Admission Test Scores Trends for Texas Colleges

Texas Colleges SAT Score Key Trends

SAT Scores have Risen: The average SAT score has increased by 75 points, from 1,034 to 1,109.
ACT Scores have Risen: The average ACT score has increased by 0.5 points, from 22.5 to 23.
Competitiveness: Texas 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 Texas colleges is 1,109. Compared to the SAT scores of 10 years ago, the score becomes higher from 1,034 to 1,109. The 25^th percentile SAT score is 999 and the 75^th percentile score is 1,218 at Texas Colleges. The Texas Colleges' average ACT scores is 23 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 980 (25^th percentile) and 1,182 (75^th percentile). The submitted SAT scores of admitted students are around national average at Texas Colleges.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Texas 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	927	1,034	1,140	471	523	575	456	511	565
2015-16	919	1,024	1,128	467	518	569	452	506	559
2016-17	916	1,021	1,125	464	515	566	452	506	559
2017-18	999	1,093	1,186	497	543	589	502	550	597
2018-19	1,008	1,101	1,193	500	546	592	508	555	601
2019-20	1,004	1,096	1,188	498	544	589	506	553	599
2020-21	996	1,092	1,187	495	542	588	501	550	599
2021-22	1,004	1,106	1,208	497	549	601	507	557	607
2022-23	1,003	1,107	1,211	497	549	601	506	558	610
2023-24	1,004	1,109	1,213	495	548	599	509	560	614
2024-25	999	1,109	1,218	489	547	603	510	559	615
Average	980	1,081	1,182	488	539	588	492	542	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.

Texas Colleges SAT Score Trends Chart

Texas Colleges SAT Math Score Trends Chart

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

Texas Colleges ACT Score Trends Chart

Texas Colleges ACT Math Score Trends Chart

Texas Colleges ACT English Trends Chart