The Best Colleges for a 32 on the ACT
What colleges can I get into with an ACT score of 32?
With a 32 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 261 schools where a 32 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 32.
Is a 32 on the ACT a good score?
Yes, you're amongst the best of the best. It places you in the top 97th percentile nationally out of the 2 million students taking the ACT this year.
For comparison purposes, a 32 on the ACT converts to a 1430 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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Yale University
- New Haven, Connecticut • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 32/35
- Average ACT 33
- 32 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 5%
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University of Chicago
- Chicago, Illinois • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 32/35
- Average ACT 33
- 32 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 6%
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Harvard University
- Cambridge, Massachusetts • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 32/35
- Average ACT 33
- 32 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 4%
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Cambridge, Massachusetts • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 33/35
- Average ACT 34
- 32 ACT Low
- Estimated admission chance 3%
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Princeton University
- Princeton, New Jersey • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 31/35
- Average ACT 33
- 32 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 5%
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Duke University
- Durham, North Carolina • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 31/35
- Average ACT 33
- 32 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 8%
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University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 32/35
- Average ACT 33
- 32 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 6%
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Brown University
- Providence, Rhode Island • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 31/35
- Average ACT 33
- 32 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 6%
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Stanford University
- Stanford, California • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 32/35
- Average ACT 33
- 32 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 4%
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Olin College of Engineering
- Needham, Massachusetts • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 33/35
- Average ACT 34
- 32 ACT Low
- Estimated admission chance 5%
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Pomona College
- Claremont, California • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 30/34
- Average ACT 32
- 32 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 8%
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Northwestern University
- Evanston, Illinois • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 32/34
- Average ACT 33
- 32 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 5%
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Johns Hopkins University
- Baltimore, Maryland • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 33/35
- Average ACT 34
- 32 ACT Low
- Estimated admission chance 5%
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Amherst College
- Amherst, Massachusetts • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 32/34
- Average ACT 33
- 32 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 8%
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Williams College
- Williamstown, Massachusetts • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 31/35
- Average ACT 33
- 32 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 12%
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Washington University in St Louis
- Saint Louis, Missouri • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 32/34
- Average ACT 33
- 32 ACT Avg -
- Estimated admission chance 10%
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Dartmouth College
- Hanover, New Hampshire • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 30/34
- Average ACT 32
- 32 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 10%
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Columbia University in the City of New York
- New York, New York • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 31/34
- Average ACT 32
- 32 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 7%
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Cornell University
- Ithaca, New York • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 31/34
- Average ACT 32
- 32 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 13%
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Swarthmore College
- Swarthmore, Pennsylvania • Private 4 Year
- ACT Range 31/34
- Average ACT 32
- 32 ACT Avg +
- Estimated admission chance 11%
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