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
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus

Atlanta, GA

33
College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

33
University of Virginia Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

33
University of California Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

32
University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

32
University of Maryland College Park

College Park, MD

32
University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

32
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

32
University of California San Diego

La Jolla, CA

31
University of California Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

31
Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO

31
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Champaign, IL

31
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

31
SUNY at Binghamton

Vestal, NY

31
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

31
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, PA

31
United States Air Force Academy

USAFA, Colorado

30
University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

30