Which Colleges Superscore the SAT®?

If you are sending SAT® scores to colleges, don’t forget to superscore! Know which colleges superscore the SAT; how superscore works and why they do it.

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February 21, 2023

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When it comes to college applications, your SAT^® score is the most important factor. As the candidate pool becomes more competitive each year, it is critical to send your best results to institutions, and superscoring is one way to do so. In this blog, we will discuss which colleges superscore the SAT and why.

What Does Superscore Mean?

Superscoring refers to selecting your best section scores from multiple test dates to get a new final score. As you probably know by now, the final SAT score ranges from 400-1600. It is the sum of the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW)/Reading and Writing (RW) section and the Math section scores on the test. Each section of the SAT is further scored on a scale of 200-800.

Let’s understand superscoring with an example. You take the SAT twice. In your first attempt, you score a 500 on your EBRW and a 600 on your Math. As a result, your final score is 1100. In your second attempt, you score a 600 on EBRW and only a 500 on Math, which makes your final score 1100 again. However, when you superscore your SAT, you select your best section scores, that is, 600 on EBRW and 600 on Math, giving you a new final score of 1200.

To know in detail how superscoring is done, check out our blog on SAT superscore and our SAT scoring guide to learn about all the scoring components and the process of calculating scores.

List of Colleges That Superscore the SAT

You will find many US universities and colleges superscore the SAT. Here, we have put together a list of top colleges that superscore the SAT to help you with your college admissions.

College/University	State	College/University	State
Abilene Christian University	TX	Adelphi University	NY
Agnes Scott College	GA	Albion College	MI
Albright College	PA	Alderson-Broaddus College	WV
Allegheny College	PA	Amherst College	MA
Antioch College	OH	Appalachian State University	NC
Auburn University at Montgomery	AL	Augustana University	SD
Austin College	TX	Averett University	VA
Babson College	MA	Baldwin Wallace University	OH
Baylor University	TX	Bellarmine University	KY
Beloit College	WI	Bennington College	VT
Bentley University	MA	Berea College	KY
Berry College	GA	Biola University	CA
Bloomfield College	NJ	Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	PA
Boston College	MA	Boston University	MA
Bowdoin College	ME	Brenau University	GA
Bridgewater College	VA	Bridgewater State University	MA
Bryant University	RI	Bryn Mawr College	PA
Bucknell University	PA	Butler University	IN
California Polytechnic State University	CA	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	CA
California University of Pennsylvania	PA	Calvary Bible College and Theological Seminary	MO
Canisius College	NY	Carson-Newman University	TN
Cedar Crest College	PA	Cedarville University	OH
Central Connecticut State University	CT	Christendom College	VA
Claremont McKenna College	CA	Clark University	MA
Cleveland Institute of Art	OH	Coastal Carolina University	SC
Colgate University	NY	College of St. Benedict/Saint John's University	MN
College of the Atlantic	ME	College of the Holy Cross	MA
College of Wooster	OH	Colorado State University	CO
Columbia University	NY	Connecticut College	CT
Cornell College	IA	Creighton University	NE
Delaware Valley University	PA	Denison University	OH
DePaul University	IL	DePauw University	IN
DeSales University	PA	Dickinson College	PA
Drexel University	PA	Drury University	MO
Duquesne University	PA	Earlham College	IN
East Carolina University	NC	East Texas Baptist University	TX
Eckerd College	FL	Elmira College	NY
Elon University	NC	Endicott College	MA
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts	NY	Fairfield University	CT
Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York	NY	Flagler College	FL
Florida Institute of Technology	FL	Florida International University	FL
Florida Southern College	FL	Florida State University	FL
Fordham University	NY	Fort Lewis College	CO
Franklin & Marshall College	PA	Franklin College	IN
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering	MA	Frostburg State University	MD
Furman University	SC	Gannon University	PA
Georgetown College	KY	Georgia College & State University	GA
Georgia Institute of Technology	GA	Gettysburg College	PA
Gonzaga University	WA	Goucher College	MD
Greensboro College	NC	Grinnell College	IA
Grove City College	PA	Guilford College	NC
Hamilton College	NY	Hampden-Sydney College	VA
Hampton University	VA	Hanover College	IN
Harvey Mudd College	CA	Hawai'i Pacific University	HI
High Point University	NC	Hiram College	OH
Hobart and William Smith Colleges	NY	Hofstra University	NY
Hollins University	VA	Hood College	MD
Huntingdon College	AL	Husson University	ME
Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	Immaculata University	PA
Indiana State University	IN	Indiana University East	IN
Indiana University Northwest	IN	Indiana University of Pennsylvania	PA
Indiana University South Bend	IN	Indiana University Southeast	IN
Indiana University--Bloomington	IN	Indiana University-Kokomo	IN
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis	IN	Iona College	NY
John Carroll University	OH	Johns Hopkins University	MD
Juniata College	PA	Kalamazoo College	MI
Kean University	NJ	Keene State College	NH
Kennesaw State University	GA	Kentucky State University	KY
Kenyon College	OH	Kettering University	MI
King University	TN	King's College (PA)	PA
Knox College	IL	La Roche University	PA
La Salle University	PA	Lake Erie College	OH
Lake Forest College	IL	Lawrence University	WI
Le Moyne College	NY	Lebanon Valley College	PA
Lehigh University	PA	Lewis & Clark College	OR
Lincoln University (MO)	MO	Linfield College	OR
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge	LA	Loyola Marymount University	CA
Loyola University of Chicago	IL	Lycoming College	PA
Lynn University	FL	Marian University	IN
Marist College	NY	Marlboro College	VT
Marquette University	WI	Mary Baldwin University	VA
Massachusetts College of Art and Design	MA	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA
McDaniel College	MD	McMurry University	TX
Menlo College	CA	Mercer University	GA
Meredith College	NC	Merrimack College	MA
Messiah College	PA	Miami University	OH
Millersville University of Pennsylvania	PA	Millsaps College	MS
Minneapolis College of Art and Design	MN	Misericordia University	PA
Monmouth University (NJ)	NJ	Montclair State University	NJ
Mount Holyoke College	MA	Mount Saint Mary's University	CA
Mount St. Joseph University	OH	Muhlenberg College	PA
Multnomah University	OR	Nazareth College	NY
New College of Florida	FL	New York University	NY
Niagara University	NY	Norfolk State University	VA
North Carolina State University	NC	Northern Arizona University	AZ
Northwestern University	IL	Northwood University	MI
Occidental College	CA	Ohio Dominican University	OH
Ohio University--Athens	OH	Olivet College	MI
Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU)	TX	Parsons The New School for Design	NY
Patrick Henry College	VA	Point Loma Nazarene University	CA
Portland State University	OR	Presbyterian College	SC
Principia College	IL	Radford University	VA
Randolph College	VA	Randolph-Macon College	VA
Regis University	CO	Rice University	TX
Robert Morris University	PA	Rochester Institute of Technology	NY
Roger Williams University	RI	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN
Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ
Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	Sacred Heart University	CT
Saint Anselm College	NH	Saint Francis University (PA)	PA
Saint Joseph's College (IN)	IN	Saint Leo University	FL
Saint Martin's University	WA	Saint Mary's College (IN)	IN
Saint Michael's College	VT	Salve Regina University	RI
San Diego State University	CA	San Francisco Art Institute	CA
Santa Clara University	CA	Sarah Lawrence College	NY
Schreiner University	TX	Scripps College	CA
Seton Hall University	NJ	Shepherd University	WV
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	Siena College	NY
Simmons University	MA	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	PA
Soka University of America	CA	South Carolina State University	SC
Southern University of New Orleans	LA	Southwestern University	TX
Spelman College	GA	St. John Fisher College	NY
St. John's College (MD)	MD	St. John's College (NM)	NM
St. John's University (NY)	NY	St. Lawrence University	NY
St. Mary's University	TX	St. Olaf College	MN
Stanford University	CA	State University of New York - New Paltz	NY
State University of New York - Potsdam	NY	State University of New York - University at Albany	NY
State University of New York at Geneseo	NY	State University of New York—Alfred State College	NY
State University of New York--Fredonia	NY	State University of New York--Oswego	NY
State University of New York--Purchase College	NY	State University of New York--Stony Brook University	NY
State University of New York--The College at Brockport	NY	Stockton University	NJ
Susquehanna University	PA	Swarthmore College	PA
Syracuse University	NY	Tabor College	KS
Taylor University	IN	Temple University	PA
Texas Christian University	TX	Texas Lutheran University	TX
Texas Tech University	TX	The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina	SC
The College of Saint Scholastica	MN	The Culinary Institute of America	NY
The New School College of Performing Arts	NY	The University of Chicago	IL
The University of Findlay	OH	The University of Saint Francis (IN)	IN
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	The University of the South	TN
Thomas More College	KY	Toccoa Falls College	GA
Towson University	MD	Transylvania University	KY
Trine University	IN	Trinity University	TX
Tufts University	MA	Union College (KY)	KY
Union College (NY)	NY	United States Air Force Academy	CO
United States Merchant Marine Academy	NY	United States Military Academy	NY
University of Arkansas--Fayetteville	AR	University of Central Arkansas	AR
University of Central Florida	FL	University of Colorado--Boulder	CO
University of Dallas	TX	University of Dayton	OH
University of Denver	CO	University of Florida	FL
University of Georgia	GA	University of Hawaii-Manoa	HI
University of Kansas	KS	University of La Verne	CA
University of Maine at Farmington	ME	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	MD
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	MA	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA
University of Miami	FL	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	MI
University of Michigan-Flint	MI	University of Missouri	MO
University of Missouri-Saint Louis	MO	University of New England	ME
University of New Haven	CT	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC
University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	University of North Carolina-Charlotte	NC
University of North Dakota	ND	University of North Florida	FL
University of North Georgia	GA	University of Oklahoma	OK
University of Oregon	OR	University of Pennsylvania	PA
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford	PA	University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown	PA
University of Portland	OR	University of Puget Sound	WA
University of Rhode Island	RI	University of Rochester	NY
University of Saint Thomas (MN)	MN	University of San Francisco	CA
University of Scranton	PA	University of South Florida	FL
University of South Florida St. Petersburg	FL	University of Southern Indiana	IN
University of St. Thomas (Texas)	TX	University of Tampa	FL
University of Tennessee at Martin	TN	University of Tennessee- Knoxville	TN
University of the Incarnate Word	TX	University of the Ozarks	AR
University of Tulsa	OK	University of Vermont	VT
University of Virginia	VA	University of West Georgia	GA
Upper Iowa University	IA	Ursinus College	PA
Ursuline College	OH	Valparaiso University	IN
Vanderbilt University	TN	VanderCook College of Music	IL
Vassar College	NY	Villanova University	PA
Virginia Tech	VA	Wabash College	IN
Wagner College	NY	Warren Wilson College	NC
Washington & Jefferson College	PA	Washington University in St. Louis	MO
Waynesburg University	PA	Webb Institute	NY
Wesleyan University	CT	West Virginia University	WV
Western Connecticut State University	CT	Western Michigan University	MI
Western New England University	MA	Westfield State University	MA
Westminster College of Salt Lake City	UT	Wheaton College (IL)	IL
Wheeling Jesuit University	WV	Whitman College	WA
Whitworth University	WA	William & Mary	VA
William Paterson University	NJ	Williams College	MA
Winthrop University	SC	Wittenberg University	OH
Wofford College	CA	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA
Xavier University (OH)	OH	Yale University	CT

Why Do Colleges Superscore?

While submitting your admission application to colleges, you might be wondering why some colleges accept SAT superscores. Here are a few reasons:

It helps colleges maintain their reputation
Colleges that superscore the SAT are able to report higher test score averages across all admitted students. This helps in maintaining their reputation.
Majority of students take the SAT at least twice
Colleges are aware that many students take the SAT twice or more in order to prepare for college admissions. Research shows that students improve in at least one section when they retake the test.
A single test result is not a reliable measure of your academic potential.
There are a lot of factors that influence your test performance—your level of preparation, your sleeping and eating schedule before the test, and having any personal issues that may affect your concentration on the test.

Why do some colleges not accept SAT superscore?

For superscoring, students need to take multiple tests and send in their best scores. This comes as an addition to the already high cost of college applications. Hence, some colleges decide not to superscore to reduce the financial burden on students. Moreover, submitting SAT scores is optional for some colleges, so superscoring is also not taken into consideration.