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.
Bacone College
- Private 4 Year
- Muskogee, OK
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- 990 average SAT
- Aug 28 application deadline
Bacone is a small private college with a historic mission in American Indian higher education and undergraduate programs in Native American studies and art. The Muskogee campus houses the Ataloa Lodge Museum and has long served Indigenous students.
- SAT Range 938-1033
- Predicted Avg GPA 2.83
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
University of Connecticut Waterbury Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Waterbury, CT
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- 1060 average SAT
UConn Waterbury is a regional campus of Connecticut's public university known for undergraduate business, psychology, and human development. The urban campus is located in downtown Waterbury.
- SAT Range 910-1200
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 87%
- Net Price $9,451
Williams Baptist University
- Private 4 Year
- Walnut Ridge, AR
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- 990 average SAT
Williams Baptist is a small private Baptist university with undergraduate programs in education, business, and Christian studies. Most students live on the residential campus in Walnut Ridge, a small town in northeast Arkansas.
- SAT Range 920-1058
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $12,692
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
- Private 4 Year
- Standish, ME
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- 1060 average SAT
A private Catholic college known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. The campus sits on the shores of Sebago Lake in a rural Maine setting.
- SAT Range 960-1150
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Acceptance Rate 84%
- Net Price $28,217
Freed Hardeman University
- Private 4 Year
- Henderson, TN
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- 1020 average SAT
Freed-Hardeman is a private Christian university affiliated with the Churches of Christ, known for undergraduate biblical studies, ministry, and education. The residential campus sits in the small town of Henderson in West Tennessee.
- SAT Range 952-1087
- Avg GPA 3.75
- Acceptance Rate 60%
- Net Price $20,178
Northwestern Oklahoma State University
- Public 4 Year
- Alva, OK
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- 920 average SAT
Northwestern Oklahoma State is a small public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The residential campus sits in the small college town of Alva in northwestern Oklahoma.
- SAT Range 803-1036
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Acceptance Rate 65%
- Net Price $10,492
Friends University
- Private 4 Year
- Wichita, KS
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 1030 average SAT
Friends is a private Christian university known for undergraduate music and business. The Wichita campus retains its Quaker-founded identity.
- SAT Range 960-1090
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Acceptance Rate 55%
- Net Price $28,889
Minot State University
- Public 4 Year
- Minot, ND
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- 1040 average SAT
- Jun 30 application deadline
Minot State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, nursing, and business. The compact campus sits in the small city of Minot in north-central North Dakota.
- SAT Range 930-1140
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Acceptance Rate 65%
- Net Price $13,092
Oklahoma Wesleyan University
- Private 4 Year
- Bartlesville, OK
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| 0 reviews
- 1020 average SAT
Oklahoma Wesleyan is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and ministry. Most students live on a residential campus in Bartlesville.
- SAT Range 930-1100
- Avg GPA 3.38
- Acceptance Rate 66%
- Net Price $27,312
Mount Marty University
- Private 4 Year
- Yankton, SD
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- 930 average SAT
Mount Marty is a small private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The campus sits along the Missouri River in Yankton.
- SAT Range 810-1050
- Avg GPA 3.35
- Acceptance Rate 43%
- Net Price $22,242
Davis & Elkins College
- Private 4 Year
- Elkins, WV
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| 0 reviews
- 1000 average SAT
Davis & Elkins is a private liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in business, nursing, and education. The hillside campus overlooks the mountain town of Elkins in West Virginia's Alleghenies.
- SAT Range 880-1125
- Avg GPA 3.35
- Acceptance Rate 94%
- Net Price $19,784
Randall University
- Private 4 Year
- Moore, OK
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| 0 reviews
- 880 average SAT
Randall is a small private Christian university known for undergraduate ministry and education. The suburban campus sits in Moore within the Oklahoma City metro area.
- SAT Range 838-928
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.1
- Acceptance Rate 58%
- Net Price $19,928
Greenville University
- Private 4 Year
- Greenville, IL
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| 0 reviews
- 1000 average SAT
Greenville University is a private Free Methodist university known for undergraduate teacher education and music. Most students live on the residential campus in the small town of Greenville.
- SAT Range 771-1230
- Avg GPA 3.23
- Acceptance Rate 97%
- Net Price $20,799
University of the Cumberlands
- Private 4 Year
- Williamsburg, KY
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| 0 reviews
- 1060 average SAT
- Aug 31 application deadline
University of the Cumberlands is a private Christian university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. Students live on a residential campus in the small Appalachian town of Williamsburg.
- SAT Range 960-1160
- Avg GPA 3.47
- Acceptance Rate 99%
- Net Price $14,743
Tennessee Wesleyan University
- Private 4 Year
- Athens, TN
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| 0 reviews
- 1030 average SAT
Tennessee Wesleyan is a small private Methodist university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The campus sits in the small town of Athens in East Tennessee.
- SAT Range 960-1100
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 69%
- Net Price $15,125
Black Hills State University
- Public 4 Year
- Spearfish, SD
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| 0 reviews
- 1050 average SAT
Black Hills State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, business, and outdoor education. The campus sits in Spearfich at the northern edge of South Dakota's Black Hills.
- SAT Range 965-1135
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.22
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $15,576
Graceland University Lamoni
- Private 4 Year
- Lamoni, IA
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| 0 reviews
- 1000 average SAT
Graceland is a private university known for undergraduate nursing and education. Most students live on the residential campus in the small college town of Lamoni.
- SAT Range 880-1120
- Avg GPA 3.22
- Acceptance Rate 81%
- Net Price $19,574
Bethany College
- Private 4 Year
- Bethany, WV
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 990 average SAT
Bethany is a private liberal arts college offering undergraduate programs across the arts and sciences. The historic campus sits in the small town of Bethany in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle.
- SAT Range 870-1110
- Avg GPA 2.85
- Acceptance Rate 59%
- Net Price $19,035