What SAT score do you need for Ferris State University? (Middle 50%: 900–1120)

First-year students at Ferris State University who sent an SAT scored 900–1120, with a median of 1000 (Common Data Set 2025–26). Ferris State University admits 91% of applicants.

Ferris State University · Big Rapids, MI

Where your score lands at Ferris State University

First-year students who sent an SAT: 900–1120, median 1000

Middle 50% of admitted students Median

Enter your SAT or ACT to see which tier Ferris State University is for you and whether to send your score.

Ferris State University by the numbers

Admit rate
91%
Middle 50% SAT
900–1120
Median SAT
1000
About on the ACT
16–22
Sent an SAT
73%

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

Ferris State University admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 21%, from 10,297 in 2015 to 12,460 in 2024, and Ferris State University's admit rate went from 78% to 91%.

  1. 78%
  2. 91%
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FallAppliedAdmittedAdmit rate
202412,46011,38791%
20239,5487,69481%
202212,22810,74688%
202110,4808,88485%
20208,5817,07682%
20199,1757,94987%
201810,2848,32081%
20179,9267,36174%
201610,8838,45578%
201510,2978,05078%

In fall 2024, 1,677 of the 11,387 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Ferris State University

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

Your SATTierSend it?*
  1. Under 850Far reachHold
  2. 850–890ReachHold
  3. 900–990TargetHold
  4. 1000–1110TargetSend
  5. 1120 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.

Ferris State University SAT sections, ACT and GPA

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

Test25thMedian75th
SAT Math430490560
SAT Reading and Writing450510570
SAT total90010001120
ACT composite202224

Of enrolled first-year students, 73% sent an SAT and 1% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Average high school GPA
3.35

Ferris State University cost and outcomes

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

Average net price
$8,624
per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years
47%
Median earnings
$54,735
10 years after starting
Undergraduates
10,932

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

Sources

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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 900–1120, and the median was 1000. At 1000 or higher you're above half of them. Ferris State University admits 91% of applicants.

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