.5% |
1590 -
1970
|
540 - 680 |
530 - 650 |
520 - 640 |
| 38 |
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA |
45.5% |
1820 -
2140
|
620 - 730 |
580 - 690 |
620 - 720 |
| 39 |
Wabash College Crawfordsville, IN |
47.2% |
1554 -
1903
|
518 - 630 |
538 - 660 |
498 - 613 |
| 40 |
San Diego Christian College El Cajon, CA |
47.3% |
1260 -
1635
|
430 - 565 |
400 - 540 |
430 - 530 |
| 41 |
Whitman College Walla Walla, WA |
47.9% |
1860 -
2145
|
620 - 730 |
620 - 700 |
n/a - n/a |
| 42 |
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Pomona, NJ |
49.6% |
1530 -
1755
|
500 - 580 |
520 - 590 |
n/a - n/a |
| 43 |
Rhodes College Memphis, TN |
51.2% |
1740 -
2040
|
580 - 680 |
580 - 680 |
n/a - n/a |
| 44 |
Smith College Northampton, MA |
51.8% |
1740 -
2080
|
590 - 710 |
560 - 670 |
590 - 700 |
| 45 |
Wesleyan College Macon, GA |
52.5% |
1455 -
1830
|
490 - 640 |
480 - 580 |
n/a - n/a |
| 46 |
Ursinus College Collegeville, PA |
52.7% |
1665 -
1980
|
550 - 660 |
560 - 660 |
n/a - n/a |
| 47 |
Siena College Loudonville, NY |
54.2% |
1510 -
1800
|
500 - 590 |
520 - 620 |
490 - 590 |
| 48 |
Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA |
54.3% |
1545 -
1845
|
510 - 610 |
520 - 620 |
n/a - n/a |
| 49 |
St. Olaf College Northfield, MN |
54.4% |
1800 -
2130
|
600 - 720 |
600 - 700 |
n/a - n/a |
| 50 |
Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA |
54.9% |
1635 -
1875
|
550 - 630 |
540 - 620 |
n/a - n/a |
| 51 |
Wheaton College Wheaton, IL |
55.2% |
1850 -
2130
|
630 - 720 |
610 - 700 |
610 - 710 |
| 52 |
Furman University Greenville, SC |
55.5% |
1770 -
2070
|
590 - 690 |
590 - 690 |
590 - 690 |
| 53 |
Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR |
56.0% |
1730 -
2060
|
590 - 700 |
570 - 680 |
570 - 680 |
| 54 |
St Mary's College of Maryland Saint Mary's City, MD |
56.4% |
1680 -
2000
|
570 - 680 |
550 - 660 |
560 - 660 |
| 55 |
Hampshire College Amherst, MA |
56.5% |
1750 -
2050
|
610 - 700 |
540 - 660 |
600 - 690 |
| 56 |
Bethel College McKenzie, TN |
56.8% |
1215 -
1455
|
420 - 470 |
390 - 500 |
n/a - n/a |
| 57 |
New College of Florida Sarasota, FL |
57.0% |
1830 -
2110
|
650 - 750 |
580 - 670 |
600 - 690 |
| 58 |
Allegheny College Meadville, PA |
57.1% |
1655 -
1960
|
560 - 660 |
555 - 650 |
540 - 650 |
| 59 |
Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, IL |
57.2% |
1695 -
2055
|
540 - 680 |
590 - 690 |
n/a - n/a |
| 60 |
Guilford College Greensboro, NC |
57.7% |
1485 -
1860
|
490 - 630 |
500 - 610 |
n/a - n/a |
| 61 |
Morehouse College Atlanta, GA |
59.1% |
1380 -
1710
|
460 - 570 |
460 - 570 |
n/a - n/a |
| 62 |
University of Hawaii at Hilo Hilo, HI |
59.7% |
1260 -
1605
|
410 - 530 |
430 - 540 |
n/a - n/a |
| 63 |
Schreiner University Kerrville, TX |
59.8% |
1300 -
1640
|
430 - 540 |
450 - 560 |
420 - 540 |
| 64 |
Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, CA |
59.9% |
1788 -
2103
|
628 - 733 |
570 - 660 |
590 - 710 |
| 65 |
Wofford College Spartanburg, SC |
60.1% |
1635 -
1950
|
540 - 650 |
550 - 650 |
n/a - n/a |
| 66 |
Rosemont College Rosemont, PA |
60.2% |
1235 -
1500
|
410 - 495 |
415 - 500 |
410 - 505 |
| 67 |
Beloit College Beloit, WI |
60.5% |
1815 -
2070
|
620 - 710 |
590 - 670 |
n/a - n/a |
| 68 |
Centre College Danville, KY |
60.8% |
1710 -
2010
|
570 - 690 |
570 - 650 |
n/a - n/a |
| 69 |
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL |
60.9% |
1640 -
1960
|
560 - 660 |
540 - 660 |
540 - 640 |
| 70 |
Drew University Madison, NJ |
61.0% |
1560 -
1930
|
520 - 650 |
510 - 630 |
530 - 650 |
| 71 |
Whittier College Whittier, CA |
61.1% |
1435 -
1780
|
480 - 590 |
475 - 600 |
480 - 590 |
| 72 |
Knox College Galesburg, IL |
61.2% |
1780 -
2070
|
610 - 710 |
580 - 670 |
590 - 690 |
| 73 |
Randolph-Macon College Ashland, VA |
61.5% |
1475 -
1740
|
490 - 580 |
500 - 590 |
485 - 570 |
| 74 |
Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA |
61.8% |
1440 -
1760
|
480 - 590 |
490 - 600 |
470 - 570 |
| 75 |
Bethany College Bethany, WV |
61.9% |
1310 -
1670
|
440 - 570 |
440 - 550 |
430 - 550 |
| 76 |
Marlboro College Marlboro, VT |
62.0% |
1700 -
2010
|
580 - 680 |
510 - 650 |
610 - 680 |
| 77 |
Bennington College Bennington, VT |
62.5% |
1700 -
2020
|
580 - 700 |
540 - 630 |
580 - 690 |
| 78 |
Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI |
62.6% |
1800 -
2130
|
610 - 730 |
590 - 690 |
n/a - n/a |
| 79 |
Washington College Chestertown, MD |
63.5% |
1560 -
1860
|
520 - 630 |
520 - 610 |
520 - 620 |
| 80 |
Sewanee: The University of the South Sewanee, TN |
63.6% |
1710 -
2000
|
570 - 680 |
560 - 650 |
580 - 670 |
| 81 |
Coe College Cedar Rapids, IA |
64.0% |
1608 -
1929
|
528 - 633 |
570 - 673 |
510 - 623 |
| 82 |
Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary Bethlehem, PA |
64.0% |
1490 -
1800
|
500 - 600 |
500 - 610 |
490 - 590 |
| 83 |
Mills College Oakland, CA |
64.4% |
1510 -
1880
|
520 - 640 |
490 - 610 |
500 - 630 |
| 84 |
Wells College Aurora, NY |
64.6% |
1515 -
1845
|
510 - 640 |
500 - 590 |
n/a - n/a |
| 85 |
Goucher College Baltimore, MD |
65.4% |
1575 -
1935
|
540 - 670 |
510 - 620 |
n/a - n/a |
| 86 |
Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH |
65.5% |
1605 -
1950
|
530 - 650 |
540 - 650 |
n/a - n/a |
| 87 |
Erskine College and Seminary Due West, SC |
65.6% |
1463 -
1785
|
490 - 600 |
493 - 605 |
480 - 580 |
| 88 |
Hanover College Hanover, IN |
65.8% |
1530 -
1870
|
510 - 630 |
520 - 630 |
500 - 610 |
| 89 |
Adrian College Adrian, MI |
65.8% |
1260 -
1575
|
430 - 515 |
410 - 535 |
n/a - n/a |
| 90 |
Huntingdon College Montgomery, AL |
65.9% |
1245 -
1965
|
410 - 660 |
420 - 650 |
n/a - n/a |
| 91 |
Birmingham Southern College Birmingham, AL |
66.0% |
1575 -
1935
|
520 - 640 |
530 - 650 |
n/a - n/a |
| 92 |
University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA |
66.4% |
1680 -
2010
|
570 - 690 |
550 - 660 |
560 - 660 |
| 93 |
Eckerd College Saint Petersburg, FL |
66.9% |
1510 -
1818
|
510 - 610 |
500 - 608 |
500 - 600 |
| 94 |
Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VA |
66.9% |
1505 -
1770
|
510 - 600 |
515 - 630 |
480 - 540 |
| 95 |
Juniata College Huntingdon, PA |
67.3% |
1605 -
1920
|
530 - 640 |
540 - 640 |
n/a - n/a |
| 96 |
Southwestern University Georgetown, TX |
67.4% |
1695 -
2010
|
560 - 680 |
570 - 660 |
n/a - n/a |
| 97 |
Coastal Carolina University Conway, SC |
68.2% |
1440 -
1695
|
470 - 550 |
490 - 580 |
n/a - n/a |
| 98 |
Lyon College Batesville, AR |
68.6% |
1490 -
1765
|
505 - 585 |
505 - 600 |
480 - 580 |
| 99 |
Salem College Winston Salem, NC |
68.8% |
1455 -
1920
|
490 - 650 |
480 - 630 |
n/a - n/a |
| 100 |
Earlham College Richmond, IN |
68.9% |
1680 -
2010
|
570 - 690 |
550 - 650 |
n/a - n/a |
| 101 |
DePauw University Greencastle, IN |
69.1% |
1600 -
1960
|
530 - 650 |
540 - 660 |
530 - 650 |
| 102 |
Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH |
69.4% |
1530 -
1810
|
510 - 600 |
510 - 600 |
510 - 610 |
| 103 |
Austin College Sherman, TX |
69.7% |
1650 -
1990
|
560 - 670 |
560 - 660 |
530 - 660 |
| 104 |
Westminster College New Wilmington, PA |
70.8% |
1420 -
1680
|
470 - 580 |
480 - 530 |
470 - 570 |
| 105 |
Presbyterian College Clinton, SC |
70.8% |
1545 -
1875
|
500 - 610 |
530 - 640 |
n/a - n/a |
| 106 |
University of North Carolina at Asheville Asheville, NC |
71.2% |
1560 -
1890
|
530 - 640 |
520 - 630 |
510 - 620 |
| 107 |
Gordon College Wenham, MA |
71.3% |
1580 -
1920
|
530 - 650 |
520 - 630 |
530 - 640 |
| 108 |
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA |
71.5% |
1305 -
1680
|
440 - 570 |
430 - 550 |
n/a - n/a |
| 109 |
Emory and Henry College Emory, VA |
72.0% |
1365 -
1687.5
|
460 - 575 |
450 - 550 |
n/a - n/a |
| 110 |
Fort Lewis College Durango, CO |
72.2% |
1335 -
1710
|
440 - 570 |
450 - 570 |
n/a - n/a |
| 111 |
Wittenberg University Springfield, OH |
72.5% |
1485 -
1845
|
490 - 610 |
500 - 620 |
n/a - n/a |
| 112 |
Stephens College Columbia, MO |
72.9% |
1526 -
1746
|
520 - 565 |
476 - 571 |
530 - 610 |
| 113 |
Lees-McRae College Banner Elk, NC |
73.1% |
1305 -
1620
|
430 - 530 |
440 - 550 |
n/a - n/a |
| 114 |
Goshen College Goshen, IN |
73.1% |
1450 -
1970
|
510 - 650 |
440 - 690 |
500 - 630 |
| 115 |
Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA |
73.2% |
1650 -
1950
|
560 - 650 |
550 - 650 |
540 - 650 |
| 116 |
McDaniel College Westminster, MD |
73.2% |
1500 -
1860
|
500 - 610 |
500 - 630 |
n/a - n/a |
| 117 |
Roanoke College Salem, VA |
73.2% |
1480 -
1760
|
500 - 600 |
500 - 590 |
480 - 570 |
| 118 |
Franklin Pierce University Rindge, NH |
73.5% |
1290 -
1605
|
440 - 550 |
430 - 535 |
420 - 520 |
| 119 |
Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY |
73.9% |
1440 -
1740
|
490 - 600 |
470 - 560 |
n/a - n/a |
| 120 |
The College of Wooster Wooster, OH |
74.3% |
1635 -
1995
|
540 - 680 |
550 - 650 |
n/a - n/a |
| 121 |
University of Dallas Irving, TX |
74.8% |
1600 -
1990
|
550 - 680 |
520 - 650 |
530 - 660 |
| 122 |
California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CA |
75.3% |
1260 -
1665
|
420 - 550 |
420 - 560 |
n/a - n/a |
| 123 |
University of Minnesota-Morris Morris, MN |
75.9% |
1530 -
1980
|
520 - 680 |
500 - 640 |
n/a - n/a |
| 124 |
West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon, WV |
77.1% |
1280 -
1670
|
430 - 560 |
420 - 560 |
430 - 550 |
| 125 |
Hiram College Hiram, OH |
77.1% |
1425 -
1815
|
480 - 610 |
470 - 600 |
n/a - n/a |
| 126 |
Willamette University Salem, OR |
77.1% |
1670 -
2010
|
570 - 690 |
550 - 660 |
550 - 660 |
| 127 |
Millsaps College Jackson, MS |
77.3% |
1635 -
1980
|
550 - 670 |
540 - 650 |
n/a - n/a |
| 128 |
Lycoming College Williamsport, PA |
78.0% |
1380 -
1710
|
460 - 570 |
470 - 580 |
450 - 560 |
| 129 |
Muskingum College New Concord, OH |
78.1% |
1300 -
1690
|
420 - 570 |
460 - 560 |
420 - 560 |
| 130 |
Alma College Alma, MI |
78.1% |
1521 -
1956
|
498 - 665 |
520 - 668 |
503 - 623 |
| 131 |
Hastings College Hastings, NE |
78.3% |
1275 -
1665
|
430 - 550 |
420 - 560 |
n/a - n/a |
| 132 |
Texas A & M University at Galveston Galveston, TX |
78.4% |
1425 -
1785
|
460 - 590 |
490 - 600 |
n/a - n/a |
| 133 |
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Bradford, PA |
79.3% |
1350 -
1620
|
450 - 530 |
450 - 550 |
n/a - n/a |
| 134 |
Ripon College Ripon, WI |
79.6% |
1380 -
1890
|
440 - 610 |
480 - 650 |
n/a - n/a |
| 135 |
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Greensburg, PA |
79.6% |
1350 -
1650
|
450 - 540 |
450 - 560 |
n/a - n/a |
| 136 |
The University of Virginia's College at Wise Wise, VA |
79.7% |
1268 -
1570
|
420 - 530 |
428 - 530 |
420 - 510 |
| 137 |
Westminster College Fulton, MO |
79.9% |
1430 -
1840
|
480 - 610 |
500 - 620 |
450 - 610 |
| 138 |
Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GA |
80.0% |
1520 -
1830
|
520 - 630 |
500 - 600 |
500 - 600 |
| 139 |
Saint Johns University Collegeville, MN |
80.2% |
1485 -
1920
|
490 - 630 |
500 - 650 |
n/a - n/a |
| 140 |
Judson College Marion, AL |
80.3% |
1560 -
1770
|
570 - 590 |
520 - 640 |
470 - 540 |
| 141 |
The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID |
81.0% |
1456 -
1891
|
488 - 640 |
498 - 633 |
470 - 618 |
| 142 |
Albion College Albion, MI |
81.3% |
1545 -
1890
|
500 - 620 |
530 - 640 |
n/a - n/a |
| 143 |
Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar, VA |
81.4% |
1485 -
1815
|
510 - 620 |
480 - 590 |
n/a - n/a |
| 144 |
College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph, MN |
81.7% |
1567.5 -
1935
|
505 - 630 |
540 - 660 |
n/a - n/a |
| 145 |
Mesa State College Grand Junction, CO |
82.3% |
1275 -
1635
|
420 - 540 |
430 - 550 |
n/a - n/a |
| 146 |
Luther College Decorah, IA |
82.6% |
1520 -
1970
|
480 - 670 |
540 - 650 |
500 - 650 |
| 147 |
Hendrix College Conway, AR |
82.7% |
1670 -
2020
|
570 - 690 |
550 - 660 |
550 - 670 |
| 148 |
Hope College Holland, MI |
82.8% |
1605 -
1950
|
530 - 650 |
540 - 650 |
n/a - n/a |
| 149 |
American Jewish University Los Angeles, CA |
82.8% |
1405 -
1928
|
480 - 675 |
472 - 588 |
453 - 665 |
| 150 |
Randolph College Lynchburg, VA |
83.4% |
1500 -
1875
|
510 - 640 |
490 - 610 |
n/a - n/a |