Admission Test Scores Trends for Colorado Colleges

Colorado Colleges SAT Score Key Trends

SAT Scores have Risen: The average SAT score has increased by 110.5 points, from 1,093 to 1,203.
ACT Scores have Risen: The average ACT score has increased by 2.5 points, from 23.5 to 26.
Competitiveness: Colorado colleges' SAT score described as average to slightly above average, while ACT scores are above average.

The 2025 average SAT scores submitted by enrolled students in Colorado colleges is 1,203. Compared to the SAT scores of 10 years ago, the score becomes higher from 1,093 to 1,203. The 25^th percentile SAT score is 1,098 and the 75^th percentile score is 1,308 at Colorado Colleges. The Colorado Colleges' average ACT scores is 26 and it is higher than 24, score of 10 years ago.

SAT Scores Over Time

The average SAT score of the last 10 years is 1,036 (25^th percentile) and 1,246 (75^th percentile). The submitted SAT scores of admitted students are relatively competitive and high (above the national average) at Colorado Colleges.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Colorado 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	984	1,093	1,201	494	549	603	490	544	598
2015-16	987	1,095	1,203	496	550	604	491	545	599
2016-17	983	1,090	1,196	495	547	599	488	543	597
2017-18	1,052	1,153	1,254	523	575	627	529	578	627
2018-19	1,041	1,135	1,229	518	565	612	523	570	617
2019-20	1,023	1,131	1,239	507	562	616	516	570	623
2020-21	1,027	1,132	1,236	513	564	615	514	568	621
2021-22	1,046	1,157	1,267	519	575	630	527	582	637
2022-23	1,071	1,178	1,284	530	586	642	541	592	642
2023-24	1,079	1,184	1,289	534	587	640	545	598	649
2024-25	1,098	1,203	1,308	539	597	651	559	608	657
Average	1,036	1,141	1,246	515	569	622	520	573	624

^*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.

Colorado Colleges SAT Score Trends Chart

Colorado Colleges SAT Math Score Trends Chart

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

ACT Scores Over Time

The average ACT score of the last 10 years is 21 (25^th percentile) and 27 (75^th percentile). The submitted ACT scores of admitted students are around national average at Colorado Colleges. The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at Colorado 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	21	24	26	20	24	27	20	24	27
2015-16	21	24	26	20	24	27	20	23	26
2016-17	21	24	27	20	24	27	20	23	26
2017-18	21	24	26	20	24	27	20	23	26
2018-19	21	24	27	20	24	27	20	23	26
2019-20	21	24	27	20	24	27	20	23	26
2020-21	21	24	27	20	24	27	20	23	26
2021-22	21	24	27	21	25	28	20	23	26
2022-23	22	25	28	21	25	29	20	24	28
2023-24	23	26	29	22	25	29	21	24	28
2024-25	23	26	29	22	26	30	21	25	28
Average	21	24	27	21	24	28	20	23	27

Colorado Colleges ACT Score Trends Chart

Colorado Colleges ACT Math Score Trends Chart

Colorado Colleges ACT English Trends Chart