SAT Scores Trends at BC

Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score of Boston College is 1433, and current year SAT score is 1500

The SAT score have been increased 135 points since 2015 and it has risen steadily in recent years at BC. Compared to previous year, the SAT score increased by 10 points at BC. Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT and ACT scores are extremely competitive and high at BC.

You can check and compare colleges with similar SAT scores BC by SAT score range 1400-1500, 1450-1550, and 1550+.

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SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1500 at BC. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 1356 (25^th percentile) and 1506 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are extremely competitive and high at BC.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Boston College since 2015.

Year	Total			Math			Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
Year	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th
2015-16	1,260	1,365	1,470	640	695	750	620	670	720
2016-17	1,260	1,360	1,460	640	690	740	620	670	720
2017-18	1,320	1,405	1,490	660	695	730	660	710	760
2018-19	1,320	1,405	1,490	670	720	770	650	685	720
2019-20	1,340	1,420	1,500	680	725	770	660	695	730
2020-21	1,330	1,415	1,500	670	720	770	660	695	730
2021-22	1,420	1,475	1,530	720	750	780	700	725	750
2022-23	1,435	1,490	1,540	730	760	780	705	730	760
2023-24	1,430	1,490	1,540	720	760	780	710	730	760
2024-25	1,440	1,500	1,540	730	760	780	710	740	760
Average	1356	1433	1506	686	728	765	670	705	741

^*SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing replaces SAT critical reading and writing since year 2017.

^**The SAT Writing score is excluded from the total scores for year from 2011 to 2016.

Boston College SAT Score Trends Chart

Boston College SAT Math Score Trends Chart

Boston College SAT EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing) Trends Chart

ACT Scores Over Time

The 2025 ACT score is 34 at BC. Over the past 11 years, the average ACT score of the last 11 years is 32 (25^th percentile) and 34 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted ACT scores are extremely competitive and high at BC.

The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at Boston College since 2015.

Year	Composite			English			Math
Year	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th
2015-16	30	32	33	30	32	34	28	31	33
2016-17	30	32	33	31	33	35	28	31	33
2017-18	31	32	33	31	33	35	28	31	33
2018-19	31	33	34	32	34	35	28	31	33
2019-20	31	33	34	33	34	35	28	31	33
2020-21	31	33	34	33	34	35	28	31	33
2021-22	33	34	34	34	35	35	30	32	34
2022-23	33	34	35	34	35	35	30	32	34
2023-24	33	34	34	34	35	35	30	32	34
2024-25	33	34	35	34	35	35	30	32	34
Average	32	33	34	33	34	35	29	31	33

Boston College ACT Score Trends Chart

Boston College ACT Math Score Trends Chart

Boston College ACT English Trends Chart

	2024	2025	Change %
Boston College	1490	1500	0.67%
University of Virginia-Main Campus	1480	1490	-0.67%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1480	1470	0.68%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1360	1330	2.26%
Wake Forest University	1470	1460	0.68%
College of the Holy Cross	1340	1340	-

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