Is 1280 a Good SAT Score?

57 colleges where a 1280 is inside the middle 50%

Your score looks like a typical enrolled student's here. Most selective first.

• Florida State University1270–1410
• University of Texas at Austin1250–1510
• University of Georgia1270–1480
• Clemson University1240–1410
• University of Central Florida1200–1350
• Howard University1090–1320
• The University of Tennessee-Knoxville1200–1370
• University of South Florida1130–1320
• Texas Christian University1140–1350
• Syracuse University1270–1440
• Auburn University1260–1390
• Purdue University1200–1480
• Baylor University1200–1400
• University of Connecticut1210–1440
• Virginia Tech1280–1450
• Texas A&M University1150–1400
• University of Pittsburgh1280–1460
• University of South Carolina1180–1360
• Pennsylvania State University1240–1420
• The University of Texas at Dallas1160–1410
• Hofstra University1230–1400
• University of Delaware1190–1370
• James Madison University1170–1340
• University of Rhode Island1020–1280
• Texas Tech University1090–1280
• Seton Hall University1220–1390
• Louisiana State University1180–1340
• University of Houston1160–1340
• University at Buffalo1210–1380
• Miami University-Oxford1220–1390
• DePaul University1140–1330
• University of Oklahoma1140–1330
• The University of Alabama1170–1400
• Oregon State University1140–1400
• University of Illinois Chicago1130–1350
• Mississippi State University1100–1350
• University of Denver1240–1410
• University of Colorado Boulder1240–1430
• Indiana University1170–1400
• University of Missouri1150–1330
• Drexel University1240–1440
• Marquette University1200–1360
• Loyola University Chicago1170–1360
• Gonzaga University1190–1380
• St. John's University-New York1150–1340
• University of Iowa1130–1330
• Michigan State University1180–1360
• University of Cincinnati1160–1370
• University of Utah1190–1380
• University of Arizona1150–1420
• George Mason University1160–1360
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln1098–1330
• University of New Hampshire1090–1330
• University of Oregon1130–1360
• Iowa State University1120–1360
• University of Kentucky1070–1290
• University of Kansas1070–1300

7 colleges where a 1280 is above the 75th percentile

Your score is higher than three quarters of enrolled students at these schools.

• Florida International University1070–1260
• Florida Atlantic University1040–1200
• University of North Texas980–1230
• University of Arkansas1030–1220
• West Virginia University1010–1220
• Virginia Commonwealth University1010–1270
• University of Mississippi1000–1200

The closest reaches for a 1280

A 1280 is below the 25th percentile at 78 of the 142 colleges that publish a range. These are the ones where the gap is smallest.

• University of Vermont1290–1440
• North Carolina State University1300–1470
• University of Minnesota1300–1500
• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign1310–1520
• Rutgers University-New Brunswick1310–1500
• University of Massachusetts-Amherst1310–1500
• Ohio State University1310–1480
• University of Miami1320–1480
• University of Florida1320–1480
• Fordham University1320–1480
• Stony Brook University1330–1500
• Binghamton University1340–1500

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