What ACT scores do colleges want?
Interested in a college but not sure what ACT scores will get you in? Search your schools to see the average scores of accepted applicants!
These score ranges represent the “middle 50%,” meaning that that 50% of accepted applicants scored within the listed range. 25% were accepted with scores below the average range and 25% were accepted with scores above the average range. You can always verify this data on individual college websites, or on CollegeData.
Search this table by college name, or sort alphabetically by college name or scores.
College | Average ACT Scores |
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Allegheny College | 23 - 28 |
American University | 29 - 33 |
Amherst College | 32 - 34 |
Arcadia University | 22 - 27 |
Arizona State University | 22 - 24 |
Auburn University | 25 - 31 |
Bard College | 27 - 31 |
Barnard College | 32 - 34 |
Bates College | 29 - 33 |
Bennington College | 29 - 32 |
Bentley University | 28 - 32 |
Binghamton University | 30 - 32 |
Bloomsburg University | 23 - 24 |
Boston College | 33 - 34 |
Boston University | 31 - 34 |
Bowdoin College | 31 - 34 |
Brandeis University | 31 - 34 |
Brown University | 33 - 35 |
Bryn Mawr College | 29 - 33 |
Bucknell University | 29 - 33 |
CalTech | 35 - 36 |
Carleton College | 31 - 35 |
Carnegie Mellon University | 33 - 35 |
Case Western Reserve University | 32 - 35 |
Chatham University | 23 - 28 |
Chestnut Hill College | 20 - 23 |
Claremont McKenna College | 32 - 35 |
Clemson University | 27 - 32 |
Coastal Carolina University | 20 - 25 |
Colby College | 32 - 34 |
Colgate University | 32 - 34 |
College of Charleston | 23 - 29 |
College of New Jersey | 25 - 32 |
College of William and Mary | 30 - 34 |
Colorado State University | 23 - 29 |
Columbia University | 34 - 35 |
Cornell University | 34 - 35 |
Dartmouth College | 33 - 35 |
Davidson College | 30 - 33 |
DePaul University | 22 - 28 |
Dickinson College | 28 - 32 |
Drew University | 23 - 29 |
Drexel University | 26 - 32 |
Duke University | 33 - 35 |
Duquesne University | 24 - 29 |
Eastern University | 20 - 27 |
Elon University | 25 - 30 |
Emerson College | 28 - 32 |
Emory University | 32 - 34 |
Fairfield University | 27 - 31 |
Farleigh Dickinson University | 21 - 26 |
Florida Southern College | 25 - 30 |
Florida State University | 26 - 30 |
Fordham University | 30 - 33 |
Franklin and Marshall College | 28 - 32 |
George Mason University | 25 - 30 |
George Washington University | 30 - 34 |
Georgetown University | 32 - 35 |
Georgia Institute of Technology | 30 - 34 |
Georgia State University | 19 - 27 |
Gettysburg College | 28 - 32 |
Gwynedd Mercy University | 18 - 24 |
Hamilton College | 33 - 35 |
Harvard College | 33 - 36 |
Harvey Mudd College | 34 - 36 |
Haverford College | 33 - 35 |
High Point University | 22 - 29 |
Hofstra University | 27 - 31 |
Hollins University | 26 - 32 |
Howard University | 21 - 26 |
Indiana University (Bloomington) | 26 - 32 |
Iowa State University | 21 - 28 |
Ithaca College | 26 - 30 |
James Madison University | 24 - 29 |
Johns Hopkins University | 33 - 35 |
Kansas State University | 22 - 28 |
Kenyon College | 31 - 34 |
King's College of PA | 23 |
Kutztown University | 19 - 23 |
Lebanon Valley College | 21 - 27 |
La Salle University | 22 |
Lafayette College | 28 - 33 |
Lehigh University | 29 - 33 |
Lock Haven University | 17 - 22 |
Lousiana State University | 23 - 28 |
Loyola University of Maryland | 25 - 30 |
M.I.T. | 34 - 36 |
Miami University (Ohio) | 24 - 30 |
Michigan State University | 23 - 29 |
Middlebury College | 32 - 34 |
Millersville University | 19 - 25 |
Mississippi State University | 21 - 30 |
Missouri State University | 20 - 26 |
Monmouth University | 21 - 26 |
Muhlenberg College | 27 - 32 |
Neumann University | 17 - 24 |
New York University | 32 - 35 |
North Carolina State University | 27 - 32 |
Northeastern University | 33 - 35 |
Northwestern University | 34 - 35 |
Oberlin College | 30 - 34 |
Ohio State University | 26 - 32 |
Ohio University | 21 - 26 |
Oklahoma State University | 20 - 27 |
Oregon State University | 21 - 28 |
Penn State University | 25 - 31 |
Pepperdine University | 25 - 30 |
Pfeiffer University | 18 - 25 |
Pomona College | 33 - 35 |
Princeton University | 33 - 35 |
Providence College | 26 - 31 |
Purdue University | 26 - 33 |
Quinnipiac University | 23 - 27 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 32 - 34 |
Rice University | 34 - 35 |
Rider University | 28 - 31 |
Rochester Institute of Technology | 28 - 33 |
Rollins University | 24 - 29 |
Rowan University | 23 - 30 |
Rutgers Camden | 17 - 25 |
Rutgers New Brunswick | 27 - 33 |
Rutgers Newark | 21 - 28 |
Sarah Lawrence College | 29 - 32 |
Scripps College | 31 - 34 |
Seton Hall University | 26 - 32 |
Shippensburg University | 16 - 23 |
Skidmore College | 29 - 33 |
Smith College | 31 - 34 |
St. Joseph's University | 25 - 31 |
Stanford University | 34 - 35 |
Stevens Institute of Technology | 31 - 34 |
Stockton University | 22 - 27 |
Swarthmore College | 33 - 35 |
Syracuse University | 27 - 32 |
Temple University | 24 - 30 |
Texas A and M University | 25 - 31 |
Texas State University | 18 - 25 |
The New School | 24 - 30 |
Thomas Jefferson University | 25 - 30 |
Towson University | 21 - 26 |
Tufts University | 33 - 35 |
Tulane University | 30 - 33 |
US Military Academy | 28 - 33 |
US Naval Academy | 26 - 32 |
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) | 21 - 31 |
University of Arizona | 21 - 29 |
University of Arkansas | 21 - 28 |
University of California (all campuses) | 31 - 35 |
University of Chicago | 33 - 35 |
University of Connecticut | 27 - 33 |
University of Delaware | 26 - 31 |
University of Florida | 29 - 33 |
University of Georgia | 29 - 33 |
University of Illinois (Chicago) | 23 - 31 |
University of Maine | 22 - 30 |
University of Maryland (College Park) | 30 - 34 |
University of Massachusetts | 28 - 33 |
University of Miami | 30 - 33 |
University of Michigan | 31 - 34 |
University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) | 27 - 32 |
University of Mississippi | 21 - 29 |
University of Missouri | 23 - 30 |
University of Montana | 18 - 26 |
University of Nevada (Las Vegas) | 19 - 24 |
University of New Hampshire | 25 - 31 |
University of New Haven | 25 - 29 |
University of New Mexico | 19 - 26 |
University of New Orleans | 18 - 24 |
University of North Carolina | 22 - 27 |
University of Notre Dame | 32 - 35 |
University of Pennsylvania | 33 - 35 |
University of Pittsburgh | 28 - 33 |
University of Rhode Island | 25 - 30 |
University of Richmond | 30 - 33 |
University of Rochester | 29 - 33 |
University of Scranton | 23 - 28 |
University of South Carolina | 26 - 31 |
University of South Florida | 24 - 29 |
University of Southern California | 32 - 35 |
University of Tampa | 23 - 28 |
University of Tennessee | 25 - 31 |
University of Texas (Austin) | 27 - 33 |
University of Vermont | 29 - 33 |
University of Virginia | 32 - 35 |
University of Washington | 27 - 33 |
University of Wisconsin (Madison) | 26 - 32 |
Ursinus College | 27 - 32 |
Vanderbilt University | 34 - 35 |
Vassar College | 32 - 34 |
Villanova University | 31 - 34 |
Virginia Tech | 26 - 32 |
Wake Forest University | 30 - 33 |
Washington and Lee University | 32 - 35 |
Washington University in St. Louis | 33 - 35 |
Wellesley College | 31 - 34 |
Wesleyan University | 31 - 34 |
West Chester University | 23 - 29 |
West Virginia University | 21 - 27 |
Widener University | 20 - 26 |
Williams College | 32 - 35 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 29 - 33 |
Yale University | 33 - 35 |
York College of Pennsylvania | 22 - 27 |