California Colleges Ranked by Highest SAT Score

List of Colleges by SAT Score

Below is a list of the 76 colleges in California 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.

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 SAT Score
	College	Average SAT Score
C	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	1555
H	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	1525
S	Stanford University Stanford, CA	1495
P	Pomona College Claremont, CA	1470
S	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	1440
C	University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA	1425
C	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	1425
C	University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	1405
S	Scripps College Claremont, CA	1390
C	University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA	1365
O	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	1360
S	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	1355
C	University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	1345
C	California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	1335
P	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	1320
T	Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, CA	1310
C	University of California Irvine Irvine, CA	1300
L	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	1300
C	University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	1295
S	Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CA	1295