Admission Test Scores Trends for Alabama Colleges

Alabama Colleges SAT Score Key Trends

SAT Scores have Risen: The average SAT score has increased by 113.5 points, from 1,018 to 1,132.
ACT Scores have Fallen: The average ACT score has decreased by 0.5 points, from 22.5 to 22.
Competitiveness: Alabama colleges' SAT score described as average to slightly above average, while ACT scores are average.

The 2025 average SAT scores submitted by enrolled students in Alabama colleges is 1,132. Compared to the SAT scores of 10 years ago, the score becomes higher from 1,018 to 1,132. The 25^th percentile SAT score is 1,022 and the 75^th percentile score is 1,241 at Alabama Colleges. The Alabama Colleges' average ACT scores is 22 and it is lower than 23, score of 10 years ago.

SAT Scores Over Time

The average SAT score of the last 10 years is 968 (25^th percentile) and 1,178 (75^th percentile). The submitted SAT scores of admitted students are around national average at Alabama Colleges.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Alabama Colleges since 2025.

Year	Total			Math			EBRW
Year	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th
2014-15	901	1,018	1,135	449	507	565	452	511	570
2015-16	884	1,004	1,124	441	503	564	443	502	560
2016-17	897	1,008	1,118	449	504	559	448	504	559
2017-18	948	1,058	1,168	471	526	580	477	533	588
2018-19	976	1,066	1,155	485	532	578	491	534	577
2019-20	998	1,096	1,193	488	540	592	510	556	601
2020-21	988	1,085	1,182	485	535	585	503	550	597
2021-22	993	1,091	1,188	489	542	595	504	549	593
2022-23	1,028	1,124	1,219	508	557	606	520	567	613
2023-24	1,017	1,126	1,235	498	554	610	519	569	625
2024-25	1,022	1,132	1,241	500	555	619	522	569	622
Average	968	1,073	1,178	478	532	587	490	540	591

^*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.

Alabama Colleges SAT Score Trends Chart

Alabama Colleges SAT Math Score Trends Chart

Alabama Colleges SAT EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing) Trends Chart

ACT Scores Over Time

The average ACT score of the last 10 years is 20 (25^th percentile) and 25 (75^th percentile). The submitted ACT scores of admitted students are around national average at Alabama Colleges. The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at Alabama Colleges since 2025.

Year	Composite			English			Math
Year	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th
2014-15	20	23	25	20	23	26	18	21	24
2015-16	19	22	25	19	23	26	18	21	23
2016-17	20	23	25	19	23	26	18	21	24
2017-18	20	23	25	20	23	26	18	21	24
2018-19	20	23	26	19	23	27	18	21	24
2019-20	19	22	25	19	23	26	17	21	24
2020-21	20	23	26	19	23	27	18	22	25
2021-22	19	22	25	18	22	26	17	20	23
2022-23	20	23	26	19	23	27	18	21	24
2023-24	20	23	26	19	23	27	18	21	24
2024-25	19	22	25	18	22	26	18	20	24
Average	20	23	25	19	23	26	18	21	24

Alabama Colleges ACT Score Trends Chart

Alabama Colleges ACT Math Score Trends Chart

Alabama Colleges ACT English Trends Chart