SAT Scores Trends at SMU

SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1420 at SMU. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 1291 (25^th percentile) and 1464 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are competitive and high at SMU.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Southern Methodist 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	1,220	1,315	1,410	620	670	720	600	645	690
2016-17	1,220	1,315	1,410	620	665	710	600	650	700
2017-18	1,270	1,355	1,440	640	685	730	630	670	710
2018-19	1,280	1,370	1,460	650	700	750	630	670	710
2019-20	1,300	1,390	1,480	660	710	760	640	680	720
2020-21	1,250	1,350	1,450	620	680	740	630	670	710
2021-22	1,340	1,425	1,510	680	725	770	660	700	740
2022-23	1,370	1,450	1,510	690	740	770	680	710	740
2023-24	1,320	1,410	1,480	660	710	750	660	700	730
2024-25	1,340	1,420	1,490	670	720	750	670	700	740
Average	1291	1380	1464	651	701	745	640	680	719

^*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 32 at SMU. 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 SMU.

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

Compare SAT Score Change to Similar Colleges

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