Students must place to place into college-level classes on the reading, math and writing assessments for most classes. Owens recognizes the highest score achieved between ACCUPLACER, COMPASS, ACT, and SAT.
Placement Test/Achievement Levels
Successful students typically have scores noted below:
ACCUPLACER NEXT-GENERATION
- Reading: 250 or higher
- WritePlacer: 5 or higher
- QAS: 263 or higher
ACT
- Reading 22 or higher
- English 18 or higher
- Math 22 or higher
SAT
- Reading (SAT Evidence-Based Reading & Writing) 480 or higher
- English (SAT Evidence-Based Reading & Writing) 480 or higher
- Math 530 or higher
For more information regarding testing, please visit our Testing Services website.
View the State Eligibility Requirements.