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2025 Highest ACT Scores Rankings

The ACT is a standardized test used for college admissions along with SAT test. The ACT has four subjects - English, Math, Reading, and Science (and optional essay). The score range for each of the multiple-choice tests is 1–36 and the composite score is the average of the four test scores rounded to the nearest integer (number).

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest ACT score (36) submitted by enrolled students and Harvard University has the second highest ACT score (35) based on academic year 2022-2023 college admission data.

Below table ranks and compares the Highest ACT Scores with the highest ACT score. You may want to view colleges with highest SAT score at the highest AAT score ranking page.

Highest ACT Scores

Rank	College Name	SAT Average	SAT Evidence Based Reading & Writing	SAT Math	ACT Composite	ACT English	ACT Math	Acceptance Rate	Yield	Tuition & Fees	Student Population
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	1,550	760	795	36	36	36	4.0%	85.0%	$60,156	11,920
4	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	1,550	755	780	35	36	34	3.2%	83.0%	$59,076	30,386
14	Rice University Houston, TX	1,550	750	780	35	36	35	8.7%	44.1%	$58,128	8,556
12	Brown University Providence, RI	1,540	755	780	35	36	34	5.1%	67.0%	$68,230	11,516
23	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	1,550	755	790	35	36	34	7.3%	51.2%	$62,840	30,362
10	Duke University Durham, NC	1,550	750	780	35	36	34	6.3%	55.0%	$65,805	17,112
5	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	1,550	760	780	35	35	33	5.4%	84.8%	$65,619	18,339
7	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	1,540	750	785	35	36	35	6.5%	67.9%	$66,104	28,711
15	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	1,540	750	780	35	36	34	6.7%	52.3%	$63,946	13,456
18	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	1,540	745	785	35	35	35	11.3%	44.3%	$63,274	15,596
6	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	1,540	755	780	35	36	34	3.9%	64.1%	$68,171	35,279
2	Stanford University Stanford, CA	1,550	755	785	34	36	34	3.7%	83.7%	$62,484	18,446
21	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	1,540	750	785	34	35	33	11.8%	48.2%	$62,982	16,500
8	Yale University New Haven, CT	1,540	760	780	34	36	34	4.6%	67.9%	$64,700	15,081
3	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	1,540	755	780	34	36	34	5.7%	69.2%	$59,710	8,922
13	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	1,540	760	780	34	36	34	6.4%	62.2%	$65,511	6,746
25	New York University New York, NY	1,530	745	775	34	-	-	12.5%	49.3%	$60,438	57,335
11	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	1,530	750	780	34	36	34	7.2%	55.2%	$65,997	23,203
17	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	1,520	740	780	34	35	34	7.5%	67.6%	$66,014	26,264
32	Tufts University Medford, MA	1,510	735	765	34	-	-	9.7%	50.1%	$67,844	13,274
52	Northeastern University Boston, MA	1,500	730	765	34	35	33	6.8%	40.7%	$63,141	31,159
53	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	1,490	733	755	34	35	32	16.7%	34.6%	$67,680	15,280
27	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	1,510	735	765	34	35	33	12.0%	41.2%	$68,237	47,147
26	Georgetown University Washington, DC	1,500	735	750	34	35	32	12.2%	48.7%	$65,081	20,392
19	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	1,500	735	765	34	-	-	12.9%	59.5%	$62,693	13,174
78	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	1,490	715	760	34	34	33	27.4%	14.6%	$64,678	12,266
33	Emory University Atlanta, GA	1,520	730	760	33	-	-	11.4%	37.8%	$60,774	15,046
24	Barnard College New York, NY	1,510	745	750	33	35	31	8.8%	66.0%	$66,246	3,353
43	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	1,490	720	750	33	35	32	18.7%	42.3%	$59,633	25,924
67	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	1,480	725	745	33	34	31	12.4%	30.9%	$67,024	3,146
210	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	1,470	719	745	33	-	-	24.4%	24.3%	$62,600	3,776
66	Villanova University Villanova, PA	1,460	704	735	33	34	31	23.4%	31.9%	$64,701	10,111
44	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	1,450	715	745	33	34	33	17.1%	42.1%	$32,876	47,946
80	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	1,450	723	725	33	35	31	33.5%	27.1%	$49,412	9,762
62	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	1,510	705	710	33	33	30	14.4%	35.4%	$67,016	3,271
64	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	1,480	715	750	33	34	32	38.9%	20.9%	$64,348	12,160
81	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	1,470	715	735	33	34	31	39.4%	25.2%	$64,946	5,302
42	Boston University Boston, MA	1,470	695	730	33	34	31	14.4%	31.3%	$65,168	36,624
57	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	1,470	710	730	33	34	32	17.7%	47.3%	$60,107	52,065
190	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	1,440	700	745	33	33	32	46.2%	17.5%	$60,952	8,842
89	George Washington University Washington, DC	1,430	705	705	33	34	30	49.0%	22.0%	$64,798	25,568
154	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	1,410	710	730	33	33	31	52.3%	19.4%	$64,460	11,842
49	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	1,470	710	730	32	32	30	17.1%	46.0%	$39,330	32,234
107	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	1,460	705	735	32	33	31	44.6%	23.1%	$40,306	40,813
36	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	1,450	715	725	32	34	29	11.5%	50.9%	$65,538	13,078
143	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	1,410	700	740	32	-	-	64.5%	18.4%	$61,884	7,024
1	Babson College Wellesley, MA	1,440	695	735	32	32	30	22.3%	38.6%	$56,032	3,943
58	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	1,430	690	725	32	33	31	37.0%	26.9%	$62,180	7,590
77	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	1,410	690	725	32	33	31	44.8%	28.1%	$39,192	56,563
298	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	1,410	690	735	32	-	-	41.7%	17.9%	$29,453	18,456
55	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	1,400	690	705	32	33	29	18.9%	25.5%	$59,926	19,593
151	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO	1,400	689	720	32	32	31	58.0%	23.9%	$44,376	7,599
213	Fordham University Bronx, NY	1,400	695	705	32	33	29	54.1%	10.2%	$61,567	16,153
115	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	1,370	685	705	32	33	29	32.6%	27.1%	$64,772	3,892
69	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	1,420	680	705	31	-	-	52.1%	18.9%	$59,241	9,340
302	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	1,410	680	730	31	31	31	49.1%	16.8%	$30,350	25,865
98	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	1,390	675	695	31	31	29	63.5%	19.4%	$39,293	31,810
113	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	1,370	670	690	31	30	30	67.2%	19.9%	$56,664	16,863
212	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	1,360	680	695	31	32	29	49.1%	16.8%	$39,890	34,525
181	Emerson College Boston, MA	1,340	690	650	31	33	28	42.7%	19.4%	$54,816	5,670
119	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	1,400	680	715	31	31	30	52.7%	23.5%	$38,365	60,046
46	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	1,390	690	705	31	31	29	23.3%	43.9%	$28,659	54,814
68	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	1,380	675	700	31	31	29	66.3%	28.2%	$36,001	50,617
92	American University Washington, DC	1,380	695	665	31	32	28	40.6%	22.2%	$56,543	13,019
71	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	1,380	670	700	31	30	29	47.2%	33.5%	$31,767	37,323
273	St Olaf College Northfield, MN	1,350	695	695	31	31	29	56.4%	27.9%	$56,970	3,074
72	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO	1,350	690	705	31	31	30	16.2%	77.9%	-	4,124
96	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	1,330	660	670	31	31	29	54.5%	18.3%	$43,034	27,364
79	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	1,320	655	680	31	30	30	52.7%	26.1%	$28,794	52,905
381	Clark University Worcester, MA	1,320	680	660	31	33	29	50.3%	15.9%	$55,160	4,124
399	Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR	1,310	685	645	31	32	27	68.6%	13.7%	$62,350	3,526
131	Baylor University Waco, TX	1,290	660	660	31	31	29	45.9%	17.6%	$54,844	20,824
76	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	-	685	695	31	33	29	41.3%	17.9%	$58,489	10,256
93	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	1,360	690	693	30	31	28	48.7%	16.9%	$66,742	9,545
87	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	1,340	670	675	30	31	28	51.8%	19.1%	$63,061	22,948
94	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	1,340	680	665	30	31	28	36.4%	35.3%	$60,850	3,035
150	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	1,340	680	665	30	32	28	59.8%	16.6%	$43,890	14,320
540	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	1,335	640	680	30	30	29	66.0%	18.3%	$35,934	13,007
70	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	1,330	660	675	30	31	29	12.0%	78.1%	-	4,508
474	Simmons University Boston, MA	1,330	655	640	30	30	28	76.5%	12.8%	$45,538	5,053
282	Providence College Providence, RI	1,330	675	665	30	32	28	52.8%	19.7%	$60,848	4,635
106	Bentley University Waltham, MA	1,330	654	685	30	30	28	57.9%	20.4%	$58,150	5,264
145	University of Denver Denver, CO	1,320	665	645	30	31	28	77.7%	10.9%	$59,340	13,387
314	Clemson University Clemson, SC	1,320	655	660	30	29	27	43.0%	20.2%	$39,498	28,747
116	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	1,290	645	670	30	30	30	61.4%	13.9%	$50,917	8,563
816	SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	1,270	660	610	30	34	27	74.7%	16.0%	$18,863	3,229
491	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	1,270	657	635	30	31	27	75.2%	14.0%	$50,070	4,828
247	Yeshiva University New York, NY	1,410	690	685	30	31	28	63.2%	62.3%	$49,900	6,826
129	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	1,400	685	710	30	29	28	74.9%	23.6%	$36,402	54,890
40	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	1,370	675	690	30	30	29	31.4%	48.4%	$42,778	53,082
47	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	1,360	684	690	30	30	29	66.7%	79.0%	$6,496	35,074
88	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	1,330	660	675	30	30	29	57.0%	27.7%	$36,694	38,294
122	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	1,330	655	675	30	30	28	79.6%	10.0%	$60,663	21,703
2	School of Visual Arts New York, NY	1,330	650	665	30	-	-	87.4%	25.6%	$49,140	4,016
167	Creighton University Omaha, NE	1,320	654	659	30	31	29	75.7%	17.0%	$47,000	8,255
224	Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	1,310	650	655	30	-	-	52.2%	19.1%	$56,360	6,289
759	Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	1,300	660	650	30	31	28	75.1%	7.8%	$51,370	9,494
237	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	1,280	640	650	30	30	28	82.4%	23.6%	$40,482	47,527
846	Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD	1,270	645	625	30	30	27	83.5%	15.8%	$55,480	5,107
375	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	1,270	645	635	30	29	27	64.1%	24.3%	$34,943	36,579