SAT Scores Trends at UIUC

SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1440 at UIUC. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 1273 (25^th percentile) and 1489 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are competitive and high at UIUC.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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	1,270	1,370	1,470	700	745	790	570	625	680
2016-17	1,285	1,383	1,480	705	748	790	580	635	690
2017-18	1,340	1,420	1,500	710	750	790	630	670	710
2018-19	1,200	1,330	1,460	600	685	770	600	645	690
2019-20	1,210	1,340	1,470	610	690	770	600	650	700
2020-21	1,200	1,330	1,460	610	690	770	590	640	690
2021-22	1,320	1,415	1,510	680	730	780	640	685	730
2022-23	1,320	1,440	1,510	670	740	780	650	700	730
2023-24	1,270	1,410	1,510	640	720	780	630	690	730
2024-25	1,310	1,440	1,520	660	740	780	650	700	740
Average	1273	1388	1489	659	724	780	614	664	709

^*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 UIUC. Over the past 11 years, the average ACT score of the last 11 years is 27 (25^th percentile) and 33 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted ACT scores are competitive and high at UIUC.

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

Compare SAT Score Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign' SAT score to similar schools.