The average composite SAT score for admitted CUNY City College freshman is 1340 out of 1600. City College of New York students have the 141st highest average SAT score in the United States. For perspective, a 1340 is in the 91st percentile of all SAT test takers.
The middle fifty percent of incoming students have SAT composite scores ranging from 1220 to 1460. The 75th percentile score is 1460 while the 25th percentile score is 1220.
The lowest SAT score accepted is not reported by City College of New York but we estimate it to be around a 1100 total composite SAT score.
The average score for City College of New York students on the math portion of the SAT is 680 out of 800. The 25th percentile of students score a 610 and the 75th percentile score 750.
The 25th and 75th percentile range for SAT reading scores range from 610 to 710 and the average score for CUNY City College students is 660.
Below are estimated chances of being accepted at CUNY City College based on SAT score ranges and the overall admission rate of 58.1%. These chances assume you have an average GPA for the school, around 3.2.
An SAT score of 1460 or higher is very competitive at City College of New York and is a better score than three quarters of students who are accepted. You have a very good chance of acceptance, around 72% or higher.
Scores between 1340 to 1450 are above average giving you an advantage over most applicants. You have a good chance of acceptance, around 58% to 71%.
SAT scores between 1220 to 1330 are still in the middle range of accepted students a but a little lower than the average. You can get in and have about a 42% to 57% percent chance of being admitted.
SAT scores from 1100 to 1210 are on the very low end of the range where students are accepted. Scores in this range are not competitive with most other applicants but you still have a chance. We estimate scores in this range have less than a 41% chance of admission to City College of New York. SAT scores below 1100 likely fall out of the range where students are regularly accepted.
Data Sources, IPEDS for Fall 2023 starting classSAT Score | Admission Chances |
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1600 | 85% |
1590 | 84% |
1580 | 83% |
1570 | 83% |
1560 | 82% |
1550 | 81% |
1540 | 80% |
1530 | 79% |
1520 | 78% |
1510 | 77% |
1500 | 76% |
1490 | 75% |
1480 | 74% |
1470 | 73% |
1460 | 72% |
1450 | 71% |
1440 | 70% |
1430 | 69% |
1420 | 68% |
1410 | 67% |
1400 | 66% |
1390 | 64% |
1380 | 63% |
1370 | 62% |
1360 | 61% |
1350 | 59% |
1340 | 58% |
1330 | 57% |
1320 | 55% |
1310 | 54% |
1300 | 53% |
1290 | 51% |
1280 | 50% |
1270 | 49% |
1260 | 47% |
1250 | 46% |
1240 | 45% |
1230 | 43% |
1220 | 42% |
1210 | 41% |
1200 | 40% |
1190 | 38% |
1180 | 37% |
1170 | 36% |
1160 | 35% |
1150 | 33% |
1140 | 32% |
1130 | 31% |
1120 | 30% |
1110 | 29% |
1100 | 28% |
Primary data source, U.S. Department of Education https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=190567 IPEDS survey data for CUNY City College.