United States Public Colleges Ranked by Highest ACT Score

List of Public Colleges by ACT Score

Below is a list of the 473 public colleges in the United States with the highest ACT Score for incoming freshmen. Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus tops the list with an average ACT Score of 33. Alternatively, check out the SAT version of these rankings.

List of United States Public Colleges Ranked by Highest ACT Score
School Average ACT Score
St Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, MD

29
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

29
University of South Carolina Columbia

Columbia, SC

29
The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

29
Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

29
University of Wisconsin Madison

Madison, WI

29
United States Coast Guard Academy

New London, Connecticut

28
University of Delaware

Newark, DE

28
Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

28
United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, Maryland

28
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lowell, MA

28
Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

28
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, MO

28
University of New Hampshire Main Campus

Durham, NH

28
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York, NY

28
CUNY Hunter College

New York, NY

28
University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

28
SUNY at Geneseo

Geneseo, NY

28