SAT Scores Trends at BU

SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1480 at BU. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 1323 (25^th percentile) and 1489 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are extremely competitive and high at BU.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Boston University 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	1,200	1,305	1,410	620	675	730	580	630	680
2016-17	1,220	1,320	1,420	630	685	740	590	635	680
2017-18	1,300	1,390	1,480	660	710	760	640	680	720
2018-19	1,330	1,415	1,500	680	730	780	650	685	720
2019-20	1,340	1,425	1,510	690	740	790	650	685	720
2020-21	1,310	1,405	1,500	670	725	780	640	680	720
2021-22	1,360	1,440	1,520	700	740	780	660	700	740
2022-23	1,350	1,440	1,500	690	740	770	660	700	730
2023-24	1,400	1,470	1,520	720	760	780	680	710	740
2024-25	1,420	1,480	1,530	730	760	780	690	720	750
Average	1323	1409	1489	679	727	769	644	683	720

^*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 33 at BU. Over the past 11 years, the average ACT score of the last 11 years is 30 (25^th percentile) and 33 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted ACT scores are extremely competitive and high at BU.

The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at Boston University 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	27	29	31	26	29	31	27	30	33
2016-17	28	30	32	28	31	34	27	30	32
2017-18	29	31	32	28	31	34	27	30	32
2018-19	30	32	33	31	33	35	27	30	33
2019-20	30	32	34	31	33	35	27	30	33
2020-21	30	32	34	30	33	35	27	30	33
2021-22	31	33	34	32	34	35	28	31	34
2022-23	31	33	34	32	34	35	28	31	34
2023-24	32	33	34	33	35	35	29	31	34
2024-25	32	33	34	33	35	35	29	32	35
Average	30	32	33	30	33	34	28	30	33

Compare SAT Score Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares Boston University' SAT score to similar schools.