United States Colleges Ranked by Highest ACT Score

List of Colleges by ACT Score

Below is a list of the 1151 colleges in the United States with the highest ACT Score for incoming freshmen. California Institute of Technology tops the list with an average ACT Score of 35. Alternatively, check out the SAT version of these rankings.

List of United States Colleges Ranked by Highest ACT Score
School Average ACT Score
California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

35
Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA

35
Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

35
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

35
Pomona College

Claremont, CA

34
Yale University

New Haven, CT

34
University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

34
Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

34
Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

34
Northeastern University

Boston, MA

34
Tufts University

Medford, MA

34
Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, MO

34
Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

34
Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

34
Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

34
Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

34
Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

34
Duke University

Durham, NC

34