SAT Scores Trends at UNW - St Paul

Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score of University of Northwestern-St Paul is 1125, and current year SAT score is 1040

The SAT score has been remained around 1125 without much change over the past 10 years at UNW - St Paul. Compared to previous year, the SAT score decreased by 145 points at UNW - St Paul. Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT and ACT scores are around national average at UNW - St Paul.

You can check and compare colleges with similar SAT scores UNW - St Paul by SAT score range 940-1040, 990-1090, and 1040-1140.

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SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1040 at UNW - St Paul. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 984 (25^th percentile) and 1268 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are around national average at UNW - St Paul.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at University of Northwestern-St Paul since 2015.

Year	Total			Math			Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
Year	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th
2015-16	913	1,071	1,228	470	529	588	443	542	640
2016-17	960	1,095	1,230	480	540	600	480	555	630
2017-18	970	1,103	1,235	465	535	605	505	568	630
2018-19	1,053	1,151	1,248	530	570	610	523	581	638
2019-20	1,110	1,220	1,330	550	610	670	560	610	660
2020-21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-23	1,015	1,140	1,311	482	560	663	533	580	648
2023-24	981	1,185	1,293	493	580	663	488	605	630
2024-25	868	1,040	1,271	438	525	663	430	515	608
Average	984	1125	1268	489	556	633	495	569	636

^*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.

University of Northwestern-St Paul SAT Score Trends Chart

University of Northwestern-St Paul SAT Math Score Trends Chart

University of Northwestern-St Paul SAT EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing) Trends Chart

ACT Scores Over Time

The 2025 ACT score is 24 at UNW - St Paul. Over the past 11 years, the average ACT score of the last 11 years is 21 (25^th percentile) and 28 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted ACT scores are around national average at UNW - St Paul.

The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at University of Northwestern-St Paul since 2015.

Year	Composite			English			Math
Year	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th
2015-16	21	24	27	21	25	29	20	24	27
2016-17	21	24	27	21	25	29	19	23	27
2017-18	21	24	27	20	24	27	19	23	27
2018-19	21	24	27	21	25	28	20	24	27
2019-20	21	25	28	20	25	30	19	23	27
2022-23	21	24	28	20	24	29	19	24	27
2023-24	22	26	29	21	25	31	21	25	28
2024-25	20	24	28	20	24	29	19	24	26
Average	21	24	28	21	25	29	20	24	27

University of Northwestern-St Paul ACT Score Trends Chart

University of Northwestern-St Paul ACT Math Score Trends Chart

University of Northwestern-St Paul ACT English Trends Chart

	2024	2025	Change %
University of Northwestern-St Paul	1185	1040	-12.24%
University of St Thomas	1345	1350	-0.37%
Concordia University-Saint Paul	-	-	-
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	-	-	-
St Catherine University	1080	-	-
Bethel University	1230	1150	6.96%

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