Colleges with the Highest ACT Scores in California

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 2017/18 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	35
H	Harvey Mudd College	34
C	University of California Berkeley	33
S	Stanford University	33
C	University of California Los Angeles	32
C	Claremont McKenna College	32
P	Pomona College	32
S	University of Southern California	32
S	Scripps College	31
C	University of California San Diego	30
C	University of California Santa Barbara	30
O	Occidental College	30
S	Santa Clara University	30
C	California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo	29
C	University of California Irvine	29
C	University of California Santa Cruz	29
L	Loyola Marymount University	29
P	Pepperdine University	29
C	University of California Davis	28
C	Chapman University	27