Inside Crimson Education: Our Global Offices and Team
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The average total SAT score was 1050 in 2022 for US high school students, the lowest since the test changed formats in 2016, Best Colleges has reported. These statistics relate to the new format of the SAT that is scored on a 1600 scale and was implemented in 2017. In recent years, there has been a steady decline in scores especially since many universities are still test-optional for their admissions cycles. Over the past five years, 2018 saw the highest average SAT score of 1068.
More than 1.7 million students took the SAT and 1.3 million took the ACT in 2022. Across states the number of students taking the test varied greatly. In Mississippi and North Dakota, only 1% of students took the SAT. In contrast, 100% of students took the SAT in the District of Columbia, and 93% of students in Rhode Island. Wisconsin and Wyoming had the highest average total SAT scores, with mean scores of 1252 and 1244, respectively. West Virginia and Oklahoma had the lowest average total SAT scores, with mean scores of 938 and 951, respectively.
Due to test-optional policies, almost 80% of universities in the US did not require standardized test scores for the last two years. However, students at top universities still had some of the highest scores. Columbia topped the Ivy League with an average score of 1530. MIT topped the list of non-Ivy institutions with an average score of 1540, followed by University of Chicago with a score of 1535.
In 2022, Asian students achieved the highest average SAT score of 1229. Also men scored higher than women in total score by 13 points. While those whose first language was not English scored 22 points behind English-only speakers for the ERW section, they scored higher in math than any other group. In terms of family influence, those students whose parents had parents who have graduate degrees achieved the highest total SAT score and section scores. Also families with the lowest income had students with the lowest average total score.
It remains to be seen how the new digital format of the SAT affects average scores.