Average High School GPA and SAT Scores for Incoming Freshmen (Fall)
- Xiaoying Liu
- Sangita Singh
- Hennadii Balashov
Average GPA & Average SAT:
An average weighted grade point average of 4.0 or higher and an average SAT score of 1200 or higher for fall semester incoming freshmen, as reported annually in the admissions data that universities submit to the Board of Governors. This data includes registered FTIC (student type='B’, ‘E') with an admission action of admitted or provisionally admitted ('A', 'P', 'X'). Source: State University Database System (SUDS).
Methodology: Following 2020 Florida legislation, the concorded SAT score for students who submit both SAT and ACT subscores is the highest (superscore) for a single test subsection. This methodology is used for Preeminent metrics and reported in the annual SUS Accountability Plan.
Data Source: SID
Refresh schedule: Data is refreshed annually at preliminary benchmark for fall term. The “Data as of” field indicates when the data was extracted from SID.
- Avg GPA and SAT → Table view displays the average high school GPA and SAT scores for each college for the past 5 fall semesters.
- Avg GPA Trend → Graph view displays the 5 semester trend on average high school GPA for incoming freshmen.
- Avg SAT Score Trend → Graph view displays the 5 semester trend on average SAT score for incoming freshmen.
Data Element | Data Source (underlying data field) | Description | Report Pages |
| College | SID → SID_ENROLLMENTS → GLOBAL_COLLEGE | Students' enrolled Global College for the fall term. | All Pages |
| Academic Year | SID → SID_TERMID → ACADYEAR | Academic Year. | All Pages |
| HS GPA | SID → SID_APPLICANTS_ADMITS → GPA_HIGH_SCHOOL | High School GPA. | All Pages |
| SAT | SID → SID_APPLICANTS_ADMITS → TEST_SCORE_N | SAS Score or Converted ACT Score. | All Pages |
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