Is a 1000 SAT a good score?

It depends entirely on where you apply. CampusPin finds 335 colleges whose published admitted-student range brackets a 1000, meaning the score sits inside their middle 50%. At 621 colleges it falls at or below the 25th percentile. "Good" is relative to a specific college's published range, not an absolute threshold.

What are my chances of getting in with a 1000 SAT?

CampusPin does not estimate admission chances and no honest tool can from a test score alone. Colleges weigh course rigor, grade trends, essays, recommendations, context, and institutional priorities alongside scores, and many are test-optional. The tiers here describe only where your score falls in each college's published percentile range.

What do reach, target, and likely mean here?

They are defined strictly from published percentiles. Likely means a 1000 is at or above the college's 75th percentile; target means it falls between the 25th and 75th; reach means it is at or below the 25th. These are the same definitions CampusPin's admission tier estimator uses.

How much do these colleges cost?

Costs are in the table: published in-state tuition and, where the college reports it, the average net price students actually paid after grants and scholarships. Net price is an average across a prior entering class and varies widely by family income, so treat it as a comparison between colleges rather than your own bill.

Admissions profile

Colleges for a 1000 SAT score

CampusPin places a 1000 against every college that publishes an admitted-student SAT range. 335 colleges have a published range that brackets this score. Below they are split into target, likely, and reach by where the score falls in each college’s own percentiles.

Target — your score sits inside the published middle 50%

A 1000 falls between the 25th and 75th percentile of admitted students at these colleges, so your score is squarely in their published range. Showing the 15 largest of 335.

Target — your score sits inside the published middle 50% for a 1000 SAT, with published SAT range, acceptance rate, tuition, net price, and graduation rate.
College	SAT range	Acceptance rate	In-state tuition	Avg. net price	Graduation rate	Public/private	Location
Kennesaw State University	1000–1220	69%	$5,808	$15,048	52%	Public	Kennesaw, GA
University of North Texas	980–1230	72%	$11,309	$15,649	61%	Public	Denton, TX
Brigham Young University-Idaho	970–1200	96%	$4,800	$8,221	55%	Private	Rexburg, ID
Texas State University	980–1200	89%	$11,450	$16,805	55%	Public	San Marcos, TX
The University of Texas at San Antonio	1000–1220	87%	$9,011	$10,836	53%	Public	San Antonio, TX
Georgia State University	940–1180	55%	$8,664	$15,931	53%	Public	Atlanta, GA
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	880–1090	94%	$9,987	$4,831	51%	Public	Edinburg, TX
DeVry University-Illinois	700–1030	98%	$17,408	$30,770	37%	Private	Lisle, IL
Georgia Southern University	986–1133	88%	$6,022	$15,267	55%	Public	Statesboro, GA
University of Mississippi	1000–1200	97%	$9,772	$13,314	72%	Public	University, MS
The University of Texas at El Paso	860–1080	Open admission	$9,744	$9,403	50%	Public	El Paso, TX
Montclair State University	910–1210	88%	$15,912	$15,566	65%	Public	Montclair, NJ
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	980–1220	75%	$10,383	$11,900	46%	Public	Denver, CO
University of New Mexico-Main Campus	890–1170	95%	$10,140	$15,489	55%	Public	Albuquerque, NM
Grand Valley State University	940–1190	83%	$15,140	$16,317	67%	Public	Allendale, MI

“Open admission” means the college reports an open-admission policy to the federal IPEDS survey (2024-25), or reported admitting every applicant. Programs such as nursing can still have their own entry requirements, so confirm with the college.

Likely — your score is above the published 75th percentile

At these colleges a 1000 is above the score three-quarters of admitted students came in below. Test scores are only one input, so this is not a prediction of admission.

Likely — your score is above the published 75th percentile for a 1000 SAT, with published SAT range, acceptance rate, tuition, net price, and graduation rate.
College	SAT range	Acceptance rate	In-state tuition	Avg. net price	Graduation rate	Public/private	Location
CUNY York College	790–960	64%	$7,358	$4,456	32%	Public	Jamaica, NY
Alabama State University	749–967	98%	$11,248	$13,889	30%	Public	Montgomery, AL
Alcorn State University	670–998	45%	$8,785	$13,265	57%	Public	Alcorn State, MS
Bethune-Cookman University	830–990	88%	$14,794	$12,030	31%	Private	Daytona Beach, FL
Avila University	800–960	88%	$42,000	$16,053	52%	Private	Kansas City, MO
Lincoln University	820–960	66%	$12,512	$12,912	44%	Public	Lincoln University, PA
Virginia Union University	850–885	98%	$17,450	$13,235	34%	Private	Richmond, VA
Alice Lloyd College	710–960	75%	$13,960	$18,600	39%	Private	Pippa Passes, KY
Manor College	725–935	95%	$21,780	$13,078	26%	Private	Jenkintown, PA

Reach — your score is below the published 25th percentile

A 1000 sits below the 25th percentile at these colleges. Students are admitted from below the 25th percentile every year — course rigor, essays, and context all matter — but the score is working against you here. Showing the 15 largest of 621.

Reach — your score is below the published 25th percentile for a 1000 SAT, with published SAT range, acceptance rate, tuition, net price, and graduation rate.
College	SAT range	Acceptance rate	In-state tuition	Avg. net price	Graduation rate	Public/private	Location
Grand Canyon University	1006–1113	79%	$17,850	$22,472	43%	Private	Phoenix, AZ
Liberty University	1050–1250	99%	$22,465	$29,357	65%	Private	Lynchburg, VA
Texas A & M University-College Station	1150–1400	57%	$13,154	$21,315	84%	Public	College Station, TX
University of Central Florida	1200–1350	40%	$6,368	$10,411	78%	Public	Orlando, FL
Ohio State University-Main Campus	1310–1480	61%	$13,244	$17,339	88%	Public	Columbus, OH
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	1310–1520	42%	$16,004	$14,355	85%	Public	Urbana, IL
Purdue University-Main Campus	1200–1480	50%	$9,992	$14,600	83%	Public	West Lafayette, IN
New York University	1480–1560	9%	$62,796	$37,050	88%	Private	New York, NY
University of Minnesota Twin Cities	1300–1500	80%	$17,214	$16,778	85%	Public	Minneapolis, MN
University of Arizona	1150–1420	86%	$13,926	$16,674	68%	Public	Tucson, AZ
University of Florida	1320–1480	24%	$6,381	$6,541	91%	Public	Gainesville, FL
Florida International University	1070–1260	55%	$6,565	$9,288	74%	Public	Miami, FL
The University of Texas at Austin	1250–1510	27%	$11,688	$19,857	89%	Public	Austin, TX
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	1370–1540	14%	$12,058	$12,116	94%	Public	Atlanta, GA
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	1360–1530	16%	$17,736	$13,138	93%	Public	Ann Arbor, MI

How this page was built

Every college that reports an admitted-student SAT range to federal data collections is compared against a 1000. Targetmeans the score falls inside the college’s published 25th–75th percentile range; likely means it is above the 75th percentile; reachmeans it is below the 25th. The three groups do not overlap. They follow the same approach as CampusPin’s admission tier estimator.

A tier states where a score sits in a published distribution. It is not a probability, a prediction, or a ranking of college quality. Colleges that do not publish an SAT range — including most community colleges and open-admission institutions — cannot be placed in a tier and are not listed here.

Frequently asked questions

Is a 1000 SAT a good score?: It depends entirely on where you apply. CampusPin finds 335 colleges whose published admitted-student range brackets a 1000, meaning the score sits inside their middle 50%. At 621 colleges it falls at or below the 25th percentile. "Good" is relative to a specific college's published range, not an absolute threshold.
What are my chances of getting in with a 1000 SAT?: CampusPin does not estimate admission chances and no honest tool can from a test score alone. Colleges weigh course rigor, grade trends, essays, recommendations, context, and institutional priorities alongside scores, and many are test-optional. The tiers here describe only where your score falls in each college's published percentile range.
What do reach, target, and likely mean here?: They are defined strictly from published percentiles. Likely means a 1000 is at or above the college's 75th percentile; target means it falls between the 25th and 75th; reach means it is at or below the 25th. These are the same definitions CampusPin's admission tier estimator uses.
How much do these colleges cost?: Costs are in the table: published in-state tuition and, where the college reports it, the average net price students actually paid after grants and scholarships. Net price is an average across a prior entering class and varies widely by family income, so treat it as a comparison between colleges rather than your own bill.

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Data sources & methodology

Admissions, cost, and outcome figures come from each institution's federal reporting.

Sources used across this page

Not every source informs every figure. Each data point draws on the source appropriate to it see the relevant section and the data dictionary for field-level provenance.

IPEDS / NCES College Navigator
Federal enrollment, admissions, tuition, retention, and program data. Released annually with a 1–2 year lag.
U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Net price by income band, post-graduation earnings, and federal aid context.
Institutional websites
Each school's official admissions, registrar, and financial-aid pages are the authoritative source for current details.

Where a value is unavailable it is shown as unavailable, never as 0, free, or a negative judgment. Always confirm final details with the institution before applying.

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