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What SAT score do you need for Stephen F Austin State University? (Middle 50%: 950–1130)

First-year students at Stephen F Austin State University who sent an SAT scored 950–1130, with a median of 1040 (Common Data Set 2025–26). Stephen F Austin State University admits 94% of applicants.

Stephen F Austin State University · Nacogdoches, TX

Where your score lands at Stephen F Austin State University

First-year students who sent an SAT: 950–1130, median 1040

Middle 50% of admitted students Median

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Stephen F Austin State University by the numbers

Admit rate
94%
Middle 50% SAT
950–1130
Median SAT
1040
About on the ACT
17–23
Sent an SAT
48%

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

Stephen F Austin State University admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 19%, from 11,382 in 2015 to 13,596 in 2024, and Stephen F Austin State University's admit rate went from 62% to 94%.

  1. 62%
  10. 94%
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FallAppliedAdmittedAdmit rate
202413,59612,77994%
202312,59111,11288%
20229,9448,90190%
20218,2147,55192%
20209,0166,86276%
201910,6647,24668%
201810,8627,34868%
201711,0817,25065%
201611,3827,10862%
201511,3827,00862%

In fall 2024, 2,186 of the 12,779 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Stephen F Austin State 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. 1040–1120TargetSend
  5. 1130 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.

Stephen F Austin State University SAT sections, ACT and class rank

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

Test25thMedian75th
SAT Math450500558
SAT Reading and Writing490530590
SAT total95010401130
ACT composite182124

Of enrolled first-year students, 48% sent an SAT and 11% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2025–26.

Top 10% of their class
9%
of new students who reported a rank

Stephen F Austin State University cost and outcomes

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

Average net price
$14,260
per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years
53%
Median earnings
$49,634
10 years after starting
Undergraduates
10,093

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 950–1130, and the median was 1040. At 1040 or higher you're above half of them. Stephen F Austin State University admits 94% of applicants.

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