Private Colleges With The Highest SAT Scores

The 2024 average SAT score is 1222 which is 26 points higher than previous SAT score of 1196.

University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University, and Harvard University have the highest SAT score of 1550 among 490 colleges that consider SAT score for admission.

Of those 490 colleges, 253 schools' SAT scores increased compared to last year, and 133 schools' scores decreased. 14 schools' scores are same as last year.

The table below shows the 25 colleges with the highest SAT scores along with important academic statistics.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $63,922 and graduate tuition & fees is $56,926 for the academic year 2023-2024.

Table. Private Colleges With The Highest SAT Scores Comparison
	School Name	SAT Score	ACT Score	Acceptance Rate	Yield	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year	1,550 5	35	4.79%	87.94%	$65,619	18,339	95.00%	5 to 1
1	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDPrivate, 4-year	1,550	35	7.56%	48.18%	$62,840	31,275	95.00%	6 to 1
1 4	Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year	1,550 20	35	3.45%	83.72%	$59,076	30,631	97.00%	7 to 1
1 15	Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year	1,550 37	34	6.78%	55.39%	$65,805	18,023	96.00%	6 to 1
1 2	Rice University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year	1,550 20	35	7.88%	45.97%	$58,128	8,672	96.00%	6 to 1
1 9	Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year	1,550 30	35	3.91%	80.94%	$62,484	18,283	93.00%	5 to 1
7 3	Yale University New Haven, CTPrivate, 4-year	1,540 10	34	4.50%	70.37%	$64,700	14,776	96.00%	6 to 1
7 5	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MOPrivate, 4-year	1,540 10	34	11.96%	47.42%	$62,982	17,012	94.00%	7 to 1
7 12	Dartmouth College Hanover, NHPrivate, 4-year	1,540 40	34	6.23%	67.11%	$65,511	6,744	96.00%	7 to 1
7 7	Princeton University Princeton, NJPrivate, 4-year	1,540 25	34	4.50%	76.66%	$59,710	8,842	97.00%	5 to 1
7 5	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate, 4-year	1,540 20	35	4.23%	63.14%	$68,171	34,782	95.00%	6 to 1
7 4	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year	1,540 20	35	11.40%	44.44%	$63,274	16,002	93.00%	5 to 1
7 1	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year	1,540 15	35	5.87%	69.25%	$66,104	28,201	97.00%	8 to 1
7 7	Brown University Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year	1,540 25	35	5.23%	63.10%	$68,230	11,189	96.00%	6 to 1
7 -	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year	1,540 15	35	6.28%	57.03%	$63,946	13,710	93.00%	7 to 1
16 4	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year	1,530 10	35	13.06%	35.78%	$66,255	922	94.00%	8 to 1
16 8	Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year	1,530 10	34	7.15%	57.01%	$65,997	23,161	96.00%	6 to 1
16	Williams College Williamstown, MAPrivate, 4-year	1,530	34	9.99%	47.25%	$64,860	2,222	97.00%	6 to 1
16 1	New York University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year	1,530 20	34	9.41%	54.41%	$60,438	59,144	88.00%	8 to 1
16 4	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PAPrivate, 4-year	1,530 35	34	6.94%	41.83%	$62,412	1,625	94.00%	8 to 1
21 12	Pomona College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year	1,520 -	34	6.76%	49.82%	$62,326	1,716	93.00%	7 to 1
21 5	Emory University Atlanta, GAPrivate, 4-year	1,520 40	33	11.10%	40.25%	$60,774	14,841	92.00%	9 to 1
21 3	Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate, 4-year	1,520 15	34	8.16%	66.01%	$66,014	25,898	95.00%	9 to 1
24 6	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year	1,510 35	34	11.12%	49.77%	$64,150	1,389	95.00%	8 to 1
24 6	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year	1,510 35	33	10.02%	44.89%	$68,237	48,945	92.00%	9 to 1
	Average	1,536	34	7.53%	57.91%	$63,922	18,254	94.60%	7 to 1

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