SAT Scores
Is 1520 a Good SAT Score?
It depends on where you're applying. A 1520 is inside or above the published middle-50% SAT range at 142 of the 142 colleges we track, and below it at 0. It converts to an ACT 34.
ACT equivalent
34
Official concordance
In range or above
142
of 142 colleges
Below the range
0
of 142 colleges
61 colleges where a 1520 is inside the middle 50%
Your score looks like a typical enrolled student's here. Most selective first.
- Stanford University1510–1580
- Harvard University1510–1580
- Yale University1470–1570
- Columbia University1510–1580
- University of Chicago1510–1580
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology1520–1580
- Princeton University1510–1580
- Northeastern University1440–1540
- Brown University1510–1580
- University of Pennsylvania1510–1570
- Dartmouth College1500–1570
- Duke University1500–1570
- Vanderbilt University1500–1570
- Johns Hopkins University1520–1570
- Pomona College1490–1560
- Colby College1460–1550
- Bowdoin College1470–1550
- Swarthmore College1490–1560
- Northwestern University1510–1570
- New York University1480–1560
- Rice University1510–1570
- Williams College1490–1570
- Cornell University1500–1570
- Barnard College1470–1560
- Amherst College1490–1580
- Claremont McKenna College1470–1560
- University of Southern California1450–1550
- Emory University1470–1550
- Middlebury College1445–1550
- Boston University1420–1530
- University of Notre Dame1455–1560
- Tufts University1470–1560
- Carnegie Mellon University1500–1570
- Washington University in St Louis1500–1570
- Haverford College1460–1550
- Harvey Mudd College1500–1570
- Georgetown University1390–1550
- Bates College1420–1530
- Davidson College1400–1530
- Hamilton College1450–1550
- Colgate University1430–1540
- Tulane University of Louisiana1400–1520
- Wellesley College1460–1560
- Georgia Institute of Technology1370–1540
- Grinnell College1410–1540
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1390–1530
- University of Michigan1360–1530
- Boston College1440–1540
- Wesleyan University1415–1540
- University of Virginia1410–1540
- Vassar College1450–1550
- Carleton College1450–1560
- Wake Forest University1410–1520
- College of William & Mary1400–1530
- Oberlin College1360–1520
- Case Western Reserve University1430–1540
- University of Rochester1410–1540
- Brandeis University1390–1520
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign1310–1520
- University of Maryland1400–1530
- University of Wisconsin-Madison1380–1520
81 colleges where a 1520 is above the 75th percentile
Your score is higher than three quarters of enrolled students at these schools.
- University of Miami1320–1480
- University of Florida1320–1480
- Florida State University1270–1410
- Lehigh University1370–1500
- University of Texas at Austin1250–1510
- Villanova University1395–1510
- University of Georgia1270–1480
- Clemson University1240–1410
- Binghamton University1340–1500
- University of Central Florida1200–1350
- Howard University1090–1320
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville1200–1370
- North Carolina State University1300–1470
- University of South Florida1130–1320
- Texas Christian University1140–1350
- Syracuse University1270–1440
- Auburn University1260–1390
- George Washington University1350–1500
- Santa Clara University1350–1490
- Stony Brook University1330–1500
- Purdue University1200–1480
- Baylor University1200–1400
- University of Connecticut1210–1440
- Florida International University1070–1260
- Virginia Tech1280–1450
- Texas A&M University1150–1400
- University of Pittsburgh1280–1460
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick1310–1500
- Fordham University1320–1480
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst1310–1500
- University of South Carolina1180–1360
- Pennsylvania State University1240–1420
- Ohio State University1310–1480
- Southern Methodist University1340–1490
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute1375–1510
- The University of Texas at Dallas1160–1410
- University of Vermont1290–1440
- Florida Atlantic University1040–1200
- Hofstra University1230–1400
- University of Delaware1190–1370
- James Madison University1170–1340
- University of Rhode Island1020–1280
- University of North Texas980–1230
- Texas Tech University1090–1280
- Seton Hall University1220–1390
- Louisiana State University1180–1340
- University of Houston1160–1340
- University at Buffalo1210–1380
- University of Arkansas1030–1220
- 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
- University of Minnesota1300–1500
- 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
- West Virginia University1010–1220
- Virginia Commonwealth University1010–1270
- University of Kentucky1070–1290
- University of Kansas1070–1300
- University of Mississippi1000–1200
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Frequently asked questions
Is 1520 a good SAT score?
A 1520 is at or above the 25th percentile of enrolled students at 142 of the 142 colleges in our dataset that publish an SAT range. It is above the 75th percentile at 81 of them and below the 25th percentile at 0. Whether that is good depends on which of those groups your target schools fall into.
What is a 1520 SAT in ACT terms?
A 1520 SAT is equivalent to an ACT Composite of 34 on the official ACT/SAT concordance published by College Board and ACT. An ACT 34 ranks at the 99th percentile of ACT test takers nationally.
Should I retake the SAT with a 1520?
A retake is worth the most at schools where a 1520 is below the 25th percentile, because that is where your score is working against you. At schools where you are already inside the middle 50%, a retake is optional. At schools where you are above the 75th percentile, the SAT is no longer what holds your application back.
SAT ranges are the 25th to 75th percentile of enrolled first-year students, sourced from College Scorecard API — U.S. Department of Education (api.data.gov) and Editorial overrides layer (overrides.json) — Common Data Set & institutional sources. ACT national ranks: ACT Score National Ranks, 2026-2027 reporting year.