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Colleges you can get into with a 1500 SAT

937 of the 937 schools reporting SAT ranges match a 1500 — sorted into targets (inside the middle 50%), safeties (at or above the 75th percentile), and reaches (just below the 25th). Ordered by Trajecta Score, a 0–100 measure built from College Scorecard and IPEDS data.

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Target schools for a 1500 SAT

Your 1500 falls inside these schools' middle 50% — the 25th–75th percentile range of enrolled students. You'd be a typical admit by test score.

Target schools for a 1500 SAT, ordered by Trajecta Score
#	College	Location	SAT range	Admit rate	Score
1	Yale University	New Haven, CT	1470–1570 Elite	4%	87
2	Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN	1500–1570 Elite	6%	86
3	Williams College	Williamstown, MA	1490–1570 Elite	8%	85
4	Duke University	Durham, NC	1500–1570 Elite	6%	85
5	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	1500–1570 Elite	9%	84
6	Bowdoin College	Brunswick, ME	1470–1550 Elite	7%	83
7	Pomona College	Claremont, CA	1490–1560 Elite	7%	83
8	Claremont McKenna College	Claremont, CA	1470–1560 Elite	10%	83
9	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH	1500–1570 Elite	5%	83
10	Washington University in St Louis	St. Louis, MO	1500–1570 Highly Selective	12%	82
11	Amherst College	Amherst, MA	1490–1580 Elite	9%	82
12	University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN	1455–1560 Highly Selective	11%	82
13	Wellesley College	Wellesley, MA	1460–1560 Highly Selective	14%	81
14	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Atlanta, GA	1370–1540 Highly Selective	14%	81
15	Colby College	Waterville, ME	1460–1550 Elite	7%	81
16	Swarthmore College	Swarthmore, PA	1490–1560 Elite	7%	81
17	Franklin W Olin College of Engineering	Needham, MA	1493–1558 Selective	25%	80
18	Washington and Lee University	Lexington, VA	1430–1540 Highly Selective	14%	80
19	Emory University	Atlanta, GA	1470–1550 Highly Selective	11%	80
20	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Charlottesville, VA	1410–1540 Highly Selective	17%	80
21	Davidson College	Davidson, NC	1400–1530 Highly Selective	13%	80
22	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	1360–1530 Highly Selective	16%	80
23	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	1500–1570 Highly Selective	12%	80
24	Georgetown University	Washington, DC	1390–1550 Highly Selective	13%	80
25	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	1450–1550 Elite	10%	79
26	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC	1390–1530 Highly Selective	15%	79
27	Harvey Mudd College	Claremont, CA	1500–1570 Highly Selective	13%	79
28	Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	1430–1540 Highly Selective	14%	78
29	Haverford College	Haverford, PA	1460–1550 Highly Selective	12%	78
30	Northeastern University	Boston, MA	1440–1540 Elite	5%	78
31	Barnard College	New York, NY	1470–1560 Elite	9%	77
32	Boston University	Boston, MA	1420–1530 Highly Selective	11%	77
33	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	1440–1540 Highly Selective	16%	77
34	Hamilton College	Clinton, NY	1450–1550 Highly Selective	14%	76
35	Babson College	Wellesley, MA	1390–1530 Highly Selective	17%	76
36	Middlebury College	Middlebury, VT	1445–1550 Highly Selective	11%	76
37	New York University	New York, NY	1480–1560 Elite	9%	76
38	Tufts University	Medford, MA	1470–1560 Highly Selective	11%	76
39	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	New York, NY	1295–1501 Selective	21%	76
40	Bates College	Lewiston, ME	1420–1530 Highly Selective	13%	76

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Safety schools for a 1500 SAT

Your 1500 is at or above the 75th percentile of enrolled students at these schools. (Schools admitting under 20% never appear here — no score makes a sub-20% school a safety.)

Safety schools for a 1500 SAT, ordered by Trajecta Score
#	College	Location	SAT range	Admit rate	Score
1	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	1320–1480 Selective	24%	79
2	United States Merchant Marine Academy	Kings Point, NY	1110–1300 Selective	34%	74
3	Lehigh University	Bethlehem, PA	1370–1500 Selective	26%	73
4	Lafayette College	Easton, PA	1350–1500 Selective	31%	73
5	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	New York, NY	1100–1400 Moderate	48%	73
6	Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL	1270–1410 Selective	24%	72
7	University of Georgia	Athens, GA	1270–1480 Selective	38%	71
8	Brigham Young University	Provo, UT	1270–1460 Open	68%	70
9	Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, NY	1330–1500 Moderate	49%	70
10	Purdue University-Main Campus	West Lafayette, IN	1200–1480 Moderate	50%	69
11	Bucknell University	Lewisburg, PA	1310–1470 Selective	29%	69
12	Binghamton University	Vestal, NY	1340–1500 Selective	39%	69
13	Santa Clara University	Santa Clara, CA	1350–1490 Moderate	48%	69
14	George Washington University	Washington, DC	1350–1500 Moderate	47%	69
15	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Raleigh, NC	1300–1470 Moderate	42%	69
16	Bentley University	Waltham, MA	1280–1430 Moderate	45%	69
17	Trinity University	San Antonio, TX	1340–1500 Selective	26%	68
18	New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark, NJ	1210–1460 Open	65%	68
19	Trinity College	Hartford, CT	1298–1470 Selective	29%	68
20	CUNY City College	New York, NY	1070–1430 Moderate	60%	67
21	Clemson University	Clemson, SC	1240–1410 Selective	38%	67
22	Colorado School of Mines	Golden, CO	1320–1480 Moderate	61%	67
23	Texas A&M University-College Station	College Station, TX	1150–1400 Moderate	57%	67
24	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Brunswick, NJ	1310–1500 Moderate	58%	67
25	CUNY Hunter College	New York, NY	1100–1420 Moderate	54%	67
26	Skidmore College	Saratoga Springs, NY	1340–1480 Selective	21%	67
27	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg, VA	1280–1450 Moderate	55%	67
28	Franklin and Marshall College	Lancaster, PA	1310–1463 Selective	28%	66
29	University of Connecticut	Storrs, CT	1210–1440 Moderate	52%	66
30	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Columbus, OH	1310–1480 Moderate	61%	66
31	Union College	Schenectady, NY	1310–1480 Moderate	44%	65
32	Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago, IL	1180–1440 Moderate	55%	65
33	University of South Florida	Tampa, FL	1130–1320 Moderate	43%	65
34	University of Illinois Chicago	Chicago, IL	1130–1350 Open	77%	65
35	University of Central Florida	Orlando, FL	1200–1350 Moderate	40%	65
36	Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	Albany, NY	1110–1380 Moderate	53%	64
37	Southern Methodist University	Dallas, TX	1340–1490 Moderate	63%	64
38	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minneapolis, MN	1300–1500 Open	80%	64
39	Texas Christian University	Fort Worth, TX	1140–1350 Moderate	44%	64
40	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Amherst, MA	1310–1500 Moderate	60%	64

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Reach schools for a 1500 SAT

Your 1500 is below these schools' 25th percentile, but within striking distance (100 points). A strong GPA, essays, and activities can close that gap.

Reach schools for a 1500 SAT, ordered by Trajecta Score
#	College	Location	SAT range	Admit rate	Score
1	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	1510–1580 Elite	5%	91
2	Stanford University	Stanford, CA	1510–1580 Elite	4%	90
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	1520–1580 Elite	5%	89
4	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	1510–1580 Elite	4%	88
5	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	1510–1580 Elite	4%	87
6	Rice University	Houston, TX	1510–1570 Elite	8%	87
7	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	1520–1570 Elite	6%	86
8	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	1510–1570 Elite	5%	86
9	Brown University	Providence, RI	1510–1580 Elite	5%	85
10	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York, NY	1510–1580 Elite	4%	85
11	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	1510–1570 Elite	8%	83

Ranges are the 25th–75th percentiles of enrolled students, from College Scorecard / IPEDS. Only the 937 schools reporting SAT data appear — many schools are test-optional, so a missing school isn't a rejection signal; check its data page and testing policy. Estimate your GPA with the GPA calculator, or see how the ranking works →