United States Colleges Ranked by Highest SAT Score

List of Colleges by SAT Score

Below is a list of the 1150 colleges in the United States with the highest SAT Score for incoming freshmen. California Institute of Technology tops the list with an average SAT Score of 1555. Alternatively, check out the ACT version of these rankings.

List of United States Colleges Ranked by Highest SAT Score
School Average SAT Score
California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

1555
University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

1545
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

1545
Olin College of Engineering

Needham, MA

1535
Yale University

New Haven, CT

1530
Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

1530
Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, MO

1530
Rice University

Houston, TX

1530
University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

1525
Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

1525
Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA

1520
Pomona College

Claremont, CA

1520
Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

1520
Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

1520
Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

1520
Stanford University

Stanford, CA

1520
Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

1515
Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

1515