Colleges with Higher SAT and ACT Scores for Admission

The average SAT score is 1,486 and ACT score is 33 over the 37 Colleges with the Highest SAT and ACT Scores.

University of Chicago has the highest SAT and ACT scores (SAT: 1,550, ACT: 35). Johns Hopkins University (SAT: 1,550, ACT: 35) and Harvard University (SAT: 1,550, ACT: 35) are following it in the list of Colleges with the Highest SAT and ACT Scores.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $64,498 and graduate tuition & fees is $56,653 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 8.97% and the average SAT score is 1,526 at the schools.

Table. Colleges With The Highest SAT And ACT Scores Comparison
School NameSAT ScoreACT ScoreAcceptance RateYieldUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 1,550
5
35
1
5.00%87.99%$65,61918,33995.00%5 to 1
1Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDPrivate, 4-year 1,550358.00%48.01%$62,84031,27594.00%6 to 1
1
4
Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year 1,550
20
35
-
3.00%84.02%$59,07630,63197.00%7 to 1
1
2
Rice University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year 1,550
20
35
-
8.00%46.00%$58,1288,67293.00%6 to 1
1
9
Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year 1,550
30
35
-
4.00%81.01%$62,48418,28395.00%5 to 1
6
10
Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year 1,550
37
34
-
7.00%54.99%$65,80518,02396.00%6 to 1
7
5
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate, 4-year 1,540
20
35
-
4.00%62.99%$68,17134,78295.00%6 to 1
7
4
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year 1,540
20
35
1
11.00%44.01%$63,27416,00291.00%5 to 1
7
1
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year 1,540
15
35
1
6.00%69.00%$66,10428,20196.00%8 to 1
7
7
Brown University Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year 1,540
25
35
1
5.00%63.02%$68,23011,18994.00%6 to 1
7
-
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 1,540
15
35
-
6.00%57.01%$63,94613,71092.00%7 to 1
12
8
Yale University New Haven, CTPrivate, 4-year 1,540
10
34
-
5.00%70.00%$64,70014,77697.00%6 to 1
12
10
Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MOPrivate, 4-year 1,540
10
34
-
12.00%46.99%$62,98217,01293.00%7 to 1
12
7
Dartmouth College Hanover, NHPrivate, 4-year 1,540
40
34
-
6.00%66.99%$65,5116,74494.00%7 to 1
12
2
Princeton University Princeton, NJPrivate, 4-year 1,540
25
34
-
4.00%76.99%$59,7108,84297.00%5 to 1
16
4
Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year 1,530
10
35
-
13.00%35.96%$66,25592292.00%8 to 1
17
9
Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year 1,530
10
34
1
7.00%57.01%$65,99723,16196.00%6 to 1
17Williams College Williamstown, MAPrivate, 4-year 1,5303410.00%46.99%$64,8602,22295.00%6 to 1
17
-
New York University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year 1,530
20
34
-
9.00%54.00%$60,43859,14487.00%8 to 1
17
3
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PAPrivate, 4-year 1,530
35
34
-
7.00%42.00%$62,4121,62593.00%8 to 1
21
12
Pomona College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year 1,520
-
34
-
7.00%50.00%$62,3261,71694.00%7 to 1
21
3
Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate, 4-year 1,520
15
34
-
8.00%66.01%$66,01425,89895.00%9 to 1
23
3
Emory University Atlanta, GAPrivate, 4-year 1,520
40
33
-
11.00%40.01%$60,77414,84189.00%9 to 1
24
6
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year 1,510
35
34
-
11.00%50.00%$64,1501,38991.00%8 to 1
24
43
Wesleyan University Middletown, CTPrivate, 4-year 1,510
105
34
1
17.00%32.01%$67,0163,25393.00%7 to 1
24Bowdoin College Brunswick, MEPrivate, 4-year 1,510348.00%57.01%$64,9101,91594.00%9 to 1
24
4
Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year 1,510
15
34
-
10.00%50.00%$67,84413,43193.00%10 to 1
24
11
Wellesley College Wellesley, MAPrivate, 4-year 1,510
40
34
1
14.00%50.00%$64,3202,44790.00%7 to 1
24
-
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NYPrivate, 4-year 1,510
30
34
1
18.00%32.02%$67,8052,45991.00%7 to 1
30
-
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year 1,510
35
33
1
10.00%44.99%$68,23748,94592.00%9 to 1
30
7
Colby College Waterville, MEPrivate, 4-year 1,510
45
33
-
7.00%50.04%$66,6002,29988.00%10 to 1
30
7
Barnard College New York, NYPrivate, 4-year 1,510
22
33
-
8.00%75.95%$66,2463,44291.00%10 to 1
33
6
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, INPrivate, 4-year 1,500
20
34
-
12.00%58.99%$62,69313,10596.00%9 to 1
33
11
Northeastern University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 1,500
10
34
-
6.00%50.00%$63,14130,01391.00%16 to 1
35
8
Georgetown University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year 1,500
20
33
1
13.00%47.99%$65,08120,98495.00%11 to 1
35
3
Amherst College Amherst, MAPrivate, 4-year 1,500
40
33
-
10.00%38.96%$67,2801,89891.00%7 to 1
35
6
Carleton College Northfield, MNPrivate, 4-year 1,500
21
33
-
22.00%36.99%$65,4572,05990.00%8 to 1
Average1,526348.97%54.76%$64,49814,96393.14%8 to 1