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What SAT score do you need for Central Michigan University? (Middle 50%: 970–1210)

First-year students at Central Michigan University who sent an SAT scored 970–1210, with a median of 1100 (Common Data Set 2025–26). Central Michigan University admits 90% of applicants.

Central Michigan University · Mount Pleasant, MI

Where your score lands at Central Michigan University

First-year students who sent an SAT: 970–1210, median 1100

Middle 50% of admitted students Median

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Central Michigan University by the numbers

Admit rate
90%
Middle 50% SAT
970–1210
Median SAT
1100
About on the ACT
18–25
Sent an SAT
52%

Test policy not confirmed for 2026–27 · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2025–26; admit rate from it or IPEDS

Central Michigan University admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 18%, from 18,575 in 2015 to 21,969 in 2024, and Central Michigan University's admit rate went from 69% to 90%.

  1. 69%
  10. 90%
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FallAppliedAdmittedAdmit rate
202421,96919,73290%
202318,10216,47491%
202219,88815,70179%
202118,51714,27377%
202019,39613,32069%
201916,41111,40870%
201817,85812,29369%
201719,02112,88768%
201619,16013,71172%
201518,57512,77069%

In fall 2024, 2,222 of the 19,732 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Central Michigan University

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?*
  1. Under 920Far reachHold
  2. 920–960ReachHold
  3. 970–1090TargetHold
  4. 1100–1200TargetSend
  5. 1210 and upLikelySend

Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges. *Send it? assumes they're test optional; we haven't confirmed their policy.

Central Michigan University SAT sections, ACT, GPA and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test25thMedian75th
SAT Math470530590
SAT Reading and Writing500560620
SAT total97011001210
ACT composite202428

Of enrolled first-year students, 52% sent an SAT and 5% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Average high school GPA
3.48
100% of new students reported one
Top 10% of their class
25%
of new students who reported a rank

Central Michigan University cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price
$17,597
per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years
59%
Median earnings
$55,874
10 years after starting
Undergraduates
11,329

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 970–1210, and the median was 1100. At 1100 or higher you're above half of them. Central Michigan University admits 90% of applicants.

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