Colleges you can get into with a 1450 SAT
Every school where a 1450 lands above, within or below the middle 50% of enrolled students' SAT scores.
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Ranked against students who took the SAT in recent graduating classes — the group on your score report, and the one colleges use.
a 1450 is higher than
A 1450 is higher than about 96% of SAT takers. It lands inside the middle 50% at 100 colleges and above the middle 50% at 768 more.
Colleges for a 1450 SAT
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Within range means 1450 falls inside the college's middle 50% SAT range.
MA · 5.2% admitted · 17,326 undergrads
14401540CA · 9.8% admitted · 20,443 undergrads
14501550VT · 11% admitted · 2,738 undergrads
14451550MA · 11% admitted · 18,248 undergrads
14201530DC · 13% admitted · 7,569 undergrads
13901550ME · 13% admitted · 1,760 undergrads
14201530NC · 13% admitted · 1,867 undergrads
14001530NY · 14% admitted · 2,030 undergrads
14501550NY · 14% admitted · 3,180 undergrads
14301540VA · 14% admitted · 1,881 undergrads
14301540LA · 14% admitted · 7,767 undergrads
14001520GA · 14% admitted · 18,785 undergrads
13701540IA · 15% admitted · 1,729 undergrads
14101540NC · 15% admitted · 20,752 undergrads
13901530MI · 16% admitted · 34,177 undergrads
13601530MA · 16% admitted · 10,085 undergrads
14401540CT · 16% admitted · 3,067 undergrads
14151540VA · 17% admitted · 17,597 undergrads
14101540MA · 17% admitted · 2,728 undergrads
13901530OH · 17% admitted · 2,380 undergrads
13201490CO · 18% admitted · 2,014 undergrads
12301460NY · 19% admitted · 2,444 undergrads
14501550RI · 19% admitted · 2,084 undergrads
13961530FL · 19% admitted · 12,913 undergrads
13201480MN · 20% admitted · 2,086 undergrads
14501560NY · 21% admitted · 842 undergrads
12951501MI · 21% admitted · 1,573 undergrads
13201490MA · 21% admitted · 2,544 undergrads
14201540NY · 21% admitted · 2,694 undergrads
13401480NC · 22% admitted · 5,485 undergrads
14101520VA · 22% admitted · 2,980 undergrads
14101530FL · 24% admitted · 35,629 undergrads
13201480OR · 25% admitted · 1,320 undergrads
12901520TX · 26% admitted · 2,505 undergrads
13401500PA · 26% admitted · 5,898 undergrads
13701500TX · 27% admitted · 42,855 undergrads
12501510PA · 27% admitted · 6,938 undergrads
13951510PA · 28% admitted · 1,799 undergrads
13101463MN · 29% admitted · 2,131 undergrads
13501510PA · 29% admitted · 3,876 undergrads
13101470CT · 29% admitted · 2,146 undergrads
12981470PA · 29% admitted · 1,359 undergrads
12801510OH · 31% admitted · 1,732 undergrads
13581503PA · 31% admitted · 2,757 undergrads
13501500VA · 34% admitted · 7,055 undergrads
14001530OH · 34% admitted · 2,887 undergrads
13601520MA · 36% admitted · 2,169 undergrads
13801530OH · 37% admitted · 6,437 undergrads
14301540CT · 37% admitted · 1,937 undergrads
13501500TN · 37% admitted · 1,035 undergrads
11401510GA · 38% admitted · 32,137 undergrads
12701480WA · 38% admitted · 1,531 undergrads
13101480CA · 38% admitted · 1,113 undergrads
14401540NY · 39% admitted · 14,655 undergrads
13401500PA · 39% admitted · 2,099 undergrads
12701460MA · 40% admitted · 2,214 undergrads
12881460NY · 40% admitted · 6,331 undergrads
14101540MA · 41% admitted · 3,618 undergrads
13901520NC · 42% admitted · 27,371 undergrads
13001470PA · 42% admitted · 2,273 undergrads
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How to read a college's SAT range
- Enrolled, not admitted. The middle 50% counts students who showed up in the fall, so it can run a little below the admitted range.
- Totals are section sums. The Scorecard publishes section ranges; the true total-score 25th percentile is usually a bit higher.
- Test-optional skews high. Only students who sent scores are counted — read the range as the bar for a score worth sending.
- Under ~15% admitted changes the question. There, SAT position alone doesn't predict admission.
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FAQ
Is a 1450 a good SAT score?
A 1450 is higher than about 96% of the students who take the SAT. Whether it is good enough is a question about your list, not about the number: use the tabs above to see which schools it puts you inside, at the top of, or below.
What colleges can I get into with a 1450 SAT?
100 colleges in our dataset have a middle-50% range that contains 1450, and at 768 more it sits above the range entirely. Both lists are above, and every school links to its own page with section ranges, admit rate and test policy.
Do these lists include test-optional colleges?
Yes. At a test-optional school the range counts only the students who sent a score, so it reads a little high — treat it as the bar for a score worth sending. Each college page shows that school's current test policy.
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Source: 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, IPEDS). Total-score ranges are the sum of the section percentiles. Applicant counts and year-over-year trends come from the NCES IPEDS Admissions survey; schools report about eighteen months after they admit a class, so the newest complete year is not the current cycle. Ranked lists cover schools with at least 1,000 undergraduates — and, for the trend lists, at least 1,000 applicants in both years — because below those floors one strong year reads as a huge swing. Percentile: College Board, SAT Understanding Scores (SAT User percentiles, 2024 edition; approximate).