United States Public Colleges Ranked by Highest SAT Score

List of Public Colleges by SAT Score

Below is a list of the 487 public colleges in the United States with the highest SAT Score for incoming freshmen. University of Virginia Main Campus tops the list with an average SAT Score of 1470. Alternatively, check out the ACT version of these rankings.

List of United States Public Colleges Ranked by Highest SAT Score
School Average SAT Score
University of California San Diego

La Jolla, CA

1375
Rutgers University New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ

1375
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, PA

1375
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

1370
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, NC

1370
The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

1365
University of California Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

1345
University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

1345
United States Military Academy

West Point, New York

1335
Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

1335
Purdue University Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

1335
University of California Irvine

Irvine, CA

1330
University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

1330
University of Washington Bothell Campus

Bothell, WA

1330
University of Alabama at Huntsville

Huntsville, AL

1328
University of Washington Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA

1326
University of Georgia

Athens, GA

1320
United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, Maryland

1320