Colleges for a Low SAT Score
College admission test taking is stressful. Not everyone rocks their SAT test. A low score doesn't mean you can't get into college. We've prepared a list of all selective admission, four year colleges which are likely to accept students who scored in the lower fifty percentile on the SAT. Based on school admission history, an applicant with a lower than average SAT has a good chance to get into these 348 schools. Schools are listed in order from low SAT score to highest.
Hiram College
- Private 4 Year
- Hiram, OH
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- 1000 average SAT
Hiram is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate sciences and biomedical humanities. Students follow the Hiram Plan of 12-week terms paired with intensive three-week courses.
- SAT Range 890-1100
- Avg GPA 3.28
- Acceptance Rate 94%
- Net Price $21,868
Tusculum University
- Private 4 Year
- Greeneville, TN
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- 1010 average SAT
Tusculum is a small private university with undergraduate programs in business, education, and nursing. The historic Greeneville campus is Tennessee's oldest college and retains a Presbyterian affiliation.
- SAT Range 910-1110
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.18
- Acceptance Rate 72%
- Net Price $20,355
Southwestern College
- Private 4 Year
- Winfield, KS
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- 1060 average SAT
- Aug 22 application deadline
Southwestern College is a small private liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in education and business. Students live on a residential campus in the small town of Winfield, Kansas.
- SAT Range 900-1220
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Acceptance Rate 76%
- Net Price $29,488
Tiffin University
- Private 4 Year
- Tiffin, OH
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- 1010 average SAT
Tiffin is a private university known for undergraduate business, criminal justice, and sports management. Students study on a compact residential campus in the small city of Tiffin in northwest Ohio.
- SAT Range 910-1110
- Avg GPA 3.11
- Acceptance Rate 80%
- Net Price $26,068
Rust College
- Private 4 Year
- Holly Springs, MS
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- 890 average SAT
Rust is a private historically Black liberal arts college known for undergraduate teacher education and the social sciences. The small campus sits in the town of Holly Springs in northern Mississippi.
- SAT Range 440-1339
- Avg GPA 2.66
- Acceptance Rate 49%
- Net Price $12,037
Coker University
- Private 4 Year
- Hartsville, SC
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- 1050 average SAT
Coker is a private university known for undergraduate liberal arts programs and round-table classroom teaching. The historic campus sits in the small town of Hartsville.
- SAT Range 940-1160
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.1
- Acceptance Rate 94%
- Net Price $19,823
Huntington University
- Private 4 Year
- Huntington, IN
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- 1040 average SAT
Huntington is a private Christian university known for undergraduate education and ministry. Most students live on a residential campus in the small city of Huntington.
- SAT Range 930-1150
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Acceptance Rate 76%
- Net Price $19,767
Aquinas College
- Private 4 Year
- Grand Rapids, MI
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- 1030 average SAT
Aquinas is a private Dominican liberal arts college known for undergraduate education and business. The wooded campus sits in a residential neighborhood of Grand Rapids.
- SAT Range 910-1140
- Avg GPA 3.52
- Acceptance Rate 90%
- Net Price $18,018
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
- Public 4 Year
- Natchitoches, LA
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- 1010 average SAT
Northwestern State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The campus is in historic Natchitoches, a small city along the Cane River.
- SAT Range 866-1163
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 93%
- Net Price $13,134
Eastern Nazarene College
- Private 4 Year
- Quincy, MA
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- 1030 average SAT
Eastern Nazarene is a small private Christian college known for undergraduate education, religion, and the liberal arts. The residential campus sits in Quincy, a Boston suburb on Massachusetts Bay.
- SAT Range 883-1180
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.21
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $21,894
Bennett College
- Private 4 Year
- Greensboro, NC
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- 940 average SAT
Bennett is a private historically Black women's college known for undergraduate education, social work, and the liberal arts. The small residential campus in Greensboro is one of only two remaining HBCUs dedicated exclusively to women.
- SAT Range 820-1060
- Predicted Avg GPA 2.74
- Acceptance Rate 51%
- Net Price $26,990
Erskine College
- Private 4 Year
- Due West, SC
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- 1040 average SAT
Erskine is a private Christian liberal arts college known for undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences. The campus sits in the small town of Due West in upstate South Carolina.
- SAT Range 920-1150
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.26
- Acceptance Rate 63%
- Net Price $23,882
Pacific Union College
- Private 4 Year
- Angwin, CA
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- 1060 average SAT
Pacific Union College is a private Seventh-day Adventist liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing and theology. The rural campus sits in the hills above Napa Valley.
- SAT Range 930-1190
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.24
- Acceptance Rate 47%
- Net Price $22,767
Oakland City University
- Private 4 Year
- Oakland City, IN
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- 1000 average SAT
- Aug 1 application deadline
Oakland City is a small private university affiliated with the General Baptists and known for undergraduate education and business. Students study on a compact campus in the small town of Oakland City in southwestern Indiana.
- SAT Range 850-1150
- Avg GPA 3.29
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $16,437
York University
- Private 4 Year
- York, NE
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- 1000 average SAT
York University is a small private university affiliated with the Churches of Christ, with undergraduate programs in biblical studies, education, and business. Most students live on its residential campus in the small city of York.
- SAT Range 880-1110
- Avg GPA 3.02
- Acceptance Rate 52%
- Net Price $21,957
Fairleigh Dickinson University Metropolitan Campus
- Private 4 Year
- Teaneck, NJ
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- 1040 average SAT
FDU is a private university known for undergraduate business, nursing, and international studies. The suburban Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck sits close to New York City.
- SAT Range 908-1180
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Acceptance Rate 91%
- Net Price $16,920
Saint Peter's University
- Private 4 Year
- Jersey City, NJ
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- 1060 average SAT
Saint Peter's is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate business, nursing, and education. The urban Jersey City campus sits across the Hudson River from Manhattan.
- SAT Range 970-1150
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Acceptance Rate 90%
- Net Price $13,775
North Central University
- Private 4 Year
- Minneapolis, MN
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- 1050 average SAT
- Jun 1 application deadline
North Central is a private Christian university affiliated with the Assemblies of God and known for undergraduate ministry, biblical studies, and worship arts. The urban campus sits near downtown Minneapolis.
- SAT Range 950-1148
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Acceptance Rate 99%
- Net Price $26,363