United States Colleges Ranked by Highest ACT Score

List of Colleges by ACT Score

Below is a list of the 1232 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
Furman University

Greenville, SC

29
University of South Carolina Columbia

Columbia, SC

29
Wofford College

Spartanburg, SC

29
Sewanee The University of the South

Sewanee, TN

29
The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

29
Brigham Young University Provo

Provo, UT

29
Champlain College

Burlington, VT

29
Eastern Mennonite University

Harrisonburg, VA

29
Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

29
University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, WA

29
Lawrence University

Appleton, WI

29
University of Wisconsin Madison

Madison, WI

29
Patrick Henry College

Purcellville, Virginia

29
California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

28
Chapman University

Orange, CA

28
United States Coast Guard Academy

New London, Connecticut

28
University of Delaware

Newark, DE

28
Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

28