Colleges That Accept a 1300 SAT

A 1300 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 1300 SAT. You are above their typical applicant.

• The University of Texas at San Antonio — San Antonio, TX · 1105 avg SAT
• Iowa State University — Ames, IA · 1204 avg SAT
• Cornell College — Mount Vernon, IA · 1234 avg SAT
• University of Kentucky — Lexington, KY · 1215 avg SAT
• University of Iowa — Iowa City, IA · 1200 avg SAT
• University of Kansas — Lawrence, KS · 1190 avg SAT
• University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus — Norman, OK · 1246 avg SAT
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln — Lincoln, NE · 1191 avg SAT
• University of Arkansas — Fayetteville, AR · 1169 avg SAT
• Hope College — Holland, MI · 1249 avg SAT
• University of Utah — Salt Lake City, UT · 1257 avg SAT
• University of Mississippi — University, MS · 1184 avg SAT
• West Virginia University — Morgantown, WV · 1122 avg SAT
• University of Houston — Houston, TX · 1250 avg SAT
• University of Arizona — Tucson, AZ · 1246 avg SAT

Target

Schools where the average admitted student is right around 1300 SAT. These are realistic, competitive picks.

• Sewanee: The University of the South — Sewanee, TN · 1280 avg SAT
• Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus — University Park, PA · 1337 avg SAT
• Indiana University-Bloomington — Bloomington, IN · 1313 avg SAT
• Michigan State University — East Lansing, MI · 1269 avg SAT
• Texas A&M University-College Station — College Station, TX · 1280 avg SAT
• University of Oregon — Eugene, OR · 1272 avg SAT
• Baylor University — Waco, TX · 1329 avg SAT
• The University of Tennessee-Knoxville — Knoxville, TN · 1311 avg SAT
• University of South Carolina-Columbia — Columbia, SC · 1297 avg SAT
• Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College — Baton Rouge, LA · 1285 avg SAT
• Wheaton College (Massachusetts) — Norton, MA · 1308 avg SAT
• Oregon State University — Corvallis, OR · 1290 avg SAT
• University of Cincinnati-Main Campus — Cincinnati, OH · 1282 avg SAT
• Clarkson University — Potsdam, NY · 1304 avg SAT
• Gonzaga University — Spokane, WA · 1335 avg SAT

Reach

Schools where the average admitted student is above 1300 SAT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.

• University of Florida — Gainesville, FL · 1403 avg SAT
• The University of Texas at Austin — Austin, TX · 1395 avg SAT
• University of Wisconsin-Madison — Madison, WI · 1427 avg SAT
• Ohio State University-Main Campus — Columbus, OH · 1387 avg SAT
• Rutgers University-New Brunswick — New Brunswick, NJ · 1410 avg SAT
• Purdue University-Main Campus — West Lafayette, IN · 1364 avg SAT
• University of Georgia — Athens, GA · 1397 avg SAT
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — Blacksburg, VA · 1364 avg SAT
• University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus — Pittsburgh, PA · 1370 avg SAT
• Clemson University — Clemson, SC · 1353 avg SAT
• Florida State University — Tallahassee, FL · 1361 avg SAT
• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities — Minneapolis, MN · 1362 avg SAT
• North Carolina State University at Raleigh — Raleigh, NC · 1376 avg SAT
• University of Colorado Boulder — Boulder, CO · 1357 avg SAT
• University of Miami — Coral Gables, FL · 1415 avg SAT

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