For the 2024 California admission, a total of 4,523 enrolled students have submitted the SAT scores and 1,875 students submitted the ACT scores.

The average SAT score of California colleges is 1,327 and the ACT score is 29. The California's average SAT score increased by 53 points compared to previous year's socre of 1,274.

Among California colleges, Stanford University has the highest SAT score of 1,550.

Average SAT Scores for California Colleges

The following table compares the SAT scores between four-years colleges in California. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: July 3, 2024 | Data source: IPEDS
SAT Scores for California Colleges
SchoolSAT ScoreACT ScoreAcceptance RateYield
Stanford University1,550
30
354.00%
0.32%
81.01%
-2.65%
Harvey Mudd College1,530
10
3513.00%
-0.36%
35.96%
-4.01%
Pomona College1,520347.00%
-0.02%
50.00%
-5.14%
Claremont McKenna College1,510
35
3411.00%
0.65%
50.00%
-4.48%
University of Southern California1,510
35
33
-1
10.00%
-2.02%
44.99%
3.81%
Scripps College1,480
30
3334.00%
6.09%
25.95%
-4.11%
Occidental College1,450
35
33
1
40.00%
0.60%
20.01%
-1.37%
Santa Clara University1,420
10
31
-1
44.00%
-8.11%
19.00%
0.09%
Pepperdine University1,360
10
30
2
50.00%
1.29%
11.99%
-4.88%
Soka University of America1,360
57
-70.03%
13.40%
46.04%
0.30%
Chapman University1,340
30
30
1
56.00%
-16.52%
20.00%
-0.91%
Westmont College1,335
25
32
3
79.99%
-2.00%
17.99%
1.47%
University of the Pacific1,300
50
2895.00%
1.77%
14.01%
-1.41%
University of San Francisco1,300
10
2951.00%
-20.18%
9.00%
-0.46%
Point Loma Nazarene University1,270
10
27
1
81.99%
0.06%
25.98%
-0.76%
Thomas Aquinas College1,250
-25
29
1
79.09%
-5.64%
69.23%
6.62%
Biola University1,240
14
28
2
60.00%
3.37%
31.02%
1.50%
California Lutheran University1,220
30
2689.00%
1.82%
12.00%
-1.41%
University of Redlands1,205
10
28
-1
81.00%
-0.87%
17.01%
0.01%
Dominican University of California1,195
26
24
1
96.02%
2.84%
13.00%
-0.34%
John Paul the Great Catholic University1,166
-12
25
3
78.93%
-0.66%
33.94%
-3.07%
Azusa Pacific University1,145
29
24
2
79.01%
-7.99%
14.00%
-3.32%
University of La Verne1,115
95
22
1
48.00%
-25.51%
14.01%
-0.58%
Pacific Union College1,0802342.03%
-6.43%
25.00%
8.06%