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.

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Piedmont University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Demorest, GA
  • 2.0 | 2 reviews
  • 21 average ACT
  • Jul 15 application deadline

Piedmont is a private university known for undergraduate education and nursing. The campus is set in the small town of Demorest in northeast Georgia's Blue Ridge foothills.

#8 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1038-1245
  • Avg GPA 3.54
  • Acceptance Rate 93%
  • Net Price $22,252
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Life University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Marietta, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 18 average ACT

Life University is a private university known for chiropractic education and undergraduate exercise science and biology. The suburban campus is in Marietta near Atlanta.

#10 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 920-1130
  • Avg GPA 3.11
  • Acceptance Rate 93%
  • Net Price $29,111
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Southern Virginia University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Buena Vista, VA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 21 average ACT

Southern Virginia is a private liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in business, the arts, and the sciences. Most undergrads follow an LDS honor code on the small campus in Buena Vista in the Shenandoah Valley.

3/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 943-1253
  • Avg GPA 3.19
  • Acceptance Rate 96%
  • Net Price $24,561
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Spring Hill College Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Mobile, AL
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • 21 average ACT

Spring Hill is a private Jesuit liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing, business, and the sciences. The wooded historic campus sits in Mobile near Alabama's Gulf Coast.

6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1110-1230
  • Avg GPA 3.5
  • Acceptance Rate 77%
  • Net Price $22,858
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West Texas A & M University Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Canyon, TX
  • 4.0 | 1 reviews
  • 20 average ACT
  • Aug 1 application deadline

West Texas A&M is a public university known for undergraduate agriculture, nursing, and business. The campus is in Canyon, a small college town in the Texas Panhandle.

#14 Best Public Universities in Texas 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 950-1170
  • Avg GPA 3.61
  • Acceptance Rate 99%
  • Net Price $15,572
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Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Tifton, GA
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • 19 average ACT

ABAC is a public state college known for undergraduate agriculture, natural resources, and agribusiness. Most students live on the residential campus in rural south Georgia Tifton.

3/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 860-1080
  • Avg GPA 2.85
  • Acceptance Rate 76%
  • Net Price $7,308
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Arkansas State University Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Jonesboro, AR
  • | 0 reviews
  • 21 average ACT

Arkansas State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, agriculture, and business. The campus is located in Jonesboro in northeast Arkansas.

#6 Best Public Universities in Arkansas 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 970-1190
  • Avg GPA 3.66
  • Acceptance Rate 82%
  • Net Price $12,410
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Edinburg, TX
  • | 0 reviews
  • 18 average ACT
  • Jul 1 application deadline

UTRGV is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and engineering. Campuses span the Rio Grande Valley near the U.S.-Mexico border.

#21 Best Public Universities in Texas 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 880-1090
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.16
  • Acceptance Rate 94%
  • Net Price $5,282
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Brevard College Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Brevard, NC
  • | 0 reviews
  • 21 average ACT

Brevard is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate wilderness leadership and environmental studies. The campus sits in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Pisgah National Forest.

4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 870-1220
  • Avg GPA 3.07
  • Acceptance Rate 42%
  • Net Price $26,930
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Point University Campus
 

  • Private 4 Year
  • West Point, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 19 average ACT

Point is a small private Christian university known for undergraduate ministry, business, and education. The campus is in the small town of West Point on the Georgia-Alabama border.

#16 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 3/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 972-1237
  • Avg GPA 3.41
  • Acceptance Rate 44%
  • Net Price $19,545
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Dominican University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • River Forest, IL
  • | 0 reviews
  • 21 average ACT
  • Aug 31 application deadline

Dominican is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The suburban River Forest campus sits just west of Chicago.

#17 Best Private Colleges in Illinois 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 880-1100
  • Avg GPA 3.74
  • Acceptance Rate 90%
  • Net Price $13,402
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Capital University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Columbus, OH
  • | 0 reviews
  • 21 average ACT
  • May 1 application deadline

Capital is a private university known for undergraduate music through its conservatory, plus nursing and education. The residential campus sits in Bexley, a suburb of Columbus.

#18 Best Private Colleges in Ohio 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 910-1180
  • Avg GPA 3.63
  • Acceptance Rate 70%
  • Net Price $22,395
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Northwest Missouri State University Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Maryville, MO
  • | 0 reviews
  • 21 average ACT

Northwest Missouri State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, business, and agriculture. The residential campus is in the small college town of Maryville.

#9 Best Public Universities in Missouri 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 976-1193
  • Avg GPA 3.45
  • Acceptance Rate 86%
  • Net Price $16,790
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Auburn University at Montgomery Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Montgomery, AL
  • | 0 reviews
  • 21 average ACT
  • Aug 1 application deadline

AUM is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The campus is located in Montgomery, Alabama's capital city.

#8 Best Public Universities in Alabama 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1036-1203
  • Avg GPA 3.4
  • Acceptance Rate 92%
  • Net Price $13,945
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Sul Ross State University Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Alpine, TX
  • | 0 reviews
  • 19 average ACT

Sul Ross is a small public university known for undergraduate range animal science, wildlife management, and education. The campus sits in Alpine in the mountains of far West Texas near Big Bend.

  • SAT Range 930-1110
  • Avg GPA 3.32
  • Acceptance Rate 99%
  • Net Price $14,454
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Claflin University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Orangeburg, SC
  • | 0 reviews
  • 17 average ACT

Claflin is a private historically Black university known for undergraduate biology, business, and education. The residential campus is located in Orangeburg in central South Carolina.

#12 Best Private Colleges in South Carolina 3/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 840-1040
  • Avg GPA 3.28
  • Acceptance Rate 65%
  • Net Price $17,272
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Columbia College Campus
 

  • Private 4 Year
  • Columbia, SC
  • | 0 reviews
  • 16 average ACT

Columbia College is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate education and nursing. Students study on an urban campus in South Carolina's capital.

#9 Best Private Colleges in South Carolina 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 850-1140
  • Avg GPA 3.56
  • Acceptance Rate 94%
  • Net Price $18,790
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Averett University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Danville, VA
  • 1.6 | 5 reviews
  • 21 average ACT

Averett is a private university known for undergraduate aviation and business programs. The small campus sits in the city of Danville near the North Carolina border.

#9 Best Private Colleges in Virginia 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 926-1143
  • Avg GPA 3.07
  • Acceptance Rate 57%
  • Net Price $23,471
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