Colleges for a 1500 SAT Score

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Colleges for a 1500 SAT score

60 selective colleges where a 1500 sits within the published middle-50% SAT range — so you’re an on-target applicant on testing. Source-cited from College Scorecard / IPEDS. Model your real odds at each.

College	Location	Accept.	SAT 25–75	Net price
Yale	New Haven, CT	4%	1470–1570	$23,777
Northeastern	Boston, MA	5%	1440–1540	$30,915
Dartmouth	Hanover, NH	5%	1500–1570	$29,519
Duke	Durham, NC	6%	1500–1570	$29,612
Vanderbilt	Nashville, TN	6%	1500–1570	$15,846
Colby	Waterville, ME	7%	1460–1550	$17,180
Pomona	Claremont, CA	7%	1490–1560	$19,285
Bowdoin	Brunswick, ME	7%	1470–1550	$14,398
Swarthmore	Swarthmore, PA	7%	1490–1560	$23,149
Williams	Williamstown, MA	8%	1490–1570	$17,716
Cornell	Ithaca, NY	9%	1500–1570	$28,690
Barnard	New York, NY	9%	1470–1560	$28,800
Amherst	Amherst, MA	9%	1490–1580	$23,367
NYU	New York, NY	9%	1480–1560	$37,050
Claremont McKenna	Claremont, CA	10%	1470–1560	$28,849
USC	Los Angeles, CA	10%	1450–1550	$32,740
Emory	Atlanta, GA	11%	1470–1550	$22,585
Middlebury	Middlebury, VT	11%	1445–1550	$31,483
BU	Boston, MA	11%	1420–1530	$24,402
Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN	11%	1455–1560	$26,780
Tufts	Medford, MA	11%	1470–1560	$39,998
Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, PA	12%	1500–1570	$31,944
WashU	St. Louis, MO	12%	1500–1570	$21,786
Haverford	Haverford, PA	12%	1460–1550	$25,314
Harvey Mudd	Claremont, CA	13%	1500–1570	$35,924
Georgetown	Washington, DC	13%	1390–1550	$40,815
Emory University-Oxford College	Oxford, GA	13%	1470–1550	$37,920
Bates	Lewiston, ME	13%	1420–1530	$29,351
Davidson	Davidson, NC	13%	1400–1530	$17,379
Hamilton	Clinton, NY	14%	1450–1550	$28,985
Colgate	Hamilton, NY	14%	1430–1540	$28,786
Washington & Lee	Lexington, VA	14%	1430–1540	$23,781
Tulane	New Orleans, LA	14%	1400–1520	$39,949
Wellesley	Wellesley, MA	14%	1460–1560	$25,496
Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	14%	1370–1540	$12,116
Grinnell	Grinnell, IA	15%	1410–1540	$17,648
UNC	Chapel Hill, NC	15%	1390–1530	$11,655
Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	16%	1360–1530	$13,138
Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	16%	1440–1540	$41,704
Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	16%	1415–1540	$30,177
UVA	Charlottesville, VA	17%	1410–1540	$21,565
Babson	Wellesley, MA	17%	1390–1530	$40,514
Vassar	Poughkeepsie, NY	19%	1450–1550	$39,343
Rhode Island School of Design	Providence, RI	19%	1396–1530	$50,507
Carleton	Northfield, MN	20%	1450–1560	$25,407
Smith	Northampton, MA	21%	1420–1540	$27,579
Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, NC	22%	1410–1520	$28,719
Richmond	University of Richmond, VA	22%	1410–1530	$31,309
Reed	Portland, OR	25%	1290–1520	$33,013
Trinity University	San Antonio, TX	26%	1340–1500	$23,464
Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	26%	1370–1500	$36,931
UT Austin	Austin, TX	27%	1250–1510	$19,857
Villanova	Villanova, PA	27%	1395–1510	$43,756
Macalester	Saint Paul, MN	29%	1350–1510	$32,149
Bryn Mawr	Bryn Mawr, PA	29%	1280–1510	$31,759
Kenyon	Gambier, OH	31%	1358–1503	$38,512
Lafayette College	Easton, PA	31%	1350–1500	$34,433
William & Mary	Williamsburg, VA	34%	1400–1530	$19,096
Oberlin	Oberlin, OH	34%	1360–1520	$38,645
Mount Holyoke	South Hadley, MA	36%	1380–1530	$26,441

Quick answers

Is a 1500 SAT a good score for college?

A 1500 places you within the middle-50% test range at the 60 selective colleges listed here — meaning you're an on-target applicant on testing alone. Admission is holistic, so scores are one factor among grades, rigor, essays, and more.

What colleges can I get into with a 1500 SAT?

The schools below report a 25th–75th percentile SAT range that includes 1500. Build a profile to get a per-student admit probability at each, then simulate your whole list.

Score ranges are estimates from public datasets; scores outside a band are still admitted. Not a guarantee of admission.

These outputs are estimates from a baseline model — not guarantees of admission, cost, or outcome.