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.
Lincoln Memorial University
- Private 4 Year
- Harrogate, TN
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| 0 reviews
- 21 average ACT
Lincoln Memorial is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and pre-veterinary studies. The rural campus sits near Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains.
- SAT Range 1000-1210
- Avg GPA 3.29
- Acceptance Rate 63%
- Net Price $21,447
Fairmont State University
- Public 4 Year
- Fairmont, WV
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 20 average ACT
Fairmont State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, nursing, and business. The hilltop campus overlooks the small city of Fairmont in north-central West Virginia.
- SAT Range 810-1070
- Avg GPA 3.36
- Acceptance Rate 99%
- Net Price $11,328
Cottey College
- Private 4 Year
- Nevada, MO
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 21 average ACT
Cottey is a private women's liberal arts college focused on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and leadership. Most students live on the residential campus in the small town of Nevada.
- SAT Range 1030-1120
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Acceptance Rate 69%
- Net Price $14,704
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
- Public 4 Year
- Weatherford, OK
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 20 average ACT
SWOSU is a public university known for undergraduate pharmacy, nursing, and education. The campus is in the small college town of Weatherford in western Oklahoma.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $14,410
Sterling College
- Private 4 Year
- Sterling, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 21 average ACT
- Aug 17 application deadline
Sterling is a private Presbyterian liberal arts college known for undergraduate teacher education and business. The residential campus sits in a small college town in central Kansas.
- SAT Range 938-1123
- Avg GPA 3.46
- Acceptance Rate 48%
- Net Price $23,531
Minnesota State University Moorhead
- Public 4 Year
- Moorhead, MN
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| 0 reviews
- 21 average ACT
Minnesota State Moorhead is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, fine arts, and mass communications. The campus sits in Moorhead across the Red River from Fargo, North Dakota.
- SAT Range 1080-1290
- Avg GPA 3.52
- Acceptance Rate 59%
- Net Price $18,221
Northland College
- Private 4 Year
- Ashland, WI
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 21 average ACT
- SAT Range 950-1140
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 75%
- Net Price $23,253
Southwest Minnesota State University
- Public 4 Year
- Marshall, MN
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| 0 reviews
- 20 average ACT
- Aug 18 application deadline
SMSU is a public university known for undergraduate culinology, education, and business. The campus sits in the small city of Marshall in rural southwestern Minnesota.
- SAT Range 935-1102
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.21
- Acceptance Rate 62%
- Net Price $15,547
Missouri Baptist University
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Louis, MO
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| 0 reviews
- 16 average ACT
Missouri Baptist is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate teacher education, nursing, and Christian ministry. The suburban campus sits in Creve Coeur in the St. Louis metro area.
- SAT Range 910-1170
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Acceptance Rate 69%
- Net Price $27,623
Lourdes University
- Private 4 Year
- Sylvania, OH
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| 0 reviews
- 20 average ACT
Lourdes is a private Franciscan university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The suburban campus sits in Sylvania near Toledo.
- SAT Range 850-1080
- Avg GPA 3.26
- Acceptance Rate 74%
- Net Price $21,473
Fontbonne University
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Louis, MO
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| 0 reviews
- 20 average ACT
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Trinity Baptist College
- Private 4 Year
- Jacksonville, FL
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| 0 reviews
- 18 average ACT
Trinity Baptist College is a private Baptist college known for undergraduate biblical studies, ministry, and Christian education. The Jacksonville campus is closely tied to Trinity Baptist Church.
- SAT Range 778-1006
- Predicted Avg GPA 2.96
- Acceptance Rate 53%
- Net Price $19,921
Bacone College
- Private 4 Year
- Muskogee, OK
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| 0 reviews
- 15 average ACT
- Aug 28 application deadline
Bacone is a small private college with a historic mission in American Indian higher education and undergraduate programs in Native American studies and art. The Muskogee campus houses the Ataloa Lodge Museum and has long served Indigenous students.
- SAT Range 938-1033
- Predicted Avg GPA 2.83
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price -
Mount Vernon Nazarene University
- Private 4 Year
- Mount Vernon, OH
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 21 average ACT
Mount Vernon Nazarene is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and ministry. Most students live on the residential campus in the small city of Mount Vernon.
- SAT Range 1046-1315
- Avg GPA 3.55
- Acceptance Rate 84%
- Net Price $22,961
Williams Baptist University
- Private 4 Year
- Walnut Ridge, AR
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| 0 reviews
- 19 average ACT
Williams Baptist is a small private Baptist university with undergraduate programs in education, business, and Christian studies. Most students live on the residential campus in Walnut Ridge, a small town in northeast Arkansas.
- SAT Range 920-1058
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Acceptance Rate 83%
- Net Price $12,692
Northwestern Oklahoma State University
- Public 4 Year
- Alva, OK
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| 0 reviews
- 18 average ACT
Northwestern Oklahoma State is a small public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The residential campus sits in the small college town of Alva in northwestern Oklahoma.
- SAT Range 803-1036
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Acceptance Rate 65%
- Net Price $10,492
Friends University
- Private 4 Year
- Wichita, KS
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 21 average ACT
Friends is a private Christian university known for undergraduate music and business. The Wichita campus retains its Quaker-founded identity.
- SAT Range 960-1090
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Acceptance Rate 55%
- Net Price $28,889
Minot State University
- Public 4 Year
- Minot, ND
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| 0 reviews
- 21 average ACT
- Jun 30 application deadline
Minot State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, nursing, and business. The compact campus sits in the small city of Minot in north-central North Dakota.
- SAT Range 930-1140
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Acceptance Rate 65%
- Net Price $13,092