The Best Colleges for a 28 on the ACT

What colleges can I get into with an ACT score of 28?

With a 28 on the ACT, these are the colleges you should have a chance to get into.

CollegeSimply analyzed the most recent published freshman class ACT scores for all U.S. colleges and found 736 schools where a 28 places you within or slightly outside the middle fifty percent of admitted students. The colleges are ranked by their position on our best colleges ranking and thus represent the better schools you may be able to get into and those which have historically accepted a 28.

Is a 28 on the ACT a good score? Yes, it's very good. It places you in the top 88th percentile nationally out of the 2 million students taking the ACT this year.

For comparison purposes, a 28 on the ACT converts to a 1310 on the SAT based on the College Board / ACT concordance. Not all colleges report both SAT and ACT score admission data so you should check our comparable listings for both standardized tests to find academically similar schools.

What do these ratings mean?

College	ACT 25th	ACT 75th	Chance with 28
University of California Los Angeles 32 ACT Average Los Angeles, California	29	34	Reach	9%	Chance
University of Virginia Main Campus 31 ACT Average Charlottesville, Virginia	29	33	Reach	14%	Chance
Scripps College 31 ACT Average Claremont, California	29	33	Reach	18%	Chance
Babson College 30 ACT Average Wellesley, Massachusetts	27	32	Avg -	20%	Chance
Boston University 30 ACT Average Boston, Massachusetts	29	32	Reach	14%	Chance
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 31 ACT Average New York, New York	28	34	Reach	8%	Chance
New York University 31 ACT Average New York, New York	29	33	Reach	15%	Chance
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 30 ACT Average Chapel Hill, North Carolina	28	33	Reach	17%	Chance
University of California San Diego 30 ACT Average La Jolla, California	27	33	Avg -	27%	Chance
Brandeis University 31 ACT Average Waltham, Massachusetts	29	33	Reach	19%	Chance
University of Rochester 31 ACT Average Rochester, New York	29	33	Reach	19%	Chance
Kenyon College 31 ACT Average Gambier, Ohio	29	33	Reach	19%	Chance
Oberlin College 30 ACT Average Oberlin, Ohio	28	33	Reach	25%	Chance
Bryn Mawr College 31 ACT Average Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania	29	33	Reach	22%	Chance
Lehigh University 30 ACT Average Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	29	32	Reach	14%	Chance
College of William and Mary 31 ACT Average Williamsburg, Virginia	29	33	Reach	20%	Chance
University of California Irvine 28 ACT Average Irvine, California	25	32	Avg -	37%	Chance
University of California Santa Barbara 30 ACT Average Santa Barbara, California	28	33	Reach	24%	Chance
Trinity College 30 ACT Average Hartford, Connecticut	28	32	Reach	23%	Chance
Skidmore College 29 ACT Average Saratoga Springs, New York	27	31	Avg -	20%	Chance
United States Military Academy 26 ACT Average West Point, New York	23	28	Avg +	17%	Chance
Bucknell University 30 ACT Average Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	28	31	Reach	24%	Chance
Lafayette College 30 ACT Average Easton, Pennsylvania	28	31	Reach	24%	Chance
Rhode Island School of Design 28 ACT Average Providence, Rhode Island	25	31	Avg -	32%	Chance
The University of Texas at Austin 30 ACT Average Austin, Texas	26	33	Avg -	33%	Chance
University of Richmond 30 ACT Average University of Richmond, Virginia	29	32	Reach	20%	Chance
University of Miami 30 ACT Average Coral Gables, Florida	28	32	Reach	25%	Chance
Macalester College 30 ACT Average Saint Paul, Minnesota	29	32	Reach	26%	Chance
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 30 ACT Average Troy, New York	28	32	Reach	31%	Chance
Trinity University 30 ACT Average San Antonio, Texas	27	32	Avg -	33%	Chance
Soka University of America 29 ACT Average Aliso Viejo, California	27	31	Avg -	31%	Chance
University of California Davis 28 ACT Average Davis, California	25	32	Avg -	43%	Chance
Occidental College 30 ACT Average Los Angeles, California	27	32	Avg -	37%	Chance
George Washington University 30 ACT Average Washington, District Of Columbia	29	32	Reach	26%	Chance
University of Florida 30 ACT Average Gainesville, Florida	28	32	Reach	30%	Chance
University of Maryland College Park 31 ACT Average College Park, Maryland	29	33	Reach	27%	Chance
Stevens Institute of Technology 31 ACT Average Hoboken, New Jersey	29	33	Reach	26%	Chance
Denison University 30 ACT Average Granville, Ohio	28	31	Reach	29%	Chance
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo 28 ACT Average San Luis Obispo, California	26	31	Avg -	35%	Chance
Pepperdine University 28 ACT Average Malibu, California	26	31	Avg -	40%	Chance
American University 28 ACT Average Washington, District Of Columbia	26	30	Avg -	29%	Chance
Bentley University 29 ACT Average Waltham, Massachusetts	27	31	Avg -	38%	Chance
Mount Holyoke College 31 ACT Average South Hadley, Massachusetts	29	33	Reach	32%	Chance
St Olaf College 28 ACT Average Northfield, Minnesota	25	31	Avg -	43%	Chance
New York School of Interior Design 24 ACT Average New York, New York	18	29	Avg +	44%	Chance
SUNY at Binghamton 30 ACT Average Vestal, New York	28	31	Reach	32%	Chance
University of Washington Seattle Campus 30 ACT Average Seattle, Washington	27	32	Avg -	41%	Chance
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 30 ACT Average New York, New York	29	32	Reach	36%	Chance
Ohio State University 29 ACT Average Columbus, Ohio	27	31	Avg -	41%	Chance
University of Tulsa 28 ACT Average Tulsa, Oklahoma	25	32	Avg -	39%	Chance

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