Admission Test Scores Trends for South Carolina Colleges

South Carolina Colleges SAT Score Key Trends

SAT Scores have Risen: The average SAT score has increased by 136 points, from 1,025 to 1,161.
ACT Scores have Risen: The average ACT score has increased by 3 points, from 22 to 25.
Competitiveness: South Carolina 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 South Carolina colleges is 1,161. Compared to the SAT scores of 10 years ago, the score becomes higher from 1,025 to 1,161. The 25^th percentile SAT score is 1,064 and the 75^th percentile score is 1,258 at South Carolina Colleges. The South Carolina Colleges' average ACT scores is 25 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 980 (25^th percentile) and 1,183 (75^th percentile). The submitted SAT scores of admitted students are relatively competitive and high (above the national average) at South Carolina Colleges.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at South Carolina 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	918	1,025	1,132	461	513	565	457	512	567
2015-16	903	1,009	1,115	452	504	556	451	505	559
2016-17	913	1,019	1,125	457	510	562	456	510	563
2017-18	980	1,077	1,173	484	532	579	496	545	594
2018-19	988	1,089	1,190	486	538	589	502	552	601
2019-20	979	1,083	1,187	483	535	587	496	548	600
2020-21	976	1,071	1,166	481	529	577	495	542	589
2021-22	1,010	1,111	1,212	500	549	598	510	562	614
2022-23	1,016	1,118	1,220	500	550	599	516	569	621
2023-24	1,038	1,136	1,234	510	559	606	528	579	628
2024-25	1,064	1,161	1,258	522	569	619	542	591	639
Average	980	1,082	1,183	485	535	585	495	547	598

^*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.

South Carolina Colleges SAT Score Trends Chart

South Carolina Colleges SAT Math Score Trends Chart

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

South Carolina Colleges ACT Score Trends Chart

South Carolina Colleges ACT Math Score Trends Chart

South Carolina Colleges ACT English Trends Chart