Admission Test Scores Trends for Georgia Colleges

Georgia Colleges SAT Score Key Trends

SAT Scores have Risen: The average SAT score has increased by 114.5 points, from 1,008 to 1,123.
ACT Scores have Risen: The average ACT score has increased by 1 points, from 22 to 23.
Competitiveness: Georgia 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 Georgia colleges is 1,123. Compared to the SAT scores of 10 years ago, the score becomes higher from 1,008 to 1,123. The 25^th percentile SAT score is 1,021 and the 75^th percentile score is 1,224 at Georgia Colleges. The Georgia Colleges' average ACT scores is 23 and it is higher than 22, score of 10 years ago.

SAT Scores Over Time

The average SAT score of the last 10 years is 972 (25^th percentile) and 1,168 (75^th percentile). The submitted SAT scores of admitted students are around national average at Georgia Colleges.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Georgia 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	910	1,008	1,106	452	501	550	458	507	556
2015-16	913	1,012	1,111	453	502	551	460	510	560
2016-17	913	1,012	1,111	453	502	551	460	510	560
2017-18	958	1,053	1,148	473	519	565	485	534	583
2018-19	996	1,090	1,183	486	533	580	510	557	603
2019-20	978	1,072	1,165	480	526	572	498	546	593
2020-21	972	1,068	1,163	475	524	572	497	544	591
2021-22	1,003	1,104	1,205	492	543	593	511	562	612
2022-23	1,009	1,114	1,218	498	546	594	511	568	624
2023-24	1,018	1,117	1,216	498	546	596	520	568	620
2024-25	1,021	1,123	1,224	494	549	598	527	576	626
Average	972	1,070	1,168	478	526	575	494	544	593

^*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.

Georgia Colleges SAT Score Trends Chart

Georgia Colleges SAT Math Score Trends Chart

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

ACT Scores Over Time

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

Georgia Colleges ACT Score Trends Chart

Georgia Colleges ACT Math Score Trends Chart

Georgia Colleges ACT English Trends Chart

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Valdosta State University Public, 4-year | Valdosta
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