SAT Scores Trends at Occidental

SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1440 at Occidental. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 1297 (25^th percentile) and 1465 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are extremely competitive and high at Occidental.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Occidental 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	1,200	1,290	1,380	600	645	690	600	645	690
2016-17	1,200	1,310	1,420	600	660	720	600	650	700
2017-18	1,280	1,360	1,440	630	675	720	650	685	720
2018-19	1,270	1,360	1,450	630	685	740	640	675	710
2019-20	1,300	1,390	1,480	650	700	750	650	690	730
2020-21	1,270	1,365	1,460	630	680	730	640	685	730
2021-22	1,340	1,415	1,490	670	710	750	670	705	740
2022-23	1,370	1,430	1,510	680	710	760	690	720	750
2023-24	1,360	1,450	1,500	670	720	750	690	730	750
2024-25	1,380	1,440	1,520	690	720	770	690	720	750
Average	1297	1381	1465	645	691	738	652	691	727

^*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 Occidental. Over the past 11 years, the average ACT score of the last 11 years is 29 (25^th percentile) and 33 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted ACT scores are competitive and high at Occidental.

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

Compare SAT Score Change to Similar Colleges

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