Colleges with the Highest SAT Scores in California

List of Colleges by SAT Score

Below is a list of the 74 colleges in California with the highest SAT Score for incoming freshmen. California Institute of Technology tops the list with an average SAT Score of 1570. 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	1570
H	Harvey Mudd College	1545
S	Stanford University	1500
P	Pomona College	1485
C	Claremont McKenna College	1470
S	University of Southern California	1445
S	Scripps College	1425
C	University of California Berkeley	1415
O	Occidental College	1410
S	Santa Clara University	1405
C	University of California Los Angeles	1390
C	University of California San Diego	1370
C	University of California Santa Barbara	1355
P	Pepperdine University	1355
S	Soka University of America	1355
C	California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo	1350
T	Thomas Aquinas College	1350
C	Chapman University	1340
L	Loyola Marymount University	1335
S	University of San Diego	1330