Admission Test Scores Trends for New Mexico Colleges

New Mexico Colleges SAT Score Key Trends

SAT Scores have Risen: The average SAT score has increased by 47 points, from 1,060 to 1,107.
ACT Scores have Risen: The average ACT score has increased by 1 points, from 22.5 to 23.5.
Competitiveness: New Mexico 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 New Mexico colleges is 1,107. Compared to the SAT scores of 10 years ago, the score becomes higher from 1,060 to 1,107. The 25^th percentile SAT score is 992 and the 75^th percentile score is 1,222 at New Mexico Colleges. The New Mexico Colleges' average ACT scores is 24 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 990 (25^th percentile) and 1,218 (75^th percentile). The submitted SAT scores of admitted students are around national average at New Mexico Colleges.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at New Mexico 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	941	1,060	1,179	481	540	598	460	521	581
2015-16	926	1,045	1,163	473	529	585	453	516	578
2016-17	880	1,004	1,128	443	502	561	437	502	567
2017-18	1,010	1,118	1,226	500	557	614	510	561	612
2018-19	1,048	1,156	1,264	524	575	626	524	581	638
2019-20	1,052	1,165	1,278	524	578	632	528	587	646
2020-21	1,020	1,127	1,233	510	563	615	510	564	618
2021-22	1,043	1,151	1,258	513	566	618	530	585	640
2022-23	996	1,115	1,234	483	545	607	513	570	627
2023-24	987	1,102	1,216	483	544	598	504	560	618
2024-25	992	1,107	1,222	478	551	598	514	566	624
Average	990	1,104	1,218	492	550	605	498	556	614

^*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.

New Mexico Colleges SAT Score Trends Chart

New Mexico Colleges SAT Math Score Trends Chart

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

New Mexico Colleges ACT Score Trends Chart

New Mexico Colleges ACT Math Score Trends Chart

New Mexico Colleges ACT English Trends Chart