Placement Testing
What is Placement Testing?
Placement Testing evaluates a students’ academic abilities to properly place them in courses to start their college journey at Xavier.
The exam consists of 3 subjects, Math, Reading & English.
Have questions about placement testing? View our Placement Testing FAQ's
Questions focus on a range of topics including computing with rational numbers, applying ratios and proportional reasoning, creating linear expressions and equations, graphing and applying linear equations, understanding probability and sets, and interpreting graphical displays.
Passages will inquire the ability to derive meaning from a range of prose texts and to determine the meaning of words and phrases in short and extended contexts. Passages on the test cover a range of content areas (including literature and literary nonfiction, careers/ history/social studies, humanities, and science), writing modes (informative/explanatory, argument, and narrative), and complexities.
Passages on the test cover a range of content areas (including literary nonfiction, careers/history/social studies, humanities, and science), writing modes (informative/explanatory, argument, and narrative), and complexities.
In person & Virtual Testing: Xavier's Testing Center (ALL SUBJECTS)
Remote Testing: Complete at a verified testing site (ALL SUBJECTS)
To review with Practice Questions, please select subjects to access materials:
Placement Testing Scores will be available post completion of the exam.
Please review the placement grids below to determine course placement based on scores.
- Students have one retest opportunity
- Students must wait ONE week before attempting to schedule a retest exam.
- Retesting requires a payment of $35.00.
- The payment can be made through
In order to schedule your placement exam, please complete the form . Once completed, you will receive an email with the appointed date to complete testing. If you do not complete testing on the specified date, you will be placed into courses based on your submitted scores. If you have no scores, you will be placed into developmental courses (English, Reading and Math).
Steps to completing an exam remotely at another testing site.
Please note that you will need to contact the testing center for availability and scheduling. Additional fees may be required at other testing sites to complete an exam.
- Review the testing sites nearby . To see all available locations, only enter the country, state, and zip code.
- Out of state students have the option to complete English, Reading and Math exams at a verified Accuplacer remote site.
- If interested in completing your exams at a remote location, please ensure to indicate the location on the placement request from .
- Once you have submitted this information, you will receive a generated voucher to bring to the testing site to complete your exam.
- Your scores will be automatically retrieved once completed.
- If you are testing at a remote test center nearby, you are not required to schedule an appointment on EAB Navigate.
| ACT (ENGLISH) | SAT (WRITING & LANGUAGE) | SAT (EBRW) | Accuplacer (Classic Elementary Writing) | Writeplacer | COURSE PLACEMENT |
| 12 OR LESS | 18 OR LESS | 0 | 2 or Less | ENGL 990D | |
| 13 - 18 | 19 - 25 | 470 or LESS | 1-4 | 3-4 | ENGL 1000 |
| 19 - 26 | 26 - 32 | 480 - 660 | 5-8 | 5 or more | ENGL 1010 |
| 27 OR MORE | 33 - 40 | 670 - 800 | HONORS ENGLISH |
| ACT MATH SCORE | SAT MATH SCORE | Accuplacer (Classic Elementary Algebra) | Next Generation QAS | COURSE PLACEMENT |
| 19 OR LESS | 510 OR LESS | 0-85 | 259 or less | MATH 0990D |
| 20 - 23 | 520 - 560 | 86-108 | 260-269 | MATH 1010, 1015, 1020, 1030I, 2010 |
| 109-120 | 270 or more | Math 1030 | ||
| 24 OR MORE | 570 OR MORE | Math 1070 |
| ACT Reading | SAT Reading EBRW+M | Next Generation Reading | COURSE PLACEMENT |
| 18 OR LESS | Composite 970 or LESS | 249 OR LESS | RDNG 0992 |
| 19 OR MORE | Composite 980 or MORE | 250 OR MORE | EXEMPT |

Kaplan All Access
Xavier University is happy to announce that we have partnered with Kaplan for supporting resources to best assist students who are considering graduate school. Students can benefit from this platform by enrolling in the prep courses for FREE! We have a listing of Prep courses that will be beneficial in preparing to take your exam. The following prep courses available to register for are:
Prep Courses:
ACT- American College Test
SAT- Scholastic Assessment Test
GRE- Graduate Record Examination
GMAT-Graduate Management Admissions Test
LSAT-Law School Admissions Test
MCAT- Medical College Admissions Test
PCAT-Pharmacy College Admissions Test
OAT-Optometry Admissions Test
DAT-Dental Admissions Test
CTS- Critical Thinking Skills Course
PLEASE NOTE: If you want to enroll in an MCAT prep course, contact the PreMed office at xupremed@yahoo.com for inquiries and enrollment.
Course Modalities
· Weekday\Weekend
· Afternoon\Night
The instructions methods provided are:
Please note: MCAT and LSAT participants have the option of accessing materials for 12 months. All others provide 6-month access.
MCAT & LSAT will receive physical materials, other courses will be digital.
Browse instructional live online schedules at . (Select the test that you are taking, select “live online course” see schedules)
Kaplan also provides prep courses for students who are considering applying for a certification. The practice test provided are:
SIE- Securities Industry Essentials
FE-Fundamentals of Engineering Exam
FPQP-Financial Paraplanner Qualified Professional
WMS- Wealth Management Specialist
Practice Exam Packages
- Amazon Web Service
- Cisco
- CompTIA
- Oracle
- ISC2
- Microsoft
- Axelos
- ISACA
