Admission Test Scores Trends for Kansas Colleges

Kansas Colleges SAT Score Key Trends

SAT Scores have Risen: The average SAT score has increased by 115.5 points, from 950 to 1,065.
ACT Scores have Fallen: The average ACT score has decreased by 0.5 points, from 22 to 21.5.
Competitiveness: Kansas 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 Kansas colleges is 1,065. Compared to the SAT scores of 10 years ago, the score becomes higher from 950 to 1,065. The 25^th percentile SAT score is 957 and the 75^th percentile score is 1,173 at Kansas Colleges. The Kansas Colleges' average ACT scores is 22 and it is lower than 22, score of 10 years ago.

SAT Scores Over Time

The average SAT score of the last 10 years is 919 (25^th percentile) and 1,133 (75^th percentile). The submitted SAT scores of admitted students are around national average at Kansas Colleges.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Kansas 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	842	950	1,057	427	483	538	415	467	519
2015-16	884	988	1,092	451	499	547	433	489	545
2016-17	867	965	1,063	439	486	532	428	480	531
2017-18	925	1,024	1,122	458	507	556	467	517	566
2018-19	944	1,049	1,153	471	524	576	473	525	577
2019-20	944	1,041	1,137	468	519	570	476	522	567
2020-21	922	1,038	1,153	456	521	585	466	517	568
2021-22	934	1,051	1,168	459	524	588	475	528	580
2022-23	934	1,049	1,163	463	523	582	471	526	581
2023-24	960	1,072	1,183	476	530	585	484	537	598
2024-25	957	1,065	1,173	471	531	585	486	543	588
Average	919	1,026	1,133	458	513	568	461	514	565

^*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.

Kansas Colleges SAT Score Trends Chart

Kansas Colleges SAT Math Score Trends Chart

Kansas 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 Kansas Colleges. The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at Kansas 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	19	22	25	18	22	25	18	22	25
2015-16	19	22	25	18	22	25	18	22	25
2016-17	19	22	25	18	21	24	18	21	24
2017-18	19	22	24	17	21	24	18	22	25
2018-19	19	22	25	17	21	25	18	22	25
2019-20	19	22	24	17	21	24	17	21	24
2020-21	18	21	24	18	22	25	18	21	24
2021-22	18	22	25	16	20	24	17	21	24
2022-23	18	21	24	16	20	24	17	21	24
2023-24	18	21	24	16	20	24	17	20	24
2024-25	18	21	25	17	20	24	17	20	25
Average	19	22	25	17	21	24	18	21	24

Kansas Colleges ACT Score Trends Chart

Kansas Colleges ACT Math Score Trends Chart

Kansas Colleges ACT English Trends Chart