The Best Mid Atlantic Colleges for a 30 on the ACT

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

With a 30 on the ACT, these are the Mid Atlantic colleges you should have a chance to get into.

CollegeSimply analyzed the most recent published freshman class ACT scores for all Mid Atlantic colleges and found 90 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
Princeton University 33 ACT Average Princeton, New Jersey	31	35	Reach	3%	Chance
Columbia University in the City of New York 32 ACT Average New York, New York	31	34	Reach	4%	Chance
Cornell University 32 ACT Average Ithaca, New York	31	34	Reach	7%	Chance
Swarthmore College 32 ACT Average Swarthmore, Pennsylvania	31	34	Reach	6%	Chance
Haverford College 32 ACT Average Haverford, Pennsylvania	31	34	Reach	11%	Chance
Barnard College 32 ACT Average New York, New York	30	33	Reach	11%	Chance
Hamilton College 32 ACT Average Clinton, New York	31	33	Low	10%	Chance
Colgate University 32 ACT Average Hamilton, New York	31	33	Low	12%	Chance
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 31 ACT Average New York, New York	28	34	Avg -	11%	Chance
New York University 31 ACT Average New York, New York	29	33	Avg -	23%	Chance
Vassar College 32 ACT Average Poughkeepsie, New York	30	33	Reach	18%	Chance
University of Rochester 31 ACT Average Rochester, New York	29	33	Avg -	28%	Chance
Bryn Mawr College 31 ACT Average Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania	29	33	Avg -	32%	Chance
Lehigh University 30 ACT Average Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	29	32	Avg -	25%	Chance
Villanova University 32 ACT Average Villanova, Pennsylvania	30	33	Reach	28%	Chance
Skidmore College 29 ACT Average Saratoga Springs, New York	27	31	Avg +	30%	Chance
United States Military Academy 26 ACT Average West Point, New York	23	28	Good	24%	Chance
Bucknell University 30 ACT Average Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	28	31	Avg +	39%	Chance
Lafayette College 30 ACT Average Easton, Pennsylvania	28	31	Avg +	39%	Chance
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 30 ACT Average Troy, New York	28	32	Avg -	43%	Chance
Stevens Institute of Technology 31 ACT Average Hoboken, New Jersey	29	33	Avg -	38%	Chance
New York School of Interior Design 24 ACT Average New York, New York	18	29	Good	49%	Chance
SUNY at Binghamton 30 ACT Average Vestal, New York	28	31	Avg +	49%	Chance
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 30 ACT Average New York, New York	29	32	Avg -	53%	Chance
Fordham University 29 ACT Average Bronx, New York	27	31	Avg +	53%	Chance
Muhlenberg College 28 ACT Average Allentown, Pennsylvania	25	30	Avg +	64%	Chance
St Lawrence University 28 ACT Average Canton, New York	26	30	Avg +	61%	Chance
Syracuse University 28 ACT Average Syracuse, New York	25	30	Avg +	63%	Chance
Penn State Main Campus 28 ACT Average University Park, Pennsylvania	25	30	Avg +	65%	Chance
Stony Brook University 28 ACT Average Stony Brook, New York	26	31	Avg +	53%	Chance
Sarah Lawrence College 29 ACT Average Bronxville, New York	27	31	Avg +	60%	Chance
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus 30 ACT Average Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	27	32	Avg +	65%	Chance
State University of New York at New Paltz 26 ACT Average New Paltz, New York	23	28	Good	69%	Chance
Yeshiva University 26 ACT Average New York, New York	23	29	Good	78%	Chance
Rochester Institute of Technology 29 ACT Average Rochester, New York	26	32	Avg +	61%	Chance
Hobart William Smith Colleges 28 ACT Average Geneva, New York	25	30	Avg +	77%	Chance
University at Buffalo 26 ACT Average Buffalo, New York	24	28	Good	79%	Chance
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry 26 ACT Average Syracuse, New York	24	28	Good	76%	Chance
Pratt Institute Main 26 ACT Average Brooklyn, New York	24	29	Good	76%	Chance
The King's College 26 ACT Average New York, New York	24	29	Good	62%	Chance
Allegheny College 26 ACT Average Meadville, Pennsylvania	23	29	Good	81%	Chance
University of the Sciences 26 ACT Average Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	24	29	Good	79%	Chance
Clarkson University 26 ACT Average Potsdam, New York	24	29	Good	82%	Chance
SUNY at Geneseo 26 ACT Average Geneseo, New York	24	29	Good	86%	Chance
New Jersey Institute of Technology 27 ACT Average Newark, New Jersey	24	30	Avg +	73%	Chance
Le Moyne College 24 ACT Average Syracuse, New York	22	27	Good	86%	Chance
The New School 26 ACT Average New York, New York	24	28	Good	83%	Chance
Duquesne University 26 ACT Average Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	24	29	Good	86%	Chance
Hofstra University 26 ACT Average Hempstead, New York	24	29	Good	81%	Chance
Polytechnic Institute of New York University 30 ACT Average Brooklyn, New York	28	32	Avg -	67%	Chance

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