The Best Colleges for a 30 on the ACT

What colleges can I get into with an ACT score of 30?

With a 30 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 430 schools where a 30 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 30.

Is a 30 on the ACT a good score? Yes, it's very good. It places you in the top 93rd percentile nationally out of the 2 million students taking the ACT this year.

For comparison purposes, a 30 on the ACT converts to a 1370 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 30
Brown University 32 ACT Average Providence, Rhode Island	31	34	Reach	5%	Chance
Stanford University 33 ACT Average Stanford, California	31	35	Reach	2%	Chance
Pomona College 32 ACT Average Claremont, California	31	34	Reach	5%	Chance
Amherst College 32 ACT Average Amherst, Massachusetts	31	34	Reach	7%	Chance
Dartmouth College 32 ACT Average Hanover, New Hampshire	30	34	Reach	7%	Chance
Cornell University 32 ACT Average Ithaca, New York	31	34	Reach	7%	Chance
Duke University 32 ACT Average Durham, North Carolina	31	34	Reach	6%	Chance
Swarthmore College 32 ACT Average Swarthmore, Pennsylvania	30	34	Reach	8%	Chance
University of California Berkeley 32 ACT Average Berkeley, California	31	34	Reach	9%	Chance
University of California Los Angeles 30 ACT Average Los Angeles, California	28	33	Avg -	18%	Chance
Claremont McKenna College 32 ACT Average Claremont, California	31	33	Low	3%	Chance
University of Southern California 32 ACT Average Los Angeles, California	30	33	Reach	13%	Chance
Georgetown University 32 ACT Average Washington, District Of Columbia	30	34	Reach	11%	Chance
Colby College 32 ACT Average Waterville, Maine	30	33	Reach	14%	Chance
Tufts University 32 ACT Average Medford, Massachusetts	31	34	Reach	7%	Chance
Williams College 32 ACT Average Williamstown, Massachusetts	31	34	Reach	10%	Chance
Carleton College 32 ACT Average Northfield, Minnesota	30	33	Reach	17%	Chance
Haverford College 32 ACT Average Haverford, Pennsylvania	31	34	Reach	12%	Chance
Middlebury College 32 ACT Average Middlebury, Vermont	30	33	Reach	12%	Chance
Emory University 32 ACT Average Atlanta, Georgia	30	33	Reach	19%	Chance
Grinnell College 32 ACT Average Grinnell, Iowa	30	33	Reach	15%	Chance
University of Michigan Ann Arbor 31 ACT Average Ann Arbor, Michigan	29	33	Avg -	24%	Chance
Colgate University 32 ACT Average Hamilton, New York	30	33	Reach	22%	Chance
Hamilton College 32 ACT Average Clinton, New York	31	33	Low	11%	Chance
Vassar College 32 ACT Average Poughkeepsie, New York	30	33	Reach	21%	Chance
Davidson College 30 ACT Average Davidson, North Carolina	28	33	Avg -	20%	Chance
Carnegie Mellon University 32 ACT Average Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	31	34	Reach	12%	Chance
University of Virginia Main Campus 31 ACT Average Charlottesville, Virginia	29	33	Avg -	25%	Chance
Washington and Lee University 32 ACT Average Lexington, Virginia	30	33	Reach	18%	Chance
Boston College 32 ACT Average Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	30	33	Reach	24%	Chance
Brandeis University 31 ACT Average Waltham, Massachusetts	29	33	Avg -	27%	Chance
New York University 31 ACT Average New York, New York	29	33	Avg -	27%	Chance
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 30 ACT Average Chapel Hill, North Carolina	28	33	Avg -	27%	Chance
Kenyon College 31 ACT Average Gambier, Ohio	29	33	Avg -	22%	Chance
Oberlin College 31 ACT Average Oberlin, Ohio	29	33	Avg -	23%	Chance
University of California San Diego 30 ACT Average La Jolla, California	27	33	Avg -	36%	Chance
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus 32 ACT Average Atlanta, Georgia	30	34	Reach	17%	Chance
Babson College 29 ACT Average Wellesley, Massachusetts	27	31	Avg +	30%	Chance
Boston University 30 ACT Average Boston, Massachusetts	28	32	Avg -	29%	Chance
Northeastern University 32 ACT Average Boston, Massachusetts	31	34	Reach	17%	Chance
Macalester College 31 ACT Average Saint Paul, Minnesota	29	33	Avg -	31%	Chance
United States Military Academy 28 ACT Average West Point, New York	26	31	Avg +	15%	Chance
Reed College 31 ACT Average Portland, Oregon	29	33	Avg -	26%	Chance
Bucknell University 30 ACT Average Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	28	32	Avg -	30%	Chance
Lehigh University 30 ACT Average Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	29	32	Avg -	26%	Chance
College of William and Mary 30 ACT Average Williamsburg, Virginia	28	33	Avg -	37%	Chance
Case Western Reserve University 32 ACT Average Cleveland, Ohio	30	34	Reach	24%	Chance
Lafayette College 29 ACT Average Easton, Pennsylvania	27	31	Avg +	34%	Chance
University of Richmond 30 ACT Average University of Richmond, Virginia	29	32	Avg -	32%	Chance
University of California Santa Barbara 30 ACT Average Santa Barbara, California	27	32	Avg +	41%	Chance

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