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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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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
14	Rice University Houston, TX	1,550	750	780	35	36	35	8.7%	44.1%	$58,128	8,556
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	1,550	760	795	36	36	36	4.0%	85.0%	$60,156	11,920
5	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	1,550	760	780	35	35	33	5.4%	84.8%	$65,619	18,339
2	Stanford University Stanford, CA	1,550	755	785	34	36	34	3.7%	83.7%	$62,484	18,446
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
4	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	1,550	755	780	35	36	34	3.2%	83.0%	$59,076	30,386
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
7	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	1,540	750	785	35	36	35	6.5%	67.9%	$66,104	28,711
21	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	1,540	750	785	34	35	33	11.8%	48.2%	$62,982	16,500
15	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	1,540	750	780	35	36	34	6.7%	52.3%	$63,946	13,456
8	Yale University New Haven, CT	1,540	760	780	34	36	34	4.6%	67.9%	$64,700	15,081
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
12	Brown University Providence, RI	1,540	755	780	35	36	34	5.1%	67.0%	$68,230	11,516
11	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	1,530	750	780	34	36	34	7.2%	55.2%	$65,997	23,203
25	New York University New York, NY	1,530	745	775	34	-	-	12.5%	49.3%	$60,438	57,335
17	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	1,520	740	780	34	35	34	7.5%	67.6%	$66,014	26,264
33	Emory University Atlanta, GA	1,520	730	760	33	-	-	11.4%	37.8%	$60,774	15,046
62	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	1,510	705	710	33	33	30	14.4%	35.4%	$67,016	3,271
27	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	1,510	735	765	34	35	33	12.0%	41.2%	$68,237	47,147
24	Barnard College New York, NY	1,510	745	750	33	35	31	8.8%	66.0%	$66,246	3,353
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
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
53	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	1,490	733	755	34	35	32	16.7%	34.6%	$67,680	15,280
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
64	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	1,480	715	750	33	34	32	38.9%	20.9%	$64,348	12,160
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
210	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	1,470	719	745	33	-	-	24.4%	24.3%	$62,600	3,776
81	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	1,470	715	735	33	34	31	39.4%	25.2%	$64,946	5,302
57	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	1,470	710	730	33	34	32	17.7%	47.3%	$60,107	52,065
42	Boston University Boston, MA	1,470	695	730	33	34	31	14.4%	31.3%	$65,168	36,624
66	Villanova University Villanova, PA	1,460	704	735	33	34	31	23.4%	31.9%	$64,701	10,111
84	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	1,460	-	-	-	-	-	21.4%	38.0%	$64,758	9,121
107	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	1,460	705	735	32	33	31	44.6%	23.1%	$40,306	40,813
44	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	1,450	715	745	33	34	33	17.1%	42.1%	$32,876	47,946
74	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	1,450	690	735	29	29	28	49.1%	29.2%	$40,603	49,605
36	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	1,450	715	725	32	34	29	11.5%	50.9%	$65,538	13,078
80	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	1,450	723	725	33	35	31	33.5%	27.1%	$49,412	9,762
222	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	1,440	693	705	26	26	24	69.5%	32.4%	$30,734	15,277
1	Babson College Wellesley, MA	1,440	695	735	32	32	30	22.3%	38.6%	$56,032	3,943
190	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	1,440	700	745	33	33	32	46.2%	17.5%	$60,952	8,842
58	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	1,430	690	725	32	33	31	37.0%	26.9%	$62,180	7,590
89	George Washington University Washington, DC	1,430	705	705	33	34	30	49.0%	22.0%	$64,798	25,568
69	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	1,420	680	705	31	-	-	52.1%	18.9%	$59,241	9,340
298	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	1,410	690	735	32	-	-	41.7%	17.9%	$29,453	18,456
143	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	1,410	700	740	32	-	-	64.5%	18.4%	$61,884	7,024
77	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	1,410	690	725	32	33	31	44.8%	28.1%	$39,192	56,563
247	Yeshiva University New York, NY	1,410	690	685	30	31	28	63.2%	62.3%	$49,900	6,826
302	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	1,410	680	730	31	31	31	49.1%	16.8%	$30,350	25,865
154	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	1,410	710	730	33	33	31	52.3%	19.4%	$64,460	11,842
55	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	1,400	690	705	32	33	29	18.9%	25.5%	$59,926	19,593
213	Fordham University Bronx, NY	1,400	695	705	32	33	29	54.1%	10.2%	$61,567	16,153
119	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	1,400	680	715	31	31	30	52.7%	23.5%	$38,365	60,046
129	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	1,400	685	710	30	29	28	74.9%	23.6%	$36,402	54,890
151	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO	1,400	689	720	32	32	31	58.0%	23.9%	$44,376	7,599
98	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	1,390	675	695	31	31	29	63.5%	19.4%	$39,293	31,810
46	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	1,390	690	705	31	31	29	23.3%	43.9%	$28,659	54,814
71	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	1,380	670	700	31	30	29	47.2%	33.5%	$31,767	37,323
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
40	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	1,370	675	690	30	30	29	31.4%	48.4%	$42,778	53,082
115	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	1,370	685	705	32	33	29	32.6%	27.1%	$64,772	3,892
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
93	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	1,360	690	693	30	31	28	48.7%	16.9%	$66,742	9,545
351	Touro University New York, NY	1,360	675	649	29	30	27	71.3%	48.2%	$19,528	11,953
405	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	1,360	625	705	26	26	28	88.1%	24.5%	$41,913	5,809
47	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	1,360	684	690	30	30	29	66.7%	79.0%	$6,496	35,074
489	University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN	1,350	635	660	27	27	26	77.0%	21.5%	$52,284	9,121
1027	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	1,350	-	-	-	-	-	47.9%	19.3%	$15,332	22,879
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
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
181	Emerson College Boston, MA	1,340	690	650	31	33	28	42.7%	19.4%	$54,816	5,670
1004	CUNY City College New York, NY	1,340	-	-	-	-	-	66.6%	12.2%	$15,290	15,012
82	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	1,340	650	655	29	30	28	84.7%	15.1%	$53,244	17,202
127	Chapman University Orange, CA	1,340	650	650	29	30	27	72.5%	20.9%	$62,784	9,961
87	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	1,340	670	675	30	31	28	51.8%	19.1%	$63,061	22,948
230	University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK	1,335	610	604	26	27	25	69.2%	7.8%	$48,102	3,559
540	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	1,335	640	680	30	30	29	66.0%	18.3%	$35,934	13,007
122	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	1,330	655	675	30	30	28	79.6%	10.0%	$60,663	21,703
707	University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL	1,330	657	672	28	29	27	78.1%	26.9%	$24,770	8,743
2	School of Visual Arts New York, NY	1,330	650	665	30	-	-	87.4%	25.6%	$49,140	4,016
96	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	1,330	660	670	31	31	29	54.5%	18.3%	$43,034	27,364
579	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	1,330	640	635	29	29	27	80.7%	16.4%	$41,943	41,432
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
3	Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY	1,330	650	645	29	30	26	50.4%	17.3%	$59,683	5,232
106	Bentley University Waltham, MA	1,330	654	685	30	30	28	57.9%	20.4%	$58,150	5,264
88	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	1,330	660	675	30	30	29	57.0%	27.7%	$36,694	38,294
282	Providence College Providence, RI	1,330	675	665	30	32	28	52.8%	19.7%	$60,848	4,635
381	Clark University Worcester, MA	1,320	680	660	31	33	29	50.3%	15.9%	$55,160	4,124
167	Creighton University Omaha, NE	1,320	654	659	30	31	29	75.7%	17.0%	$47,000	8,255