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
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ

1320
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

1315
Clemson University

Clemson, SC

1315
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

1305
Auburn University

Auburn University, AL

1300
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

1300
Penn State Main Campus

University Park, PA

1300
The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX

1300
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, NC

1295
Miami University

Oxford, OH

1295
Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

1290
Indiana University Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

1290
University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

1290
University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

1285
University of California Davis

Davis, CA

1280
University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

1280
University of South Carolina Columbia

Columbia, SC

1280
Florida Polytechnic University

Lakeland, Florida

1280