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Purdue SAT scores

What SAT score do you need for Purdue? Aim for 1470 or higher. Half of the enrolled students who sent SAT scores scored 1220 to 1470 (Common Data Set 2025-26), and a quarter scored 1470 or more.

Your test

400 to 1600. A practice test works too.

Middle 50% SAT at Purdue

1220–1470

Aim for 1470 or higher, the 75th percentile.

Purdue at a glance, Common Data Set 2025-26

SAT middle 50%1220 to 1470Median 1360
ACT middle 50%28 to 34Median 32
Tests for fall 2027RequiredRequired: send the SAT, ACT or CLT.
Superscores the SATYes

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Questions people ask

What is the average SAT score at Purdue?

The median is 1360: half of the enrolled first-year students who sent SAT scores scored 1360 or higher (Common Data Set 2025-26).

Does Purdue require the SAT?

Required: send the SAT, ACT or CLT.

What ACT score do you need for Purdue?

Aim for 34 or higher. The middle 50% of enrolled students who sent ACT scores scored 28 to 34.

Does Purdue superscore the SAT?

Yes. It takes your highest section scores across test dates.

How we work this out

What it does

Enter your score to see where it sits among students who enrolled at Purdue.

Purdue University-Main Campus, first-year admission. Scores of enrolled students who sent them.

Method

  1. The ranges are Purdue's own figures for enrolled first-year students who sent scores (Common Data Set 2025-26, section C9). The middle 50% runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
  2. Top 25% means your score is at or above the 75th percentile. Upper half is from the median up to it. Lower half is from the 25th percentile up to the median. Bottom 25% is under the 25th percentile.
  3. We copy each number from the college's own document. We never add section scores to make a total or convert ACT to SAT.

Sources

Checked .

  • Purdue University-Main Campus: Common Data Set 2025-26, Section C9: 25th, 50th and 75th percentile scores of enrolled first-year students who submitted scores
  • Purdue University-Main Campus: First-year testing policy, First-year testing requirement