New York Colleges Ranked by Highest ACT Score

List of Colleges by ACT Score

Below is a list of the 78 colleges in New York with the highest ACT Score for incoming freshmen. Columbia University in the City of New York tops the list with an average ACT Score of 34. 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 New York Colleges Ranked by Highest ACT Score
	College	Average ACT Score
C	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	34
C	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	33
C	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	32
C	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY	32
H	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	32
J	Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York, NY	32
R	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	32
V	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	32
B	Barnard College New York, NY	31
N	New York University New York, NY	31
R	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	31
F	Fordham University Bronx, NY	30
P	Polytechnic Institute of New York University Brooklyn, New York	30
B	SUNY at Binghamton Vestal, NY	30
A	United States Military Academy West Point, New York	30
R	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	29
S	Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY	29
S	Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY	29
S	St Lawrence University Canton, NY	28
S	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	28