SAT scores & admissions · updated 2026

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Central College SAT scores, admissions & trends

Pella, IowaPrivate nonprofitSAT: considered, not required

Admitted students who enrolled at Central College typically score between 1056 and 1120 on the SAT (the middle 50%); the 75th percentile, 1120, is a strong target. The school admits about 86% of applicants. Reading & Writing runs 528–560 and Math 528–560. Data: fall 2024 entering class.

Typical SAT scores for enrolled students

Middle 50% · fall 2024 entering class

Total1056–1120
R&W528–560
Math528–560

How your score compares

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What ABOVE, WITHIN and BELOW RANGE mean
  • Above range — your score beats the 75th percentile of enrolled students (1120).
  • Within range — your score sits between 1056 and 1120.
  • Below range — your score is under the 25th percentile (1056).

Central College at a glance

86%

Admit rate

+11.7 pts since 2021

1,070 undergrads

309

First-year class

−9% since 2021

21%

Yield

80%

First-year retention

$20,988

Tuition & fees

$23,377

Average net price

66%

6-yr graduation rate

$54,317

Median earnings
Where this data comes from

U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (fall 2024 entering class for admit rate and the SAT ranges; retention, graduation and net price from the latest cohorts in the same release). First-year class size and yield come from the IPEDS Admissions survey for fall 2024; total undergraduates from IPEDS Fall Enrollment. Median earnings are for students who received federal aid, measured ten years after they first enrolled.

How has Central College's admit rate changed?

Applications are down 23% since 2021, while the admit rate has moved from 74.5% to 86.2%.

Where this data comes from

NCES IPEDS Admissions survey (applicants, admits, enrolled first-time students) for fall 2018–2024; the admit rate is admits ÷ applicants for each year. Fall 2024 is not yet published by IPEDS, so the latest year shown is 2024; the Scorecard's admit rate in the tiles above (86%) is for the fall 2024 entering class. The callout compares 2021 — the last year before test-optional application volumes settled — with 2024. The chart shows 2018–2024; ten years are stored.

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Where this data comes from: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, data release June 10, 2026 — SAT ranges are the 25th–75th percentiles of enrolled first-year students, fall 2024 entering class; total-score ranges are the sum of the section percentiles. Admissions history: NCES IPEDS Admissions and Fall Enrollment surveys. School marks are the property of their respective institutions and are used for identification only.

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