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.

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College Average ACT Scores
Allegheny College23 - 28
American University29 - 33
Amherst College32 - 34
Arcadia University22 - 27
Arizona State University22 - 24
Auburn University25 - 31
Bard College27 - 31
Barnard College32 - 34
Bates College29 - 33
Bennington College29 - 32
Bentley University28 - 32
Binghamton University30 - 32
Bloomsburg University23 - 24
Boston College33 - 34
Boston University31 - 34
Bowdoin College31 - 34
Brandeis University31 - 34
Brown University33 - 35
Bryn Mawr College29 - 33
Bucknell University29 - 33
CalTech35 - 36
Carleton College31 - 35
Carnegie Mellon University33 - 35
Case Western Reserve University32 - 35
Chatham University23 - 28
Chestnut Hill College20 - 23
Claremont McKenna College32 - 35
Clemson University27 - 32
Coastal Carolina University20 - 25
Colby College32 - 34
Colgate University32 - 34
College of Charleston23 - 29
College of New Jersey25 - 32
College of William and Mary30 - 34
Colorado State University23 - 29
Columbia University34 - 35
Cornell University34 - 35
Dartmouth College33 - 35
Davidson College30 - 33
DePaul University22 - 28
Dickinson College28 - 32
Drew University23 - 29
Drexel University26 - 32
Duke University33 - 35
Duquesne University24 - 29
Eastern University20 - 27
Elon University25 - 30
Emerson College28 - 32
Emory University32 - 34
Fairfield University27 - 31
Farleigh Dickinson University21 - 26
Florida Southern College25 - 30
Florida State University26 - 30
Fordham University30 - 33
Franklin and Marshall College28 - 32
George Mason University25 - 30
George Washington University30 - 34
Georgetown University32 - 35
Georgia Institute of Technology30 - 34
Georgia State University19 - 27
Gettysburg College28 - 32
Gwynedd Mercy University18 - 24
Hamilton College33 - 35
Harvard College33 - 36
Harvey Mudd College34 - 36
Haverford College33 - 35
High Point University22 - 29
Hofstra University27 - 31
Hollins University26 - 32
Howard University21 - 26
Indiana University (Bloomington)26 - 32
Iowa State University21 - 28
Ithaca College26 - 30
James Madison University24 - 29
Johns Hopkins University33 - 35
Kansas State University22 - 28
Kenyon College31 - 34
King's College of PA23
Kutztown University19 - 23
Lebanon Valley College21 - 27
La Salle University22
Lafayette College28 - 33
Lehigh University29 - 33
Lock Haven University17 - 22
Lousiana State University23 - 28
Loyola University of Maryland25 - 30
M.I.T.34 - 36
Miami University (Ohio)24 - 30
Michigan State University23 - 29
Middlebury College32 - 34
Millersville University19 - 25
Mississippi State University21 - 30
Missouri State University20 - 26
Monmouth University21 - 26
Muhlenberg College27 - 32
Neumann University17 - 24
New York University32 - 35
North Carolina State University27 - 32
Northeastern University33 - 35
Northwestern University34 - 35
Oberlin College30 - 34
Ohio State University26 - 32
Ohio University21 - 26
Oklahoma State University20 - 27
Oregon State University21 - 28
Penn State University25 - 31
Pepperdine University25 - 30
Pfeiffer University18 - 25
Pomona College33 - 35
Princeton University33 - 35
Providence College26 - 31
Purdue University26 - 33
Quinnipiac University23 - 27
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute32 - 34
Rice University34 - 35
Rider University28 - 31
Rochester Institute of Technology28 - 33
Rollins University24 - 29
Rowan University23 - 30
Rutgers Camden17 - 25
Rutgers New Brunswick27 - 33
Rutgers Newark21 - 28
Sarah Lawrence College29 - 32
Scripps College31 - 34
Seton Hall University26 - 32
Shippensburg University16 - 23
Skidmore College29 - 33
Smith College31 - 34
St. Joseph's University25 - 31
Stanford University34 - 35
Stevens Institute of Technology31 - 34
Stockton University22 - 27
Swarthmore College33 - 35
Syracuse University27 - 32
Temple University24 - 30
Texas A and M University25 - 31
Texas State University18 - 25
The New School24 - 30
Thomas Jefferson University25 - 30
Towson University21 - 26
Tufts University33 - 35
Tulane University30 - 33
US Military Academy28 - 33
US Naval Academy26 - 32
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)21 - 31
University of Arizona21 - 29
University of Arkansas21 - 28
University of California (all campuses)31 - 35
University of Chicago33 - 35
University of Connecticut27 - 33
University of Delaware26 - 31
University of Florida29 - 33
University of Georgia29 - 33
University of Illinois (Chicago)23 - 31
University of Maine22 - 30
University of Maryland (College Park)30 - 34
University of Massachusetts28 - 33
University of Miami30 - 33
University of Michigan31 - 34
University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)27 - 32
University of Mississippi21 - 29
University of Missouri23 - 30
University of Montana18 - 26
University of Nevada (Las Vegas)19 - 24
University of New Hampshire25 - 31
University of New Haven25 - 29
University of New Mexico19 - 26
University of New Orleans18 - 24
University of North Carolina22 - 27
University of Notre Dame32 - 35
University of Pennsylvania33 - 35
University of Pittsburgh28 - 33
University of Rhode Island25 - 30
University of Richmond30 - 33
University of Rochester29 - 33
University of Scranton23 - 28
University of South Carolina26 - 31
University of South Florida24 - 29
University of Southern California32 - 35
University of Tampa23 - 28
University of Tennessee25 - 31
University of Texas (Austin)27 - 33
University of Vermont29 - 33
University of Virginia32 - 35
University of Washington27 - 33
University of Wisconsin (Madison)26 - 32
Ursinus College27 - 32
Vanderbilt University34 - 35
Vassar College32 - 34
Villanova University31 - 34
Virginia Tech26 - 32
Wake Forest University30 - 33
Washington and Lee University32 - 35
Washington University in St. Louis33 - 35
Wellesley College31 - 34
Wesleyan University31 - 34
West Chester University23 - 29
West Virginia University21 - 27
Widener University20 - 26
Williams College32 - 35
Worcester Polytechnic Institute29 - 33
Yale University33 - 35
York College of Pennsylvania22 - 27