SAT Scores Trends at SC Upstate

SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1080 at SC Upstate. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 929 (25^th percentile) and 1114 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are around national average at SC Upstate.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at University of South Carolina-Upstate 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	860	950	1,040	430	470	510	430	480	530
2016-17	860	950	1,040	430	475	520	430	475	520
2017-18	920	1,010	1,100	450	495	540	470	515	560
2018-19	920	1,015	1,110	450	495	540	470	520	570
2019-20	920	1,015	1,110	450	495	540	470	520	570
2020-21	900	995	1,090	440	490	540	460	505	550
2021-22	950	1,050	1,150	470	515	560	480	535	590
2022-23	950	1,050	1,150	460	510	560	490	540	590
2023-24	1,000	1,060	1,170	490	510	560	510	550	610
2024-25	1,005	1,080	1,175	495	520	570	510	560	605
Average	929	1018	1114	457	498	544	472	520	570

^*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 23 at SC Upstate. Over the past 11 years, the average ACT score of the last 11 years is 18 (25^th percentile) and 23 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted ACT scores are around national average at SC Upstate.

The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at University of South Carolina-Upstate 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	18	20	22	17	20	23	17	20	22
2016-17	18	21	23	16	19	22	17	20	22
2017-18	17	20	22	15	19	22	16	19	22
2018-19	17	20	22	15	19	22	16	19	21
2019-20	17	20	22	16	19	22	16	19	21
2020-21	17	19	21	15	18	21	16	18	20
2021-22	19	21	23	17	20	23	18	21	24
2022-23	20	23	25	19	22	25	18	22	24
2023-24	19	22	25	18	21	24	16	23	24
2024-25	21	23	26	18	21	26	19	23	27
Average	18	21	23	17	20	23	17	20	23

Compare SAT Score Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares University of South Carolina-Upstate' SAT score to similar schools.