The Best Colleges for a 1000 on the New SAT

What colleges can I get into with a SAT score of 1000?

Important: If you took the SAT prior to March 2016, your test was scored on the old 2400 point scale. All SAT scores on this site have been updated to reflect the SAT 1600 point scale per the College Board's concordance tables.

With a 1000 on the SAT, these are the colleges you should have a chance to get into.

CollegeSimply analyzed the most recent published freshman class SAT scores for all U.S. colleges and found 569 schools where a 1000 places you within or slightly outside the middle fifty percent of admitted students. The colleges are ranked by their position on our best colleges ranking and thus represent the better schools you may be able to get into and those which have historically accepted a 1000.

Is a 1000 on the SAT a good score? A 1000 is a little worse than average. It places you in the bottom 40th percentile nationally out of the 1.7 million students taking the SAT this year.

For comparison purposes, a 1000 on the SAT converts to a 19 on the ACT based on the College Board / ACT concordance. Not all colleges report both SAT and ACT score admission data so you should check our comparable listings for both standardized tests to find academically similar schools.

What do these ratings mean?

College	SAT 25th	SAT 75th	Chance with 1000
New York School of Interior Design 1105 SAT Average New York, New York	1010	1200	Low	22%
Goshen College 1180 SAT Average Goshen, Indiana	1060	1300	Low	45%
College for Creative Studies 1160 SAT Average Detroit, Michigan	1050	1270	Low	31%
Minneapolis College of Art and Design 1170 SAT Average Minneapolis, Minnesota	1030	1310	Low	43%
Maryville College 1115 SAT Average Maryville, Tennessee	1010	1220	Low	35%
Asbury University 1200 SAT Average Wilmore, Kentucky	1060	1340	Low	52%
Lewis University 1160 SAT Average Romeoville, Illinois	1020	1300	Low	39%
Columbia International University 1030 SAT Average Columbia, South Carolina	920	1140	Low	25%
Kettering College of Medical Arts 1135 SAT Average Kettering, Ohio	790	1480	Low	24%
Flagler College St Augustine 1120 SAT Average Saint Augustine, Florida	1030	1210	Low	40%
Augsburg College 1175 SAT Average Minneapolis, Minnesota	1040	1310	Low	48%
Fisk University 1170 SAT Average Nashville, Tennessee	1020	1320	Low	31%
Ave Maria University 1180 SAT Average Ave Maria, Florida	1060	1300	Low	25%
Lawrence Technological University 1210 SAT Average Southfield, Michigan	1030	1390	Low	45%
Laurel University 1100 SAT Average High Point, North Carolina	950	1250	Low	36%
SUNY at Fredonia 1160 SAT Average Fredonia, New York	1060	1260	Low	44%
North Greenville University 1170 SAT Average Tigerville, South Carolina	1010	1330	Low	47%
Bridgewater College 1145 SAT Average Bridgewater, Virginia	1050	1240	Low	33%
King's University 1105 SAT Average Van Nuys, California	1040	1170	Low	31%
Mount St Mary's University 1160 SAT Average Emmitsburg, Maryland	1060	1260	Low	43%
Geneva College 1170 SAT Average Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania	1050	1290	Low	51%
Wilson College 1100 SAT Average Chambersburg, Pennsylvania	1020	1180	Low	43%
Milligan College 1145 SAT Average Milligan College, Tennessee	1020	1270	Low	52%
Elmhurst College 1170 SAT Average Elmhurst, Illinois	1060	1280	Low	52%
Saint Johns University 1155 SAT Average Collegeville, Minnesota	1050	1260	Low	65%
Stephens College 1135 SAT Average Columbia, Missouri	1040	1230	Low	35%
Hiram College 1145 SAT Average Hiram, Ohio	1020	1270	Low	49%
Hampton University 1125 SAT Average Hampton, Virginia	1060	1190	Low	17%
Hope International University 1080 SAT Average Fullerton, California	990	1170	Low	20%
Xavier University of Louisiana 1145 SAT Average New Orleans, Louisiana	1040	1250	Low	46%
Bay Path College 1155 SAT Average Longmeadow, Massachusetts	1050	1260	Low	44%
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota 1160 SAT Average Winona, Minnesota	1040	1280	Low	47%
Crown College 1045 SAT Average Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota	910	1180	Low	47%
Bluffton University 1045 SAT Average Bluffton, Ohio	940	1150	Low	43%
Wheeling Jesuit University 1090 SAT Average Wheeling, West Virginia	990	1190	Low	39%
Vanguard University of Southern California 1100 SAT Average Costa Mesa, California	1010	1190	Low	33%
Central College 1160 SAT Average Pella, Iowa	1030	1290	Low	55%
Louisiana Tech University 1060 SAT Average Ruston, Louisiana	950	1170	Low	58%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette 1075 SAT Average Lafayette, Louisiana	900	1250	Low	45%
Penn State Mont Alto 1140 SAT Average Mont Alto, Pennsylvania	1050	1230	Low	57%
King College 1125 SAT Average Bristol, Tennessee	1030	1220	Low	34%
Eureka College 1140 SAT Average Eureka, Illinois	1040	1240	Low	44%
Anderson University 1085 SAT Average Anderson, Indiana	990	1180	Low	54%
Clarke University 1130 SAT Average Dubuque, Iowa	1050	1210	Low	42%
Wartburg College 1130 SAT Average Waverly, Iowa	1030	1230	Low	63%
Monmouth University 1155 SAT Average West Long Branch, New Jersey	1050	1260	Low	57%
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred 1110 SAT Average Alfred, New York	1020	1200	Low	53%
Piedmont International University 1000 SAT Average Winston Salem, North Carolina	770	1230	Low	24%
Cedar Crest College 1130 SAT Average Allentown, Pennsylvania	1020	1240	Low	48%
Converse College 1140 SAT Average Spartanburg, South Carolina	1050	1230	Low	52%

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