Colleges That Accept a 1000 SAT

A 1000 SAT is a safety at one school and a long shot at another, so these schools are split into likely, target and reach rather than one list. Every number is the school's own average admitted SAT, from U.S. Department of Education data.

Likely

Schools where the average admitted student is below 1000 SAT. You are above their typical applicant.

• Southeast Missouri State University — Cape Girardeau, MO · 950 avg SAT
• Gallaudet University — Washington, DC · 868 avg SAT
• Fayetteville State University — Fayetteville, NC · 959 avg SAT
• Virginia State University — Petersburg, VA · 948 avg SAT
• Southern University and A & M College — Baton Rouge, LA · 942 avg SAT
• Norfolk State University — Norfolk, VA · 927 avg SAT
• West Virginia State University — Institute, WV · 955 avg SAT
• Kentucky State University — Frankfort, KY · 870 avg SAT
• Grambling State University — Grambling, LA · 943 avg SAT
• Alcorn State University — Alcorn State, MS · 904 avg SAT
• Mississippi Valley State University — Itta Bena, MS · 870 avg SAT
• University of Puerto Rico-Carolina — Carolina, PR · 932 avg SAT
• University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff — Pine Bluff, AR · 922 avg SAT
• CUNY York College — Jamaica, NY · 880 avg SAT
• Southern University at New Orleans — New Orleans, LA · 944 avg SAT

Target

Schools where the average admitted student is right around 1000 SAT. These are realistic, competitive picks.

• University of New Mexico-Main Campus — Albuquerque, NM · 1038 avg SAT
• Western Kentucky University — Bowling Green, KY · 971 avg SAT
• Dominican University — River Forest, IL · 1002 avg SAT
• Rhode Island College — Providence, RI · 990 avg SAT
• Ferris State University — Big Rapids, MI · 1012 avg SAT
• Greenville University — Greenville, IL · 1038 avg SAT
• Valdosta State University — Valdosta, GA · 1013 avg SAT
• Francis Marion University — Florence, SC · 1015 avg SAT
• University of Hawaii at Hilo — Hilo, HI · 1028 avg SAT
• Utah Tech University — St. George, UT · 1040 avg SAT
• New Mexico State University-Main Campus — Las Cruces, NM · 1011 avg SAT
• Shepherd University — Shepherdstown, WV · 1034 avg SAT
• Hampton University — Hampton, VA · 969 avg SAT
• Morgan State University — Baltimore, MD · 971 avg SAT
• Tennessee State University — Nashville, TN · 1000 avg SAT

Reach

Schools where the average admitted student is above 1000 SAT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.

• The University of Texas at San Antonio — San Antonio, TX · 1105 avg SAT
• West Virginia University — Morgantown, WV · 1122 avg SAT
• Missouri Southern State University — Joplin, MO · 1065 avg SAT
• Flagler College — Saint Augustine, FL · 1084 avg SAT
• University of Hawaii at Manoa — Honolulu, HI · 1102 avg SAT
• Presbyterian College — Clinton, SC · 1118 avg SAT
• University of Idaho — Moscow, ID · 1116 avg SAT
• South Dakota State University — Brookings, SD · 1120 avg SAT
• Wingate University — Wingate, NC · 1111 avg SAT
• Augusta University — Augusta, GA · 1070 avg SAT
• Missouri State University-Springfield — Springfield, MO · 1122 avg SAT
• University of Memphis — Memphis, TN · 1088 avg SAT
• Montana Technological University — Butte, MT · 1126 avg SAT
• University of South Dakota — Vermillion, SD · 1125 avg SAT
• Palm Beach Atlantic University — West Palm Beach, FL · 1075 avg SAT

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