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
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

North Dartmouth, MA

26
University of Missouri Columbia

Columbia, MO

26
Truman State University

Kirksville, MO

26
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Socorro, NM

26
SUNY at Albany

Albany, NY

26
SUNY College at Oneonta

Oneonta, NY

26
SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, NY

26
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Winston-Salem, NC

26
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, NC

26
University of Cincinnati Main Campus

Cincinnati, OH

26
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Norman, OK

26
Oregon Institute of Technology

Klamath Falls, OR

26
Penn State Erie Behrend College

Erie, PA

26
Penn State New Kensington

Upper Burrell, PA

26
Penn State Harrisburg

Middletown, PA

26
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA

26
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, SD

26
University of Houston

Houston, TX

26