SAT and ACT scores

Convert an SAT score to ACT, or back.

Uses the official concordance tables College Board and ACT published together. Colleges may use their own conversions, so check each school’s policy.

SAT to ACT

SAT total score

About 31 on the ACT

ACT to SAT

ACT Composite

About 1400 on the SAT (range 1390–1410)

Source: College Board and ACT: Guide to the 2018 ACT/SAT Concordance, Table A2.

The full table

Each ACT Composite lines up with a range of SAT totals. The single SAT score is the one to use for a point-to-point comparison.

ACT Composite	SAT total	SAT range
36	1590	1570–1600
35	1540	1530–1560
34	1500	1490–1520
33	1460	1450–1480
32	1430	1420–1440
31	1400	1390–1410
30	1370	1360–1380
29	1340	1330–1350
28	1310	1300–1320
27	1280	1260–1290
26	1240	1230–1250
25	1210	1200–1220
24	1180	1160–1190
23	1140	1130–1150
22	1110	1100–1120
21	1080	1060–1090
20	1040	1030–1050
19	1010	990–1020
18	970	960–980
17	930	920–950
16	890	880–910
15	850	830–870
14	800	780–820
13	760	730–770
12	710	690–720
11	670	650–680
10	630	620–640
9	590	590–610