Admission Test Scores Trends for Michigan Colleges

Michigan Colleges SAT Score Key Trends

SAT Scores have Risen: The average SAT score has increased by 53 points, from 1,087 to 1,140.
ACT Scores have Risen: The average ACT score has increased by 2 points, from 23 to 25.
Competitiveness: Michigan 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 Michigan colleges is 1,140. Compared to the SAT scores of 10 years ago, the score becomes higher from 1,087 to 1,140. The 25^th percentile SAT score is 1,026 and the 75^th percentile score is 1,254 at Michigan Colleges. The Michigan Colleges' average ACT scores is 25 and it is higher than 23, score of 10 years ago.

SAT Scores Over Time

The average SAT score of the last 10 years is 1,004 (25^th percentile) and 1,230 (75^th percentile). The submitted SAT scores of admitted students are around national average at Michigan Colleges.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Michigan 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	969	1,087	1,205	497	555	613	472	532	592
2015-16	948	1,073	1,198	481	545	608	467	529	590
2016-17	934	1,063	1,191	477	541	605	457	522	586
2017-18	1,016	1,122	1,227	504	557	610	512	565	617
2018-19	1,016	1,123	1,229	503	557	611	513	566	618
2019-20	1,023	1,131	1,238	509	563	617	514	568	621
2020-21	1,027	1,131	1,234	511	562	613	516	569	621
2021-22	1,021	1,133	1,245	505	561	617	516	572	628
2022-23	1,035	1,148	1,260	514	571	628	521	577	632
2023-24	1,024	1,139	1,254	506	567	621	518	574	633
2024-25	1,026	1,140	1,254	501	563	621	525	578	633
Average	1,004	1,117	1,230	501	558	615	503	559	616

^*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.

Michigan Colleges SAT Score Trends Chart

Michigan Colleges SAT Math Score Trends Chart

Michigan 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 Michigan Colleges. The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at Michigan 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	26	20	23	26	20	23	26
2015-16	20	23	26	20	23	26	19	23	26
2016-17	21	24	26	20	24	27	19	23	26
2017-18	21	24	27	20	24	27	20	23	26
2018-19	21	24	26	20	24	27	19	23	26
2019-20	21	24	27	20	24	27	20	23	26
2020-21	21	24	27	20	24	27	20	24	27
2021-22	21	24	27	20	24	28	20	24	27
2022-23	22	25	28	21	25	28	20	24	27
2023-24	22	25	28	21	25	28	20	24	27
2024-25	22	25	28	21	25	29	21	25	28
Average	21	24	27	20	24	27	20	24	27

Michigan Colleges ACT Score Trends Chart

Michigan Colleges ACT Math Score Trends Chart

Michigan Colleges ACT English Trends Chart

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