SAT Scores Trends at UW - Madison

SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1460 at UW - Madison. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 1291 (25^th percentile) and 1471 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are extremely competitive and high at UW - Madison.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at University of Wisconsin-Madison 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	1,190	1,300	1,410	630	690	750	560	610	660
2016-17	1,200	1,310	1,420	640	700	760	560	610	660
2017-18	1,280	1,365	1,450	660	710	760	620	655	690
2018-19	1,280	1,365	1,450	650	700	750	630	665	700
2019-20	1,300	1,390	1,480	670	725	780	630	665	700
2020-21	1,260	1,360	1,460	650	710	770	610	650	690
2021-22	1,320	1,410	1,500	680	730	780	640	680	720
2022-23	1,340	1,430	1,510	690	740	780	650	690	730
2023-24	1,360	1,450	1,510	700	750	780	660	700	730
2024-25	1,380	1,460	1,520	710	750	780	670	710	740
Average	1291	1384	1471	668	721	769	623	664	702

^*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 31 at UW - Madison. Over the past 11 years, the average ACT score of the last 11 years is 27 (25^th percentile) and 32 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted ACT scores are competitive and high at UW - Madison.

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

Compare SAT Score Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares University of Wisconsin-Madison' SAT score to similar schools.