Colleges with the Highest ACT Scores in New York

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 2017/18 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	34
C	Cornell University	33
C	Colgate University	32
C	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	32
H	Hamilton College	32
J	Jewish Theological Seminary of America	32
R	University of Rochester	32
V	Vassar College	32
B	Barnard College	31
N	New York University	31
R	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	31
F	Fordham University	30
P	Polytechnic Institute of New York University	30
B	SUNY at Binghamton	30
A	United States Military Academy	30
R	Rochester Institute of Technology	29
S	Sarah Lawrence College	29
S	Skidmore College	29
S	St Lawrence University	28
S	Stony Brook University	28