Colleges for a 1500 SAT score

Where a 1500 SAT places you at colleges that publish their admitted-student ranges, split into safety, target and reach.

928

Safety

Your SAT is above the 75th percentile of admitted students. Likely admits, though nothing is guaranteed.

Target

Your SAT sits inside the middle 50% of admitted students. A reasonable chance, decided by the rest of your application.

Reach

Your SAT is below the 25th percentile. Possible, but you would need real strength elsewhere.

Based on the 1,009 colleges that publish an SAT range for admitted students. A further 87 report no SAT range — many are test-optional, and some publish only the other test — so an SAT can't be placed against them.

Safety colleges for a 1500 SAT

928 total

College	State	SAT 25–75	Accept rate
Denison University	OH	1300–1470	16.9%
University of Miami	FL	1330–1470	18.5%
Babson College	MA	1380–1500	19.7%
College of the Holy Cross	MA	1250–1420	21.1%
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	FL	1030–1150	21.1%
Central Christian College of the Bible	MO	840–950	21.3%
Skidmore College	NY	1300–1460	22.9%
Johnson University Florida	FL	840–1020	23.3%
Grambling State University	LA	860–1150	23.7%
University of Florida	FL	1300–1480	24.0%
United States Coast Guard Academy	CT	1210–1380	24.3%
Alcorn State University	MS	850–998	24.7%
Florida State University	FL	1240–1390	25.4%
Trinity University	TX	1320–1465	28.2%
The University of Texas at Austin	TX	1230–1490	29.1%
Lehigh University	PA	1350–1490	29.3%
Kenyon College	OH	1360–1500	30.7%
Bryn Mawr College	PA	1300–1470	31.1%
Tuskegee University	AL	995–1255	31.4%
Lafayette College	PA	1340–1490	31.5%
Franklin and Marshall College	PA	1298–1460	31.8%
Bucknell University	PA	1300–1450	32.0%
United States Merchant Marine Academy	NY	1140–1300	32.5%
Berea College	KY	1156–1335	32.7%
University of North Carolina School of the Arts	NC	1150–1350	33.1%

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Target colleges for a 1500 SAT

75 total

College	State	SAT 25–75	Accept rate
Harvard University	MA	1500–1580	3.5%
Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	1490–1570	4.2%
Princeton University	NJ	1500–1580	4.5%
Yale University	CT	1500–1580	4.5%
Brown University	RI	1500–1570	5.2%
Northeastern University	MA	1460–1550	5.7%
University of Pennsylvania	PA	1500–1570	5.9%
Dartmouth College	NH	1500–1570	6.2%
Pomona College	CA	1480–1560	6.8%
Colby College	ME	1440–1550	6.8%
Swarthmore College	PA	1460–1560	6.9%
Northwestern University	IL	1490–1560	7.1%
Rice University	TX	1500–1570	7.9%
Barnard College	NY	1453–1550	8.0%
Bowdoin College	ME	1480–1550	8.0%
Cornell University	NY	1480–1560	8.2%
United States Naval Academy	MD	1200–1420	9.4%
New York University	NY	1480–1570	9.4%
Amherst College	MA	1360–1550	9.8%
Williams College	MA	1470–1560	10.0%
University of Southern California	CA	1440–1550	10.0%
Tufts University	MA	1460–1550	10.1%
Middlebury College	VT	1430–1550	10.4%
Boston University	MA	1400–1520	10.8%
Emory University	GA	1460–1550	11.1%

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Reach colleges for a 1500 SAT

6 total

College	State	SAT 25–75	Accept rate
Johns Hopkins University	MD	1530–1580	7.6%
Duke University	NC	1510–1570	6.8%
Vanderbilt University	TN	1510–1560	6.3%
University of Chicago	IL	1510–1570	4.8%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	1510–1580	4.7%
Stanford University	CA	1510–1580	3.9%

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