SAT Scores Trends at URI

Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score of University of Rhode Island is 1144, and current year SAT score is 1160, the same as last year

The SAT score have been increased 90 points since 2015 and the SAT score went up and down almost every year at URI. Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT and ACT scores are around national average at URI.

You can check and compare colleges with similar SAT scores URI by SAT score range 1060-1160, 1110-1210, and 1160-1260.

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SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1160 at URI. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 1039 (25^th percentile) and 1242 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are relatively competitive and high (above the national average) at URI.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at University of Rhode Island 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	970	1,070	1,170	490	540	590	480	530	580
2016-17	970	1,070	1,170	490	540	590	480	530	580
2017-18	1,050	1,140	1,230	520	565	610	530	575	620
2018-19	1,070	1,155	1,240	530	575	620	540	580	620
2019-20	1,050	1,145	1,240	520	570	620	530	575	620
2020-21	1,090	1,175	1,260	540	585	630	550	590	630
2021-22	1,090	1,190	1,290	540	590	640	550	600	650
2022-23	1,050	1,170	1,270	520	580	630	530	590	640
2023-24	1,030	1,160	1,270	510	570	620	520	590	650
2024-25	1,020	1,160	1,280	500	570	630	520	590	650
Average	1039	1144	1242	516	569	618	523	575	624

^*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 Rhode Island SAT Score Trends Chart

University of Rhode Island SAT Math Score Trends Chart

University of Rhode Island SAT EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing) Trends Chart

ACT Scores Over Time

The 2025 ACT score is at URI. Over the past 11 years, the average ACT score of the last 11 years is 23 (25^th percentile) and 28 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted ACT scores are around national average at URI.

The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at University of Rhode Island 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	22	24	26	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016-17	22	25	27	21	24	26	21	24	26
2017-18	22	25	27	22	25	27	21	24	27
2018-19	21	24	27	21	24	27	21	24	26
2019-20	23	26	28	22	25	28	22	25	27
2020-21	23	26	28	22	25	28	22	25	27
2021-22	25	28	30	23	26	29	22	25	27
2022-23	25	27	30	22	25	30	21	25	27
2023-24	26	28	31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Average	23	26	28	22	25	28	21	24	27

University of Rhode Island ACT Score Trends Chart

University of Rhode Island ACT Math Score Trends Chart

University of Rhode Island ACT English Trends Chart

	2024	2025	Change %
University of Rhode Island	1160	1160	-
La Salle University	-	-	-
George Washington University	1430	1430	-
University of Massachusetts-Amherst	1420	1390	2.16%
Virginia Commonwealth University	1130	1160	-2.59%
George Mason University	1270	1240	2.42%

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