When Do SAT Scores Come Out? 2026 Release Dates

November SAT scores come out on Friday, November 20, 2026: that is College Board's published student score release date for the Saturday, November 7 test, and your score appears in your account at studentscores.collegeboard.org. Educator score reports follow on Monday, November 23. Registration for November 7 has closed, so the next open test is December 5 (regular registration until November 20, late until November 24). October 3 scores were released on Friday, October 16, 2026 (educators on October 19), and September 12 scores on September 25, so if you tested in the fall and see nothing, the cause is almost always an account mismatch or a second College Board account, not a lost score (details below). The rest of the calendar is confirmed on the official score release page: December 18 for the December 5 test, then March 19, May 14, and June 21, 2027 for the spring tests.

When do November SAT scores come out?

The November 7, 2026 SAT has now been taken, and its scores release on Friday, November 20, 2026, in students' College Board accounts at studentscores.collegeboard.org, 13 days after the test. Educator score reports follow on Monday, November 23, 2026. Registration for November 7 is closed: the regular deadline was October 23 and the deadline for late registration, changes, and regular cancellation was October 27. If you missed it, the next test is December 5.

When did September and October SAT scores come out?

Both are out. Scores from the October 3, 2026 SAT were released on Friday, October 16, 2026, with educator reports on Monday, October 19. September 12 scores were released on Friday, September 25, with educator reports on September 28, and August 22 scores on September 4. If one of those scores is still missing from your account, use the missing-score steps below rather than waiting for another release date.

Took the SAT at school in October (SAT School Day) rather than on a Saturday? Those scores follow College Board's fall in-school schedule instead, keyed to when your school submitted answers: by October 9, scores to students on October 22, and by October 23, on November 5 (both already out); by October 30, on Thursday, November 12, the last fall in-school release. The fall in-school window closed October 30. Your counselor knows which batch your school is in and could see the last batch in the K-12 reporting portal from November 10. College Board's BigFuture School page says in-school score texts are sent outside school hours, starting at 6:00 p.m. ET. If your state ran the test as part of its testing program, College Board says to check with your state for score timing.

Scores release November 20: what to do when they arrive

College Board commits to a date, not a time, and scores roll out over the morning rather than all at once. Here is the short version of what to do on release day, in order:

1. Check your score at studentscores.collegeboard.org. Sign in with the College Board account you registered with. Your newest score sits at the top of the page with the total (400-1600) and the two section scores. Do not wait for an email; the account is the source of truth. Counselors and schools get access a few days later (November 23 for the November 7 test), so your account will show the score before your school does.
2. If your score is not showing, work through College Board's three listed causes. Their getting-scores page names them directly: (a) incorrect account information, which you fix with the Find Your Scores tool by checking and updating your address or school; (b) multiple College Board accounts, where you, a parent, or a counselor created a second account and the score landed in that one; (c) archived scores, which only applies to old tests and requires calling or mailing College Board and paying a processing fee. College Board's guidance is that most scores are available on release day, not all, so a small number of tests that need extra review land afterward. Give it a few business days before you contact them, unless a deadline is close.
3. Sort out your score sends. The nine-day window to add or change your four free sends for the November 7 test closes on November 16, so set or fix them before then and they go out automatically at release. Anything you add after that is an additional report at $15 each (free with a fee waiver), and rush reporting (a $31 fee on top of the report fee, delivered within one to four business days, not counting weekends and holidays) is only available once a score has been released.
4. Decide about a retake against the calendar. Regular registration for the December 5 test closes on November 20, the same day November scores release, and late registration (extra fee) runs until November 24, so a November tester can still decide with the score in hand. December 5 scores release December 18, and December is the last date before the three-month gap to March 6, 2027.

2026-27 SAT test dates and score release dates

College Board publishes test dates, registration deadlines, and score release dates on the SAT Suite site. Here is what is confirmed on College Board's score release and dates pages, re-read on November 10, 2026. Registration has closed for every test through November 7:

Test date	Registration deadline	Changes/cancellation deadline	Student score release	Educator release
Saturday, August 22, 2026	Closed	Closed	Released Friday, September 4, 2026	September 8, 2026
Saturday, September 12, 2026	Closed	Closed	Released Friday, September 25, 2026	September 28, 2026
Saturday, October 3, 2026	Closed	Closed	Released Friday, October 16, 2026	October 19, 2026
Saturday, November 7, 2026	Closed	Closed	Next: Friday, November 20, 2026	November 23, 2026
Saturday, December 5, 2026	November 20, 2026	November 24, 2026	Friday, December 18, 2026	December 21, 2026
Saturday, March 6, 2027	February 19, 2027	February 23, 2027	Friday, March 19, 2027	March 22, 2027
Saturday, May 1, 2027	April 16, 2027	April 20, 2027	Friday, May 14, 2027	May 17, 2027
Saturday, June 5, 2027	May 21, 2027	May 25, 2027	Monday, June 21, 2027	June 21, 2027

A few things to notice:

• Every published release through May 2027 is 13 days after the test, on a Friday. That is the current pattern for the digital SAT. June 5, 2027 is the one exception on the official page, listed for Monday, June 21. College Board's general guidance is that "most scores from weekend tests are released 2-4 weeks after test day," so the two-week turnaround is the norm, not a guarantee.
• Educators get scores a few days after students. College Board's educator release dates are November 23 and December 21 for the remaining fall tests, and March 22, May 17, and June 21 for spring 2027, so your own account is always the first place a score appears.
• Spring 2027 release dates are now on the official page. Check satsuite.collegeboard.org/scores/score-release-dates before you plan around a specific day, since College Board can revise a date.
• December 5 is the next open test. Regular registration runs until November 20 and late registration, changes, and regular cancellation until November 24. Late registration is available worldwide for an additional fee; see College Board's fees page for the current amount. All deadlines expire at 11:59 p.m. ET.

What time do SAT scores come out?

College Board commits to a date, not a time. Students commonly report scores appearing in the morning, Eastern Time, but treat that as a pattern rather than a promise. Two practical notes:

• Scores roll out, they do not all flip at once. A blank score page early in the morning is not a problem.
• Release-day traffic is heavy. Slow loading and sign-in hiccups are normal for the first hour or two. Refresh later rather than repeatedly hammering the page.

How to check your SAT score

Scores are delivered online through your College Board account, the same one you used to register.

1. Go to studentscores.collegeboard.org and sign in with your College Board username and password.
2. Your most recent score appears at the top of the page, with your total score (400-1600) and your two section scores for Reading and Writing and Math.
3. Select See Score Details for percentiles, the college and career readiness benchmarks, and a breakdown by content domain. The domain breakdown is the most useful part if you are considering a retake, because it tells you where the points actually went.

College Board may email you when a score is ready, but the account itself is the source of truth, so check it directly on release day.

What to do if your score is missing

A missing score on release day almost always means delayed, not lost. Work through these in order:

• Check for a second College Board account. This is the most common cause. Students, parents, and counselors sometimes create separate accounts with different emails, and the score lands in the one tied to your registration. College Board's "Find Your Scores" tool and help center can match your test to the right account.
• Check your account information with Find Your Scores. College Board's own fix is the Find Your Scores tool (findyourscores.collegeboard.org): check your account information and update your address or school if needed. A mismatch can hold a score until it is matched.
• Wait a few days. Scores that need extra review, tests affected by a testing irregularity at your center, and makeup administrations can land later than the published date.
• Contact College Board through the SAT Suite contact page if your score still has not appeared roughly a week after the release date, or sooner if you have an application deadline.

Score sends: free sends, fees, and timing

• Four free score sends per registration. You can choose up to four recipients when you register and change or add them until nine days after the test date. Free sends go out automatically once scores are released, which means you are choosing recipients before you know your score.
• Additional reports cost $15 each after the nine-day window. Students with an SAT fee waiver can send unlimited reports at no charge.
• Rush reporting adds a $31 fee per order on top of the per-report charge and gets reports to colleges within one to four business days, not counting weekends and holidays. Standard reports arrive within 5-10 business days of the order (or a couple of weeks after test day for recipients chosen at registration), and each college then needs time to process what it receives. If a deadline is close, rush reporting is the lever; if it is not, standard delivery is fine.
• Colleges see scores only after College Board releases them to you. A college cannot receive your November 7 score before November 20, so a free send chosen at registration arrives in late November or early December.

For early action and early decision deadlines in November, this timing matters. The October 3 test released October 16, which left room for November 1 deadlines with standard sending. A November 7 test releases November 20, after both November 1 and November 15 deadlines, so it counts only if a college accepts later scores. Check each college's policy on the latest test date it accepts.

Should you retake the SAT?

The two-week release gap usually lets you see one score before the next registration deadline closes. For the November test it is tight: November 7 scores land November 20, the same day regular registration for December 5 closes, and late registration runs until November 24, so a November tester can still decide with the score in hand. Here is the framework:

• Look at the domain breakdown first, not the total. If Math is 80 points behind Reading and Writing and the loss is concentrated in two content domains, that is a fixable gap. If the points are spread evenly across everything, you are looking at a longer prep cycle.
• Compare against the middle 50% of your target schools, which every college publishes. Being inside that range is the goal; being at the top of it is a bonus that rarely changes a decision on its own.
• Retake when you have time to change something. Many colleges superscore (they combine your best section scores across dates), so at those schools a retake rarely hurts, but retaking with no new preparation mostly reproduces the same score.
• Respect the spring 2027 deadlines. After December 5, the next SAT is March 6, 2027 (scores March 19), a three-month gap. Seniors applying regular decision should treat the December test as their last shot for most schools.

Prepare for the retake from your own material

If you decide to test again, target the domains where the score report shows you lost the most points.

• Paste class notes or a prep book chapter into the practice test generator to get untimed practice questions and answers; you do not need an account.
• Use the flashcard maker for grammar rules, vocabulary in context, and math formulas you keep blanking on.

Scholarly starts from your sources too and makes a narrated video lecture, flashcards, timed exams, or an AI chat grounded in them. The Free plan includes one AI Creation, one upload (8 MB, first 32 PDF pages), and one exam attempt, and those limits never reset.

SAT score release: quick FAQ

When do November 2026 SAT scores come out? Friday, November 20, 2026, for the November 7 test, in your College Board account at studentscores.collegeboard.org, with educator reports following November 23. If yours is missing on release day, check for a second account or an account-information mismatch first.

Are October 2026 SAT scores out? Yes. Scores from the October 3 Saturday test were released on Friday, October 16, 2026, with educator reports on October 19. If you took the SAT at school in October, your scores came out October 22 or November 5, or come out November 12, depending on when your school submitted answers (state-run testing can differ; check with your state).

Are September 2026 SAT scores out? Yes. Scores from the September 12 test were released on September 25, 2026, with educator reports on September 28.

When is the next SAT score release after November? December 5 scores release Friday, December 18, 2026. After that, the next release is March 19, 2027, for the March 6 test.

How long after the SAT do scores come out? About two weeks for every published 2026-27 date through May 2027 (13 days, on a Friday); June 5, 2027 scores are listed for Monday, June 21. College Board's official language is 2-4 weeks.

What time are SAT scores released? No official time. Students commonly report scores appearing in the morning Eastern Time and rolling out over several hours.

Are the March, May, and June 2027 release dates known? Yes. College Board's score release page lists March 19, 2027 for the March 6 test, May 14, 2027 for May 1, and June 21, 2027 for June 5. Check satsuite.collegeboard.org/scores/score-release-dates before planning around a specific day.

The bottom line

November 7 SAT scores come out Friday, November 20, 2026, and December 5 scores follow on Friday, December 18, each 13 days after the test. October 3 scores were released on October 16. Sign in at studentscores.collegeboard.org, read the domain breakdown before you read the total, and make a real retake decision against the December 5 and March 6 dates rather than by reflex. If you do test again, focus on the domains where you lost points and practice with questions from your own materials rather than rereading. If you are an international applicant also waiting on an English test, our guide to when TOEFL scores come out covers that timeline.