2025 Highest SAT Scores Rankings
The SAT is a standardized test widely used for college admissions. The SAT is a multiple-choice, pencil-and-paper test created and administered by the https://www.collegeboard.org/College Board . The subject and area of SAT test have changed several times and currently the 1600-point score scale are used with two subejcts of Evidence-Based Reading & Writing and Math (and optional essay section). Most 4 years colleges requires SAT test scores along with ACT scores to their applicants.
Rice University has the highest SAT score (1,550) submitted by enrolled students and University of Chicago has the second highest SAT score (1,550) based on academic year 2022-2023 college admission data.
Below table ranks and compares the Highest SAT Scores with the highest SAT score. You may want to view colleges with highest ACT score at the highest ACT score ranking page.
Highest SAT 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 |
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14 | Rice University Houston, TX | 1,550 | 750 | 780 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 8.7% | 44.1% | $58,128 | 8,672 |
5 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | 1,550 | 760 | 780 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 5.4% | 84.8% | $65,619 | 18,339 |
4 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | 1,550 | 755 | 780 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 3.2% | 83.0% | $59,076 | 30,631 |
1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | 1,550 | 760 | 795 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 4.0% | 85.0% | $60,156 | 11,858 |
2 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | 1,550 | 755 | 785 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 3.7% | 83.7% | $62,484 | 18,283 |
10 | Duke University Durham, NC | 1,550 | 750 | 780 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 6.3% | 55.0% | $65,805 | 18,023 |
23 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | 1,550 | 755 | 790 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 7.3% | 51.2% | $62,840 | 31,275 |
8 | Yale University New Haven, CT | 1,540 | 760 | 780 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 4.6% | 67.9% | $64,700 | 14,776 |
15 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | 1,540 | 750 | 780 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 6.7% | 52.3% | $63,946 | 13,710 |
3 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | 1,540 | 755 | 780 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 5.7% | 69.2% | $59,710 | 8,842 |
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 | 34,782 |
12 | Brown University Providence, RI | 1,540 | 755 | 780 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 5.1% | 67.0% | $68,230 | 11,189 |
21 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO | 1,540 | 750 | 785 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 11.8% | 48.2% | $62,982 | 17,012 |
18 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | 1,540 | 745 | 785 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 11.3% | 44.3% | $63,274 | 16,002 |
7 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | 1,540 | 750 | 785 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 6.5% | 67.9% | $66,104 | 28,201 |
13 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | 1,540 | 760 | 780 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 6.4% | 62.2% | $65,511 | 6,744 |
25 | New York University New York, NY | 1,530 | 745 | 775 | 34 | - | - | 12.5% | 49.3% | $60,438 | 59,144 |
11 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | 1,530 | 750 | 780 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 7.2% | 55.2% | $65,997 | 23,161 |
33 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | 1,520 | 730 | 760 | 33 | - | - | 11.4% | 37.8% | $60,774 | 14,841 |
17 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | 1,520 | 740 | 780 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 7.5% | 67.6% | $66,014 | 25,898 |
24 | Barnard College New York, NY | 1,510 | 745 | 750 | 33 | 35 | 31 | 8.8% | 66.0% | $66,246 | 3,442 |
62 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | 1,510 | 705 | 710 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 14.4% | 35.4% | $67,016 | 3,253 |
32 | Tufts University Medford, MA | 1,510 | 735 | 765 | 34 | - | - | 9.7% | 50.1% | $67,844 | 13,431 |
27 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | 1,510 | 735 | 765 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 12.0% | 41.2% | $68,237 | 48,945 |
26 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | 1,500 | 735 | 750 | 34 | 35 | 32 | 12.2% | 48.7% | $65,081 | 20,984 |
19 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | 1,500 | 735 | 765 | 34 | - | - | 12.9% | 59.5% | $62,693 | 13,105 |
52 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | 1,500 | 730 | 765 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 6.8% | 40.7% | $63,141 | 30,013 |
78 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH | 1,490 | 715 | 760 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 27.4% | 14.6% | $64,678 | 12,201 |
53 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | 1,490 | 733 | 755 | 34 | 35 | 32 | 16.7% | 34.6% | $67,680 | 15,287 |
43 | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | 1,490 | 720 | 750 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 18.7% | 42.3% | $59,633 | 26,082 |
64 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY | 1,480 | 715 | 750 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 38.9% | 20.9% | $64,348 | 12,197 |
67 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY | 1,480 | 725 | 745 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 12.4% | 30.9% | $67,024 | 3,141 |
81 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA | 1,470 | 715 | 735 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 39.4% | 25.2% | $64,946 | 5,581 |
57 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | 1,470 | 710 | 730 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 17.7% | 47.3% | $60,107 | 51,225 |
210 | University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA | 1,470 | 719 | 745 | 33 | - | - | 24.4% | 24.3% | $62,600 | 3,876 |
49 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | 1,470 | 710 | 730 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 17.1% | 46.0% | $39,330 | 31,705 |
42 | Boston University Boston, MA | 1,470 | 695 | 730 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 14.4% | 31.3% | $65,168 | 36,714 |
107 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | 1,460 | 705 | 735 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 44.6% | 23.1% | $40,306 | 40,792 |
66 | Villanova University Villanova, PA | 1,460 | 704 | 735 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 23.4% | 31.9% | $64,701 | 10,383 |
84 | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC | 1,460 | - | - | - | - | - | 21.4% | 38.0% | $64,758 | 8,963 |
74 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | 1,450 | 690 | 735 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 49.1% | 29.2% | $40,603 | 48,956 |
80 | William & Mary Williamsburg, VA | 1,450 | 723 | 725 | 33 | 35 | 31 | 33.5% | 27.1% | $49,412 | 9,654 |
44 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | 1,450 | 715 | 745 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 17.1% | 42.1% | $32,876 | 45,296 |
36 | Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | 1,450 | 715 | 725 | 32 | 34 | 29 | 11.5% | 50.9% | $65,538 | 14,027 |
1 | Babson College Wellesley, MA | 1,440 | 695 | 735 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 22.3% | 38.6% | $56,032 | 3,989 |
222 | University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO | 1,440 | 693 | 705 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 69.5% | 32.4% | $30,734 | 15,703 |
190 | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ | 1,440 | 700 | 745 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 46.2% | 17.5% | $60,952 | 9,314 |
58 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | 1,430 | 690 | 725 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 37.0% | 26.9% | $62,180 | 7,394 |
89 | George Washington University Washington, DC | 1,430 | 705 | 705 | 33 | 34 | 30 | 49.0% | 22.0% | $64,798 | 25,939 |
69 | Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA | 1,420 | 680 | 705 | 31 | - | - | 52.1% | 18.9% | $59,241 | 9,178 |
302 | Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY | 1,410 | 680 | 730 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 49.1% | 16.8% | $30,350 | 25,710 |
143 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY | 1,410 | 700 | 740 | 32 | - | - | 64.5% | 18.4% | $61,884 | 6,968 |
298 | Binghamton University Vestal, NY | 1,410 | 690 | 735 | 32 | - | - | 41.7% | 17.9% | $29,453 | 18,312 |
154 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX | 1,410 | 710 | 730 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 52.3% | 19.4% | $64,460 | 12,053 |
247 | Yeshiva University New York, NY | 1,410 | 690 | 685 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 63.2% | 62.3% | $49,900 | 6,056 |
77 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | 1,410 | 690 | 725 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 44.8% | 28.1% | $39,192 | 56,916 |
151 | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO | 1,400 | 689 | 720 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 58.0% | 23.9% | $44,376 | 7,403 |
213 | Fordham University Bronx, NY | 1,400 | 695 | 705 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 54.1% | 10.2% | $61,567 | 16,556 |
129 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | 1,400 | 685 | 710 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 74.9% | 23.6% | $36,402 | 54,955 |
119 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | 1,400 | 680 | 715 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 52.7% | 23.5% | $38,365 | 60,540 |
55 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL | 1,400 | 690 | 705 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 18.9% | 25.5% | $59,926 | 19,402 |
98 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | 1,390 | 675 | 695 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 63.5% | 19.4% | $39,293 | 32,229 |
46 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | 1,390 | 690 | 705 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 23.3% | 43.9% | $28,659 | 55,211 |
92 | American University Washington, DC | 1,380 | 695 | 665 | 31 | 32 | 28 | 40.6% | 22.2% | $56,543 | 13,885 |
68 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | 1,380 | 675 | 700 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 66.3% | 28.2% | $36,001 | 50,637 |
71 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC | 1,380 | 670 | 700 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 47.2% | 33.5% | $31,767 | 36,700 |
115 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA | 1,370 | 685 | 705 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 32.6% | 27.1% | $64,772 | 3,787 |
113 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY | 1,370 | 670 | 690 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 67.2% | 19.9% | $56,664 | 16,615 |
40 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | 1,370 | 675 | 690 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 31.4% | 48.4% | $42,778 | 52,384 |
47 | Brigham Young University Provo, UT | 1,360 | 684 | 690 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 66.7% | 79.0% | $6,496 | 34,464 |
351 | Touro University New York, NY | 1,360 | 675 | 649 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 71.3% | 48.2% | $19,528 | 11,111 |
405 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA | 1,360 | 625 | 705 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 88.1% | 24.5% | $41,913 | 5,735 |
93 | Pepperdine University Malibu, CA | 1,360 | 690 | 693 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 48.7% | 16.9% | $66,742 | 10,030 |
212 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | 1,360 | 680 | 695 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 49.1% | 16.8% | $39,890 | 33,767 |
273 | St Olaf College Northfield, MN | 1,350 | 695 | 695 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 56.4% | 27.9% | $56,970 | 3,046 |
1027 | CUNY Hunter College New York, NY | 1,350 | - | - | - | - | - | 47.9% | 19.3% | $15,332 | 22,970 |
72 | United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO | 1,350 | 690 | 705 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 16.2% | 77.9% | - | 4,085 |
489 | University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN | 1,350 | 635 | 660 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 77.0% | 21.5% | $52,284 | 9,025 |
87 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | 1,340 | 670 | 675 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 51.8% | 19.1% | $63,061 | 22,698 |
150 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT | 1,340 | 680 | 665 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 59.8% | 16.6% | $43,890 | 14,088 |
94 | College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA | 1,340 | 680 | 665 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 36.4% | 35.3% | $60,850 | 3,083 |
82 | Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO | 1,340 | 650 | 655 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 84.7% | 15.1% | $53,244 | 15,755 |
127 | Chapman University Orange, CA | 1,340 | 650 | 650 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 72.5% | 20.9% | $62,784 | 10,014 |
181 | Emerson College Boston, MA | 1,340 | 690 | 650 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 42.7% | 19.4% | $54,816 | 5,891 |
1004 | CUNY City College New York, NY | 1,340 | - | - | - | - | - | 66.6% | 12.2% | $15,290 | 14,489 |
540 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ | 1,335 | 640 | 680 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 66.0% | 18.3% | $35,934 | 12,332 |
230 | University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK | 1,335 | 610 | 604 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 69.2% | 7.8% | $48,102 | 3,769 |
2 | Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY | 1,330 | 650 | 645 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 50.4% | 17.3% | $59,683 | 5,494 |
96 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | 1,330 | 660 | 670 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 54.5% | 18.3% | $43,034 | 27,003 |
88 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | 1,330 | 660 | 675 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 57.0% | 27.7% | $36,694 | 38,170 |
3 | School of Visual Arts New York, NY | 1,330 | 650 | 665 | 30 | - | - | 87.4% | 25.6% | $49,140 | 4,127 |
282 | Providence College Providence, RI | 1,330 | 675 | 665 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 52.8% | 19.7% | $60,848 | 4,473 |
70 | United States Military Academy West Point, NY | 1,330 | 660 | 675 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 12.0% | 78.1% | - | 4,393 |
579 | University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO | 1,330 | 640 | 635 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 80.7% | 16.4% | $41,943 | 39,585 |
707 | University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL | 1,330 | 657 | 672 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 78.1% | 26.9% | $24,770 | 9,237 |
474 | Simmons University Boston, MA | 1,330 | 655 | 640 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 76.5% | 12.8% | $45,538 | 5,710 |
106 | Bentley University Waltham, MA | 1,330 | 654 | 685 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 57.9% | 20.4% | $58,150 | 5,165 |
122 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | 1,330 | 655 | 675 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 79.6% | 10.0% | $60,663 | 22,344 |
167 | Creighton University Omaha, NE | 1,320 | 654 | 659 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 75.7% | 17.0% | $47,000 | 8,397 |
4 | University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL | 1,320 | 670 | 650 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 64.6% | 91.4% | $16,579 | 5,356 |