SAT Scores Trends at NCSU

SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1370 at NCSU. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 1244 (25^th percentile) and 1412 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are competitive and high at NCSU.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at North Carolina State University at Raleigh 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	1,160	1,245	1,330	590	635	680	570	610	650
2016-17	1,170	1,260	1,350	600	645	690	570	615	660
2017-18	1,230	1,310	1,390	620	665	710	610	645	680
2018-19	1,250	1,320	1,390	630	670	710	620	650	680
2019-20	1,250	1,335	1,420	630	680	730	620	655	690
2020-21	1,230	1,320	1,410	620	670	720	610	650	690
2021-22	1,270	1,355	1,440	640	690	740	630	665	700
2022-23	1,280	1,360	1,460	650	690	750	630	670	710
2023-24	1,300	1,380	1,460	660	700	740	640	680	720
2024-25	1,300	1,370	1,470	650	690	750	650	680	720
Average	1244	1326	1412	629	674	722	615	652	690

^*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 30 at NCSU. Over the past 11 years, the average ACT score of the last 11 years is 27 (25^th percentile) and 32 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted ACT scores are competitive and high at NCSU.

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

Compare SAT Score Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares North Carolina State University at Raleigh' SAT score to similar schools.