Comparing SAT data from 1970 and 2006
school	SAT 1970	SAT 2006	change
Caltech	1508	1520	12
Harvard	1479	1484	5
Reed	1479	1328	-151
Yale	1459	1475	16
Columbia	1452	1431	-21
New College	1449	1321	-128
Bryn Mawr	1438	1317	-121
Dartmouth	1429	1442	13
Haverford	1429	1395	-34
Brandeis	1429	1358	-71
Carleton	1427	1386	-41
Princeton	1424	1475	51
Chicago	1420	1443	23
Barnard	1414	1362	-52
Amherst	1409	1420	11
Oberlin	1405	1351	-54
Stanford	1399	1425	26
Hamilton	1395
Johns Hopkins	1392	1375	-17
Wellesley	1391	1395	4
Wesleyan	1391	1388	-3
Pomona	1390	1437	47
Cornell U	1390	1379	-11
CMU	1389	1388	-1
Middlebury	1389	1374	-15
UC-Santa Cruz	1389	1148	-241
Penn	1387	1394	7
Williams	1384	1415	31
RPI	1380	1308	-72
Brown	1379	1424	45
Tufts	1379	1401	22
Duke	1374	1451	77
Smith	1368	1249	-119
Trinity (CT)	1359	1293	-66
Occidental	1355	1282	-73
BC	1353	1329	-24
Rice	1351	1420	69
Bucknell	1347	1306	-41
Rochester	1344	1315	-29
Grinnell	1343	1384	41
Lehigh	1339	1305	-34
Antioch	1339
Bowdoin	1338	1390	52
Colgate	1338	1354	16
Dickinson	1336	1283	-53
Union (NY)	1336	1222	-114
Washington University	1334	1434	100
Davidson	1334	1336	2
Northwestern	1333	1402	69
Colby	1329	1339	10
Clark	1329	1198	-131
Bates	1319
William & Mary	1313	1340	27
Allegheny	1311	1197	-114
Vassar	1310	1374	64
Lafayette	1310	1280	-30
Georgetown	1309	1387	78
Kenyon	1308	1326	18
Muhlenburg	1308	1221	-87
CWRU	1307	1313	6
Virginia	1306	1320	14
SUNY-Binghamton	1306	1248	-58
Franklin & Marshall	1304	1270	-34
Emory	1303	1386	83
Vanderbilt	1298	1370	72
DePauw	1298	1227	-71
Kalamazoo	1294	1280	-14
Macalester	1292	1346	54
Connecticut College	1290	1295	5
Illinois Inst. Tech.	1289	1260	-29
St. Lawrence	1289
UC-San Diego	1288	1244	-44
Lawrence U	1284
Holy Cross	1282
Polytechnic	1281	1180	-101
Agnes Scott	1281
UC-Riverside	1280	1052	-228
Washington & Lee	1279	1373	94
Michigan	1278	1312	34
St. Olaf	1278	1262	-16
Denison	1277	1270	-7
Goucher	1275	1192	-83
SUNY-Stony Brook	1275	1180	-95
Fla. Presby. (Eckerd)	1274	1120	-154
Yeshiva	1273	1211	-62
Ursinus	1272	1216	-56
Beloit	1270	1248	-22
Drew	1269	1173	-96
Colorado College	1267	1310	43
Earlham	1265	1220	-45
NYU	1264	1310	46
Notre Dame	1260	1407	147
Georgia Tech	1260	1308	48
Gettysburg	1254	1281	27
Syracuse	1253	1222	-31
Iowa State	1251	1140	-111
Rutgers	1250	1195	-55
Knox	1244
Wake Forest	1243	1320	77
Drexel	1241	1118	-123
SUNY Forestry-Syracuse	1241	1082	-159
Washington & Jefferson	1238	1117	-121
Tulane	1235	1320	85
Augustana, IL	1232	1170	-62
Canisius	1231	1098	-133
Illinois	1230	1289	59
Wooster	1229	1201	-28
BU	1228	1329	101
Pitt	1227	1227	0
North Carolina, U. of	1225	1295	70
CUNY-Brooklyn	1224	1050	-174
Wabash	1224
Florida, U. of	1223	1241	18
Albright	1223	1015	-208
GWU	1221	1295	74
Ohio Wesleyan	1220	1189	-31
Wheaton	1218	1318	100
Penn ST.	1217	1197	-20
St. Joseph's	1217
Furman	1216	1280	64
Washington, U. of	1215	1201	-14
Cornell College	1214	1213	-1
Le Moyne	1212	1098	-114
Manhattan College	1210	1124	-86
Rollins	1208	1160	-48
Randolph Macon Woman's	1203
Mass., U.  Of	1200	1148	-52
Miami University	1200	1208	9
Catholic	1197	1139	-58
Western Maryland	1196
Sewanee	1195	1227	32
CUNY-City	1195	1025	-170
Rosemont C	1195	1025	-170
Redlands	1194	1136	-58
Temple	1193	1087	-106
CUNY-Queens	1192	1040	-152
Va. Tech	1191	1195	4
Whittier	1191	1070	-121
Rhodes C	1190	1255	65
Juniata	1190	1175	-15
Wittenburg	1188	1144	-44
Santa Clara, U. of	1187	1212	25
Alfred	1187	1123	-64
Houghton	1186	1175	-11
Valparaiso	1186	1148	-38
Vermont	1183	1162	-21
Maine	1180	1077	-103
Oakland U	1180	1010	-170
Siena	1179	1113	-66
Luther	1177	1137	-40
St. John's (MN)	1176
Richmond	1174	1266	92
Colorado, U. of	1174	1170	-4
Delaware	1173	1192	19
Chestnut Hill	1173	976	-197
New Hampshire, U. of	1172	1119	-53
Hiram College	1172	1067	-105
Texas	1171	1216	45
SMU	1170	1223	53
NCSU	1169	1184	15
Adelphi	1168	1068	-100
Mich St.	1167	1137	-30
Rhode Island, U. of	1161	1065	-96
Hope	1160	1177	17
St. Peter's	1160
Northeastern	1158	1240	82
Purdue	1158	1140	-18
Denver, U. of	1152	1164	12
Butler	1150	1197	47
Iowa	1150	1154	4
Hamline U	1146	1146	0
Scranton	1146	1115	-31
Wagner	1145	1170	25
Auburn	1143	1129	-14
Texas A&M	1142	1182	40
San Francisco, U. of	1142	1109	-33
Dallas, U. of	1139	1217	78
Indiana	1139	1123	-16
Georgia, U. of	1138	1219	81
St. Bonaventure	1138	1041	-97
Philadelphia C Pharm. & Sci.	1134	1169	35
Louisville	1133	1116	-17
Spring Hill	1133	1095	-38
Maryland	1131	1280	149
St. Louis U	1131	1162	31
Birmingham Southern	1125	1170	45
Cincinnati	1123	1119	-4
NM Tech	1122	1202	80
Concordia	1122
Cal Poly	1121	1194	73
Loyola (Chicago)	1121	1169	48
Hofstra	1121	1139	18
Oregon	1120	1120	0
Queen's College (NC)	1117	1030	-87
Miami, U. of	1112	1275	163
St. John's (NY)	1112	1060	-52
Minnesota	1110	1181	71
Hawaii	1110	1096	-14
Dayton, U. of	1109	1164	55
Houston	1109	1055	-54
Detroit, U. of	1109	1036	-73
Clemson	1108	1214	106
Colorado State	1106	1110	4
Northeast Illinois	1106
Kansas	1102	1130	28
Providence C	1101	1191	90
Wisc-Milwaukee	1100	1030	-70
Berea	1098	1085	-13
King's College	1098	1005	-93
Augustana, SD	1098
St. Thomas	1091	1146	55
South Carolina	1090	1159	69
Nebraska	1090	1154	64
Northern Iowa	1090	1091	1
CSU-Fresno	1090	940	-150
Creighton	1082	1192	110
North Dakota	1070	1090	20
South Florida	1070	1089	19
Baylor	1066	1193	127
Idaho	1066	1082	16
Wayne State	1065	950	-115
Alabama	1062	1116	54
West Virginia	1062	1057	-5
Mount St. Mary's	1060	1060	0
Humboldt State	1058	1046	-12
Bowling Green	1058	1010	-48
Bellermine-Ursuline	1057
Kentucky	1054	1135	81
South Dakota	1054	1049	-5
Moorhead State	1050	1010	-40
NDSU	1046	1053	7
SDSU	1046	1050	4
Arkansas	1044	1152	109
BYU	1038	1246	208
LIU-Brooklyn Center	1034	935	-99
Oklahoma	1030	1170	140
OK State.	1030	1129	99
Utah	1030	1114	84
Kansas State	1030	1090	60
Montana	1030	1062	32
S. Illinois	1030	1012	-18
Tennessee	1026	1167	141
Arizona	1026	1097	71
Arizona State	1022	1086	64
W Mich	1022	1050	28
Eastern Illinois	1018	1010	-8
CSU-Chico	1014	1029	15
Wisc-Oshkosh	1010	1030	20
Dubuque	1008	964	-44
San Francisco State	1007	999	-8
North Texas	1003	1111	108
LSU	1002	1154	152
CSU-Long Beach	1002	1013	11
CSU-Hayward	998
Andrews U	986	1056	70
Texas-El Paso	983
Indiana State	976	936	-40
Ohio State	970	1206	236
TTU	966	1059	93
SF Austin	958	982	24
NM State	958	952	-6
Emporia State	950	1010	60
Louisiana Tech	946	1030	84
Utah State	942	1109	167
Northern Michigan	942	1050	108
ETSU	930	1045	115
Howard	912	1130	218
Sam Houston	898	995	97
Jacksonville State	890	907	17
West Texas State	882	980	98
Notes:
1.  SAT scores recentered according to:
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/sat/equivalence-tables/sat-mean
2.  2006 data downloaded from IPEDS:
http://nces.ed.gov/IPEDS
3.  1970 data from Comparative Guide to Science and Engineering Programs,
by James Cass & Max Birnbaum, Harper Row, 1971.