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College SAT scores in California

28 four-year colleges with published score data. The median submission rate here is 24 percent, so most of these ranges describe a minority of each class.

Admitted student score ranges for colleges in California
College SAT RW SAT Math ACT Submitted
Azusa Pacific University Azusa 515-615 468-623 25-30 13%
Biola University La Mirada 600-700 560-670 24-29 26%
California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks 590-670 560-660 24-31 13%
Chapman University Orange 630-720 630-720 28-31 16%
Claremont McKenna College Claremont 720-770 750-790 33-35 29%
Dominican University of California San Rafael 620-660 590-640 5%
Harvey Mudd College Claremont 730-770 770-800 34-36 50%
Hope International University Fullerton 420-570 420-650 5%
John Paul the Great Catholic University Escondido 505-660 470-610 21-28 24%
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles 640-720 620-710 28-32
Northeastern University Oakland Oakland 690-740 730-780 32-33 28%
Occidental College Los Angeles 690-750 690-770 31-34 23%
Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles 665-720 600-675 0%
Pepperdine University Malibu 650-710 640-740 29-32 14%
Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego 610-695 565-670 25-32 10%
Pomona College Claremont 740-770 750-790 33-35 29%
Santa Clara University Santa Clara 670-730 680-760 31-33 25%
Scripps College Claremont 720-770 720-770 31-34 26%
Soka University of America Aliso Viejo 620-720 713-790 25%
Stanford University Stanford 740-780 770-800 34-35 47%
Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula 640-730 580-670 28-33 42%
University of La Verne La Verne 498-663 488-573 18-25 24%
University of Redlands Redlands 560-680 547-670 21-28 18%
University of San Francisco San Francisco 610-700 580-690 25-30 15%
University of Southern California Los Angeles 710-760 740-790 32-35 32%
University of the Pacific Stockton 590-710 593-770 23-32 27%
Westmont College Santa Barbara 630-750 610-700 25-32 18%
William Jessup University Rocklin 553-638 488-590 2%

Ranges are the middle 50 percent of enrolled students who submitted a score. Sources: College Scorecard (Fall 2024 cohort, released 2026-06-10) and IPEDS (Fall 2023 cohort).

The submitted column is the important one

A score range built from 20 percent of a class is not the same kind of number as one built from 90 percent. Students submit when their scores help them, so the smaller that percentage, the higher the range sits relative to the class as a whole.

Read the ranges alongside it, not on their own. Each college's own page explains what its figure means in plain terms.

Working out your own position

To convert a practice test into a score, use the SAT score calculator, which applies the official table for the test you took. To see where a score sits nationally rather than at one institution, use the percentile calculator.

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