Colleges for a 1600 SAT score

Where a 1600 SAT places you at colleges that publish their admitted-student ranges, split into safety, target and reach.

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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 1600 SAT

960 total

College	State	SAT 25–75	Accept rate
Boston College	MA	1430–1540	15.7%
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	1330–1530	16.5%
Northeastern University Oakland	CA	1390–1520	16.5%
University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	1410–1530	16.9%
Denison University	OH	1300–1470	16.9%
Wesleyan University	CT	1450–1540	17.1%
Washington and Lee University	VA	1410–1530	17.4%
Vassar College	NY	1435–1550	17.7%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	1350–1530	17.9%
University of Miami	FL	1330–1470	18.5%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	1370–1530	18.7%
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	NY	1400–1520	19.1%
Smith College	MA	1408–1540	19.7%
Babson College	MA	1380–1500	19.7%
Webb Institute	NY	1390–1525	20.0%
Colorado College	CO	1365–1520	20.0%
Hillsdale College	MI	1340–1510	20.6%
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%
Wake Forest University	NC	1390–1510	21.6%
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering	MA	1480–1560	21.7%
Carleton College	MN	1430–1550	22.3%
Skidmore College	NY	1300–1460	22.9%
University of Richmond	VA	1410–1530	23.3%

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Target colleges for a 1600 SAT

49 total

College	State	SAT 25–75	Accept rate
Harvard University	MA	1500–1580	3.5%
Stanford University	CA	1510–1580	3.9%
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%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	1510–1580	4.7%
University of Chicago	IL	1510–1570	4.8%
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%
Vanderbilt University	TN	1510–1560	6.3%
Pomona College	CA	1480–1560	6.8%
Duke University	NC	1510–1570	6.8%
Colby College	ME	1440–1550	6.8%
Swarthmore College	PA	1460–1560	6.9%
Northwestern University	IL	1490–1560	7.1%
Johns Hopkins University	MD	1530–1580	7.6%
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%

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Reach colleges for a 1600 SAT

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