How Delaware Colleges' SAT and ACT Scores Changes

Delaware Colleges SAT Score Key Trends

SAT Scores have Risen: The average SAT score has increased by 113.5 points, from 982 to 1,095.
ACT Scores have Risen: The average ACT score has increased by 5.5 points, from 20.5 to 26.
Competitiveness: Delaware colleges' SAT score described as average to slightly above average, while ACT scores are above average.

The 2025 average SAT scores submitted by enrolled students in Delaware colleges is 1,095. Compared to the SAT scores of 10 years ago, the score becomes higher from 982 to 1,095. The 25^th percentile SAT score is 995 and the 75^th percentile score is 1,195 at Delaware Colleges. The Delaware Colleges' average ACT scores is 26 and it is higher than 21, score of 10 years ago.

SAT Scores Over Time

The average SAT score of the last 10 years is 958 (25^th percentile) and 1,153 (75^th percentile). The submitted SAT scores of admitted students are around national average at Delaware Colleges.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Delaware Colleges since 2025.

Year	Total			Math			EBRW
Year	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th
2014-15	890	982	1,073	447	495	543	443	487	530
2015-16	880	975	1,070	440	490	540	440	485	530
2016-17	874	967	1,060	437	485	533	437	482	527
2017-18	900	1,012	1,123	460	510	560	440	502	563
2018-19	940	1,034	1,128	457	509	560	483	526	568
2019-20	933	1,039	1,144	460	514	567	473	525	577
2020-21	927	1,029	1,130	457	509	560	470	520	570
2021-22	1,155	1,248	1,340	570	620	670	585	628	670
2022-23	1,010	1,110	1,210	500	553	605	510	558	605
2023-24	1,030	1,123	1,215	505	555	600	525	575	615
2024-25	995	1,095	1,195	485	535	590	510	565	605
Average	958	1,056	1,153	474	525	575	483	532	578

^*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.

Delaware Colleges SAT Score Trends Chart

$Delaware Colleges SAT Math Score Trends Chart$

Delaware Colleges SAT EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing) Trends Chart

ACT Scores Over Time

The average ACT score of the last 10 years is 21 (25^th percentile) and 25 (75^th percentile). The submitted ACT scores of admitted students are around national average at Delaware Colleges. The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at Delaware Colleges since 2025.

Year	Composite			English			Math
Year	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	25^th	50^th	75^th
2014-15	19	21	22	18	21	23	18	20	22
2015-16	18	21	23	17	20	23	18	21	23
2016-17	18	20	22	17	20	22	18	20	22
2017-18	19	21	23	17	20	23	18	21	23
2018-19	19	22	24	17	21	24	18	21	23
2019-20	18	21	23	17	20	23	18	20	22
2020-21	19	21	23	17	20	23	18	20	21
2021-22	26	29	31	25	29	33	25	28	30
2022-23	23	26	28	21	25	28	21	24	26
2023-24	25	26	29	24	27	29	21	24	28
2024-25	24	27	28	24	28	32	22	23	28
Average	21	23	25	19	23	26	20	22	24

Delaware Colleges ACT Score Trends Chart

$Delaware Colleges ACT Math Score Trends Chart$

Delaware Colleges ACT English Trends Chart

Admission Test Scores Trends for Delaware Colleges

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Delaware Colleges SAT Score Key Trends

SAT Scores Over Time

ACT Scores Over Time