SAT Scores Trends at Amherst

SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1540 at Amherst. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 1383 (25^th percentile) and 1551 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are extremely competitive and high at Amherst.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Amherst College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• SAT Total
• SAT Math
• SAT EBRW

Year	Total			Math			Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
	25th	50th	75th	25th	50th	75th	25th	50th	75th
2015-16	1,360	1,457	1,553	680	730	780	680	727	773
2016-17	1,360	1,458	1,555	680	730	780	680	728	775
2017-18	1,400	1,480	1,560	700	745	790	700	735	770
2018-19	1,330	1,430	1,530	670	725	780	660	705	750
2019-20	1,310	1,415	1,520	660	720	780	650	695	740
2020-21	1,430	1,495	1,560	720	755	790	710	740	770
2021-22	1,370	1,460	1,550	690	740	790	680	720	760
2022-23	1,420	1,510	1,550	720	770	790	700	740	760
2023-24	1,360	1,500	1,550	670	760	780	690	740	770
2024-25	1,490	1,540	1,580	750	780	800	740	760	780
Average	1383	1474	1551	694	746	786	689	729	765

^*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.

ACT Scores Over Time

The 2025 ACT score is 34 at Amherst. Over the past 11 years, the average ACT score of the last 11 years is 32 (25^th percentile) and 34 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted ACT scores are extremely competitive and high at Amherst.

The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at Amherst College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• ACT Composite
• ACT Math
• ACT English

Year	Composite			English			Math
	25th	50th	75th	25th	50th	75th	25th	50th	75th
2015-16	31	33	34	32	34	35	29	32	34
2016-17	31	33	34	32	34	35	29	32	34
2017-18	32	33	34	33	34	35	29	32	34
2018-19	31	33	34	32	34	35	28	31	34
2019-20	30	32	34	31	33	35	27	31	34
2020-21	32	34	35	33	35	36	29	32	34
2021-22	32	33	34	33	34	35	30	33	35
2022-23	32	34	35	33	35	35	29	32	34
2023-24	31	33	35	32	35	35	28	31	35
2024-25	33	34	35	34	35	36	32	34	35
Average	32	33	34	33	34	35	29	32	34

Compare SAT Score Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares Amherst College' SAT score to similar schools.