With a 28 on the ACT, these are the New England colleges you should have a chance to get into.
CollegeSimply analyzed the most recent published freshman class ACT scores for all New England colleges and found 47 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.
College | ACT 25th | ACT 75th | Chance with 28 | ||
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Babson College
30 ACT Average Wellesley, Massachusetts |
27 | 32 | Avg - | 20% | Chance |
Boston University
30 ACT Average Boston, Massachusetts |
29 | 32 | Reach | 14% | Chance |
Brandeis University
31 ACT Average Waltham, Massachusetts |
29 | 33 | Reach | 19% | Chance |
Trinity College
30 ACT Average Hartford, Connecticut |
28 | 32 | Reach | 23% | Chance |
Rhode Island School of Design
28 ACT Average Providence, Rhode Island |
25 | 31 | Avg - | 32% | Chance |
Bentley University
29 ACT Average Waltham, Massachusetts |
27 | 31 | Avg - | 38% | Chance |
University of Connecticut
28 ACT Average Storrs, Connecticut |
26 | 31 | Avg - | 48% | Chance |
Emerson College
28 ACT Average Boston, Massachusetts |
26 | 30 | Avg - | 46% | Chance |
Wheaton College
28 ACT Average Norton, Massachusetts |
26 | 30 | Avg - | 48% | Chance |
Providence College
28 ACT Average Providence, Rhode Island |
26 | 30 | Avg - | 52% | Chance |
University of Massachusetts Amherst
28 ACT Average Amherst, Massachusetts |
26 | 31 | Avg - | 58% | Chance |
University of Vermont
28 ACT Average Burlington, Vermont |
25 | 30 | Avg + | 72% | Chance |
United States Coast Guard Academy
28 ACT Average New London, Connecticut |
26 | 31 | Avg - | 15% | Chance |
Springfield College
26 ACT Average Springfield, Massachusetts |
25 | 28 | Avg + | 83% | Chance |
Emmanuel College
26 ACT Average Boston, Massachusetts |
24 | 29 | Avg + | 81% | Chance |
University of New Hampshire Main Campus
26 ACT Average Durham, New Hampshire |
23 | 28 | Avg + | 86% | Chance |
Saint Anselm College
26 ACT Average Manchester, New Hampshire |
24 | 28 | Avg + | 84% | Chance |
Quinnipiac University
25 ACT Average Hamden, Connecticut |
23 | 27 | Good | 86% | Chance |
Champlain College
26 ACT Average Burlington, Vermont |
23 | 29 | Avg + | 81% | Chance |
University of Massachusetts Lowell
26 ACT Average Lowell, Massachusetts |
24 | 29 | Avg + | 77% | Chance |
University of Rhode Island
24 ACT Average Kingston, Rhode Island |
22 | 27 | Good | 85% | Chance |
Gordon College
26 ACT Average Wenham, Massachusetts |
22 | 29 | Avg + | 93% | Chance |
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
25 ACT Average Boston, Massachusetts |
22 | 28 | Avg + | 90% | Chance |
Western New England University
24 ACT Average Springfield, Massachusetts |
21 | 27 | Good | 90% | Chance |
Lesley University
24 ACT Average Cambridge, Massachusetts |
20 | 27 | Good | 85% | Chance |
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
23 ACT Average North Adams, Massachusetts |
19 | 27 | Good | 87% | Chance |
University of Hartford
24 ACT Average West Hartford, Connecticut |
21 | 27 | Good | 90% | Chance |
Wentworth Institute of Technology
25 ACT Average Boston, Massachusetts |
22 | 28 | Avg + | 95% | Chance |
University of Maine
24 ACT Average Orono, Maine |
22 | 27 | Good | 96% | Chance |
University of New England
24 ACT Average Biddeford, Maine |
21 | 26 | Good | 92% | Chance |
University of New Haven
24 ACT Average West Haven, Connecticut |
21 | 27 | Good | 94% | Chance |
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
23 ACT Average Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts |
21 | 25 | Good | 95% | Chance |
College of Our Lady of the Elms
21 ACT Average Chicopee, Massachusetts |
17 | 25 | Good | 90% | Chance |
Suffolk University
24 ACT Average Boston, Massachusetts |
21 | 26 | Good | 94% | Chance |
Dean College
22 ACT Average Franklin, Massachusetts |
18 | 25 | Good | 95% | Chance |
University of Massachusetts Boston
24 ACT Average Boston, Massachusetts |
21 | 26 | Good | 90% | Chance |
University of Connecticut Stamford
22 ACT Average Stamford, Connecticut |
20 | 25 | Good | 94% | Chance |
Becker College
23 ACT Average Worcester, Massachusetts |
20 | 26 | Good | 84% | Chance |
Westfield State University
22 ACT Average Westfield, Massachusetts |
20 | 25 | Good | 95% | Chance |
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
22 ACT Average North Dartmouth, Massachusetts |
19 | 26 | Good | 93% | Chance |
Salem State University
22 ACT Average Salem, Massachusetts |
19 | 25 | Good | 93% | Chance |
University of Connecticut Tri Campus
23 ACT Average Waterbury, Connecticut |
21 | 25 | Good | 99% | Chance |
University of Southern Maine
22 ACT Average Portland, Maine |
19 | 25 | Good | 93% | Chance |
Johnson State College
22 ACT Average Johnson, Vermont |
20 | 25 | Good | 96% | Chance |
Bay Path College
22 ACT Average Longmeadow, Massachusetts |
20 | 25 | Good | 100% | Chance |
Mount Holyoke College
31 ACT Average South Hadley, Massachusetts |
29 | 33 | Reach | 100% | Chance |
Simmons College
26 ACT Average Boston, Massachusetts |
24 | 29 | Avg + | 100% | Chance |