California Colleges Ranked by Highest SAT Score

List of Colleges by SAT Score

Below is a list of the 70 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.

List of California Colleges Ranked by Highest SAT Score
School Average SAT Score
University of California Irvine

Irvine, CA

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1330
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

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1315
Westmont College

Santa Barbara, CA

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1315
University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

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1300
University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA

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1290
University of California Davis

Davis, CA

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1280
Point Loma Nazarene University

San Diego, CA

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1275
University of California Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

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1260
Biola University

La Mirada, CA

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1245
Otis College of Art and Design

Los Angeles, CA

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1245
Thomas Aquinas College

Santa Paula, CA

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1245
Whittier College

Whittier, CA

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1240
California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

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1227
University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

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1200
San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

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1195
University of California Riverside

Riverside, CA

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1180
Dominican University of California

San Rafael, CA

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1180
John Paul the Great Catholic University

San Diego, CA

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1175