California Colleges Ranked by Highest ACT Score

List of Colleges by ACT Score

Below is a list of the 77 colleges in California 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.

Data is reported for the 2018/19 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.

List of California Colleges Ranked by Highest ACT Score
	College	Average ACT Score
C	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	35
H	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	34
C	University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA	33
S	Stanford University Stanford, CA	33
C	University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	32
C	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	32
P	Pomona College Claremont, CA	32
S	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	32
S	Scripps College Claremont, CA	31
C	University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA	30
C	University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	30
O	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	30
S	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	30
C	California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	29
C	University of California Irvine Irvine, CA	29
C	University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	29
L	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	29
P	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	29
C	University of California Davis Davis, CA	28
C	Chapman University Orange, CA	27