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What SAT score do you need for Radford University? (Middle 50%: 950–1140)

First-year students at Radford University who sent an SAT scored 950–1140, with a median of 1040 (Common Data Set 2025–26). Radford University admits 90% of applicants.

Radford University · Radford, VA

Where your score lands at Radford University

First-year students who sent an SAT: 950–1140, median 1040

Middle 50% of admitted students Median

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Radford University by the numbers

Admit rate
90%
Middle 50% SAT
950–1140
Median SAT
1040
About on the ACT
17–23
Sent an SAT
11%

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

Radford University admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 44%, from 7,617 in 2015 to 10,960 in 2024, and Radford University's admit rate went from 83% to 90%.

  1. 83%
  10. 90%
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FallAppliedAdmittedAdmit rate
202410,9609,81390%
202311,07210,03691%
202211,44210,68093%
202111,29110,76295%
202014,99411,79879%
201916,01312,06175%
201814,16110,56175%
201714,62010,86674%
20167,4476,04781%
20157,6176,32883%

In fall 2024, 1,416 of the 9,813 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Radford University

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

Your SATTierSend it?*
  1. Under 900Far reachHold
  2. 900–940ReachHold
  3. 950–1030TargetHold
  4. 1040–1130TargetSend
  5. 1140 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.

Radford University SAT sections, ACT, GPA and class rank

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

Test25thMedian75th
SAT Math450500560
SAT Reading and Writing490540600
SAT total95010401140

Of enrolled first-year students, 11% sent an SAT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Average high school GPA
3.52
100% of new students reported one
Top 10% of their class
13%
of new students who reported a rank

Radford University cost and outcomes

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

Average net price
$14,578
per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years
49%
Median earnings
$53,739
10 years after starting
Undergraduates
6,733

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 950–1140, and the median was 1040. At 1040 or higher you're above half of them. Radford University admits 90% of applicants.

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