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
SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica Rome

Utica, NY

27
State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz, NY

27
University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

27
Penn State Brandywine

Media, PA

27
Penn State Abington

Abington, PA

27
University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

27
College of Charleston

Charleston, SC

27
University of Mary Washington

Fredericksburg, VA

27
Western Washington University

Bellingham, WA

27
New College of Florida

Sarasota, FL

27
Florida Polytechnic University

Lakeland, Florida

27
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

26
University of California Riverside

Riverside, CA

26
Colorado State University Fort Collins

Fort Collins, CO

26
University of South Florida Main Campus

Tampa, FL

26
University of Maine

Orono, ME

26
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

26
University of Massachusetts Boston

Boston, MA

26