SAT Scores Trends at RPI

SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1450 at RPI. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 1323 (25^th percentile) and 1501 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are competitive and high at RPI.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 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	1,280	1,385	1,490	670	720	770	610	665	720
2016-17	1,280	1,380	1,480	670	720	770	610	660	710
2017-18	1,320	1,410	1,500	680	725	770	640	685	730
2018-19	1,330	1,415	1,500	690	735	780	640	680	720
2019-20	1,290	1,390	1,490	670	725	780	620	665	710
2020-21	1,300	1,400	1,500	680	730	780	620	670	720
2021-22	1,360	1,440	1,520	700	740	780	660	700	740
2022-23	1,360	1,450	1,520	700	750	780	660	700	740
2023-24	1,330	1,410	1,500	680	730	770	650	680	730
2024-25	1,375	1,450	1,510	705	740	770	670	710	740
Average	1323	1413	1501	685	732	775	638	682	726

^*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 RPI. 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 RPI.

The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 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	32	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016-17	28	30	32	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017-18	28	30	32	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018-19	29	31	33	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019-20	28	31	34	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020-21	29	32	34	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021-22	32	33	34	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-23	30	33	34	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	30	32	34	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024-25	30	33	34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Average	29	31	33	0	0	0	0	0	0

Compare SAT Score Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute' SAT score to similar schools.