Colleges for a 1530 SAT.

A 1530 is around the 99th percentile nationally — competitive at 100 of the top 100 US universities.

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Strong position

77 colleges

*at or above the 75th percentile

Boston CollegeSAT 1460–1520 · 16% admit rateCase Western Reserve UniversitySAT 1440–1530 · 37% admit rateNortheastern UniversitySAT 1450–1520 · 5.2% admit rateGeorgetown UniversitySAT 1405–1530 · 13% admit rateUniversity of MichiganSAT 1370–1530 · 16% admit rateUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignSAT 1390–1520 · 42% admit rateBoston UniversitySAT 1430–1510 · 11% admit rateUNC Chapel HillSAT 1400–1530 · 15% admit rateUniversity of MarylandSAT 1410–1520 · 45% admit rateUniversity of VirginiaSAT 1410–1520 · 17% admit rateGeorgia Institute of TechnologySAT 1370–1530 · 14% admit rateTulane UniversitySAT 1430–1500 · 14% admit rateBrandeis UniversitySAT 1415–1510 · 41% admit rateWake Forest UniversitySAT 1420–1500 · 22% admit rateUniversity of RochesterSAT 1400–1510 · 40% admit rateRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteSAT 1380–1500 · 63% admit rateYeshiva UniversitySAT 1340–1510 · 56% admit rateLehigh UniversitySAT 1380–1480 · 26% admit rateStevens Institute of TechnologySAT 1370–1470 · 48% admit rateUMass AmherstSAT 1330–1480 · 60% admit rateRutgers University–New BrunswickSAT 1310–1500 · 58% admit rateStony Brook UniversitySAT 1340–1480 · 49% admit rateUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonSAT 1370–1490 · 45% admit rateUniversity of FloridaSAT 1330–1470 · 24% admit rateUniversity of MiamiSAT 1340–1450 · 19% admit rateColorado School of MinesSAT 1320–1480 · 61% admit rateUniversity of Texas at AustinSAT 1250–1510 · 27% admit rateUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesSAT 1310–1460 · 80% admit rateNC State UniversitySAT 1310–1440 · 42% admit rateGeorge Washington UniversitySAT 1310–1450 · 47% admit rateAmerican UniversitySAT 1320–1440 · 62% admit ratePurdue UniversitySAT 1220–1470 · 50% admit rateOhio State UniversitySAT 1280–1430 · 61% admit rateUniversity of PittsburghSAT 1280–1460 · 58% admit rateVirginia TechSAT 1280–1450 · 55% admit rateSyracuse UniversitySAT 1270–1440 · 46% admit rateFlorida State UniversitySAT 1290–1400 · 24% admit ratePenn StateSAT 1280–1410 · 61% admit rateUniversity of ConnecticutSAT 1220–1420 · 52% admit rateDrexel UniversitySAT 1250–1430 · 79% admit rateNew Jersey Institute of TechnologySAT ~1335 · 65% admit rateUniversity of Tennessee, KnoxvilleSAT 1280–1380 · 42% admit rateUniversity of Maryland-Baltimore CountySAT 1240–1420 · 72% admit rateUniversity of Colorado BoulderSAT 1180–1390 · 78% admit rateUniversity of GeorgiaSAT 1220–1400 · 38% admit rateUniversity of DelawareSAT 1220–1370 · 71% admit rateIllinois Institute of TechnologySAT 1190–1400 · 55% admit rateMissouri University of Science and TechnologySAT 1220–1380 · 73% admit rateIndiana University BloomingtonSAT 1180–1390 · 78% admit rateUniversity at Buffalo (SUNY)SAT 1210–1380 · 74% admit rateUniversity of Texas at DallasSAT 1170–1390 · 65% admit rateTexas A&M UniversitySAT 1160–1390 · 57% admit rateOregon State UniversitySAT 1160–1390 · 77% admit rateUniversity of South CarolinaSAT 1190–1350 · 60% admit rateCUNY City CollegeSAT 1070–1430 · 60% admit rateUniversity of Central FloridaSAT 1210–1340 · 40% admit rateUniversity of CincinnatiSAT 1160–1350 · 85% admit rateIowa State UniversitySAT 1130–1350 · 89% admit rateUniversity of South FloridaSAT 1160–1340 · 43% admit rateUniversity of ArizonaSAT 1130–1340 · 86% admit rateUniversity of Illinois ChicagoSAT 1130–1350 · 77% admit rateUniversity of HoustonSAT 1170–1330 · 74% admit rateUniversity of OklahomaSAT 1160–1310 · 77% admit rateUniversity of IowaSAT 1130–1320 · 84% admit rateUniversity of UtahSAT 1120–1320 · 86% admit rateUniversity of MissouriSAT 1150–1330 · 78% admit rateMichigan State UniversitySAT 1100–1310 · 85% admit rateUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnSAT 1100–1310 · 87% admit rateUniversity of OregonSAT 1050–1320 · 88% admit rateTexas Tech UniversitySAT 1110–1260 · 73% admit rateUniversity of KansasSAT 1080–1280 · 93% admit rateUniversity of KentuckySAT 1070–1270 · 93% admit rateUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaSAT 1081–1293 · 87% admit rateFlorida International UniversitySAT 1070–1250 · 55% admit rateWayne State UniversitySAT 1060–1260 · 81% admit rateGeorgia State UniversitySAT 1030–1240 · 55% admit rateUniversity of New MexicoSAT 900–1160 · 95% admit rate

Competitive

10 colleges

*at or above the median admit

Yale UniversitySAT 1470–1560 · 3.9% admit ratePrinceton UniversitySAT 1490–1560 · 4.6% admit rateVanderbilt UniversitySAT 1510–1560 · 5.9% admit rateNew York UniversitySAT 1480–1550 · 9.2% admit rateBrown UniversitySAT 1470–1550 · 5.4% admit rateDartmouth CollegeSAT 1440–1550 · 5.4% admit rateEmory UniversitySAT 1480–1540 · 11% admit rateUniversity of Notre DameSAT 1470–1540 · 11% admit rateTufts UniversitySAT 1480–1540 · 11% admit rateUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSAT 1450–1550 · 9.8% admit rate

Reach

13 colleges

*inside the middle 50%, below the median

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySAT 1520–1580 · 4.5% admit rateHarvard UniversitySAT 1510–1580 · 3.6% admit rateUniversity of PennsylvaniaSAT 1510–1570 · 5.4% admit rateJohns Hopkins UniversitySAT 1530–1565 · 6.4% admit rateStanford UniversitySAT 1510–1570 · 3.6% admit rateUniversity of ChicagoSAT 1510–1560 · 4.5% admit rateCornell UniversitySAT 1510–1560 · 8.8% admit rateColumbia UniversitySAT 1510–1560 · 4.0% admit rateNorthwestern UniversitySAT 1510–1560 · 7.7% admit rateCarnegie Mellon UniversitySAT 1500–1560 · 12% admit rateDuke UniversitySAT 1500–1570 · 5.7% admit rateRice UniversitySAT 1510–1560 · 8.0% admit rateWashington University in St. LouisSAT 1500–1570 · 12% admit rate

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