The Best Midwestern Colleges for a 28 on the ACT
What Midwestern colleges can I get into with an ACT score of 28?
With a 28 on the ACT, these are the Midwestern colleges you should have a chance to get into.
CollegeSimply analyzed the most recent published freshman class ACT scores for all Midwestern colleges and found 223 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.
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Kenyon College
- Gambier, Ohio • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 29/33
- Average ACT 31
- 28 ACT Low
- Estimated admission chance 19%
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Oberlin College
- Oberlin, Ohio • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 28/33
- Average ACT 30
- 28 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 25%
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Macalester College
- Saint Paul, Minnesota • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 29/32
- Average ACT 30
- 28 ACT Low
- Estimated admission chance 26%
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Denison University
- Granville, Ohio • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 28/31
- Average ACT 29
- 28 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 29%
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St Olaf College
- Northfield, Minnesota • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 25/31
- Average ACT 28
- 28 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 43%
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Ohio State University
- Columbus, Ohio • Public 4 Year
- ACT Range 27/31
- Average ACT 29
- 28 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 41%
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University of Wisconsin Madison
- Madison, Wisconsin • Public 4 Year
- ACT Range 27/31
- Average ACT 29
- 28 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 47%
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University of Minnesota Twin Cities
- Minneapolis, Minnesota • Public 4 Year
- ACT Range 26/31
- Average ACT 28
- 28 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 50%
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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
- Champaign, Illinois • Public 4 Year
- ACT Range 26/32
- Average ACT 29
- 28 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 58%
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Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
- Terre Haute, Indiana • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 27/32
- Average ACT 29
- 28 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 56%
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The College of Wooster
- Wooster, Ohio • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 24/30
- Average ACT 27
- 28 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 60%
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Lawrence University
- Appleton, Wisconsin • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 25/32
- Average ACT 28
- 28 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 61%
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Illinois Wesleyan University
- Bloomington, Illinois • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 24/29
- Average ACT 26
- 28 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 71%
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Earlham College
- Richmond, Indiana • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 25/30
- Average ACT 27
- 28 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 57%
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Purdue University Main Campus
- West Lafayette, Indiana • Public 4 Year
- ACT Range 25/31
- Average ACT 28
- 28 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 57%
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Illinois Institute of Technology
- Chicago, Illinois • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 25/31
- Average ACT 28
- 28 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 54%
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Coe College
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 22/28
- Average ACT 25
- 28 ACT High
- Estimated admission chance 68%
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William Jewell College
- Liberty, Missouri • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 23/28
- Average ACT 25
- 28 ACT High
- Estimated admission chance 64%
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Miami University
- Oxford, Ohio • Public 4 Year
- ACT Range 26/31
- Average ACT 28
- 28 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 68%
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North Central College
- Naperville, Illinois • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 22/27
- Average ACT 24
- 28 ACT High
- Estimated admission chance 73%
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