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
St Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, MD

1250
State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz, NY

1250
The University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

1250
The College of New Jersey

Ewing, NJ

1245
Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

1245
University of Houston

Houston, TX

1245
George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

1245
University of North Carolina at Asheville

Asheville, NC

1242
Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

1240
University of Missouri Columbia

Columbia, MO

1240
SUNY at Geneseo

Geneseo, NY

1240
United States Merchant Marine Academy

Kings Point, NY

1240
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK

1235
University of South Florida Main Campus

Tampa, FL

1235
University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

1235
University of Minnesota Duluth

Duluth, MN

1235
Western Washington University

Bellingham, WA

1235
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Winston-Salem, NC

1232