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 College of Florida

Sarasota, FL

1231
Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA

1230
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Norman, OK

1230
James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA

1230
University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL

1225
University of Nebraska Lincoln

Lincoln, NE

1225
Iowa State University

Ames, IA

1220
University of New Hampshire Main Campus

Durham, NH

1220
SUNY at Albany

Albany, NY

1220
SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica Rome

Utica, NY

1220
SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, NY

1220
University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

1215
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Socorro, NM

1215
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY

1215
College of Charleston

Charleston, SC

1215
Penn State Erie Behrend College

Erie, PA

1212
Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ

1210
Southern Polytechnic State University

Marietta, Georgia

1205