Colleges for a Low ACT Score
College admission test taking is stressful. Not everyone rocks their ACT test. A low score doesn't mean you can't get into college. We've prepared a list of all selective admission, four year colleges which are likely to accept students who scored in the lower fifty percentile on the ACT. Based on school admission history, an applicant with a lower than average ACT has a good chance to get into these 381 schools. Schools are listed in order from low ACT score to highest.
Our Lady of the Lake University
- Private 4 Year
- San Antonio, TX
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- 19 average ACT
Our Lady of the Lake is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate social work and education. The urban San Antonio campus is a Hispanic-Serving Institution.
- SAT Range 890-1070
- Avg GPA 3.55
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $16,999
Wright State University Main Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Dayton, OH
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4.7 | 3 reviews
- 21 average ACT
- Aug 23 application deadline
Wright State is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, nursing, and computer science. The suburban campus sits near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the Dayton area.
- SAT Range 913-1230
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $15,254
Mary Baldwin University
- Private 4 Year
- Staunton, VA
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- 21 average ACT
Mary Baldwin is a private university known for undergraduate liberal arts programs and the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership. The residential campus is in the historic Shenandoah Valley city of Staunton.
- SAT Range 940-1120
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $17,810
University of Charleston
- Private 4 Year
- Charleston, WV
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1.0 | 1 reviews
- 21 average ACT
University of Charleston is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The urban campus sits along the Kanawha River in West Virginia's capital.
- SAT Range 985-1160
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.13
- Acceptance Rate 62%
- Net Price $20,844
Prescott College
- Private 4 Year
- Prescott, AZ
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- 19 average ACT
- Aug 15 application deadline
Prescott College is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate environmental studies and adventure education. Most programs emphasize field-based experiential learning in the surrounding Arizona highlands.
- SAT Range 1095-1290
- Avg GPA 3.19
- Acceptance Rate 95%
- Net Price $23,377
University of Dubuque
- Private 4 Year
- Dubuque, IA
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- 21 average ACT
University of Dubuque is a private Presbyterian university known for undergraduate aviation and nursing. Most students live on the residential campus near the Mississippi River.
- SAT Range 980-1220
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Acceptance Rate 89%
- Net Price $26,067
Francis Marion University
- Public 4 Year
- Florence, SC
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- 20 average ACT
Francis Marion is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The wooded campus sits on the edge of Florence.
- SAT Range 870-1115
- Avg GPA 3.89
- Acceptance Rate 86%
- Net Price $11,727
Edward Waters University
- Private 4 Year
- Jacksonville, FL
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| 0 reviews
- 16 average ACT
Edward Waters is a private historically Black university known for undergraduate business, criminal justice, and education. The urban Jacksonville campus is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
- SAT Range 820-990
- Avg GPA 2.64
- Acceptance Rate 85%
- Net Price $12,029
Brewton Parker College
- Private 4 Year
- Mount Vernon, GA
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- 20 average ACT
- Aug 1 application deadline
Brewton-Parker is a small private Baptist college with undergraduate programs in education, business, and Christian studies. The rural campus is located in the small town of Mount Vernon in southeast Georgia.
- SAT Range 880-1010
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $25,613
Gallaudet University
- Private 4 Year
- Washington, DC
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- 15 average ACT
Gallaudet is a private university designed for deaf and hard of hearing students, known for undergraduate deaf education, American Sign Language, and interpreting. Students communicate primarily in ASL on the urban Washington, D.C. campus.
- SAT Range 780-1022
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 58%
- Net Price $15,944
University of Michigan Flint
- Public 4 Year
- Flint, MI
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| 0 reviews
- 21 average ACT
- Aug 22 application deadline
UM-Flint is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The urban campus is located in downtown Flint.
- SAT Range 970-1243
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Acceptance Rate 70%
- Net Price $7,852
University of Hawaii West Oahu
- Public 4 Year
- Kapolei, HI
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 18 average ACT
- Jul 1 application deadline
UH West Oahu is a public university known for undergraduate business, education, and Hawaiian-Pacific studies. The suburban Kapolei campus sits on the west side of Oahu.
- SAT Range 931-1103
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Acceptance Rate 95%
- Net Price $10,942
Le Moyne Owen College
- Private 4 Year
- Memphis, TN
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| 0 reviews
- 15 average ACT
- Apr 1 application deadline
Le Moyne-Owen is a private historically Black liberal arts college known for undergraduate business and education. The urban campus sits in Memphis.
- SAT Range 898-1093
- Avg GPA 2.5
- Acceptance Rate 99%
- Net Price $6,542
Arkansas Tech University
- Public 4 Year
- Russellville, AR
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| 0 reviews
- 20 average ACT
Arkansas Tech is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, education, and emergency management. The campus is in Russellville, a small city in the Arkansas River Valley.
- SAT Range 880-1100
- Avg GPA 3.37
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $12,626
Bethel University
- Private 4 Year
- Mishawaka, IN
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4.3 | 3 reviews
- 20 average ACT
- Aug 15 application deadline
Bethel is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and ministry. The Mishawaka campus is affiliated with the Missionary Church.
- SAT Range 900-1150
- Avg GPA 3.46
- Acceptance Rate 98%
- Net Price $19,494
Livingstone College
- Private 4 Year
- Salisbury, NC
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| 0 reviews
- 17 average ACT
Livingstone is a private historically Black college known for undergraduate education, business, and social work. The residential campus sits in Salisbury in North Carolina's Piedmont region.
- SAT Range 800-960
- Predicted Avg GPA 2.64
- Acceptance Rate 59%
- Net Price $12,826
University of Saint Francis Fort Wayne
- Private 4 Year
- Fort Wayne, IN
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 20 average ACT
University of Saint Francis is a private Franciscan university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and education. The residential campus in Fort Wayne centers Catholic and Franciscan campus life.
- SAT Range 870-1070
- Avg GPA 3.37
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $18,654
Columbia International University
- Private 4 Year
- Columbia, SC
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| 0 reviews
- 20 average ACT
- Aug 1 application deadline
CIU is a private Christian university known for undergraduate biblical studies and intercultural studies. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in Columbia.
- SAT Range 990-1195
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 94%
- Net Price $26,056