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Want to know the SAT and ACT® scores of freshman at the most popular colleges and universities? Find out here.

To help with your college search, we've compiled SAT* and ACT score information from the nation's most popular colleges and universities. 


College/University

SAT Verbal
(Mid 50%)

SAT Math
(Mid 50%)

SAT Writing
(Mid 50%)

ACT Composite
(Mid 50%)

American University

590-690

 580-670

580-690

25-30

Amherst College

670-770

 660-760

670-760

29-34

Auburn University

500-610

 520-630

N/A*

22-27

Barnard College

640-740

 620-700

650-730

28-31

Baylor University

550-650

 560-660

540-640

23-28

Boston College

610-700

 630-720

620-710

28-32

Boston University

580-680

 590-690

590-670

25-30

Bowdoin College

650-740

 650-730

650-730

29-33

Brandeis University

630-720

 650-740

N/A* 

28-32

Brown University

660-760

 670-770

660-760

28-33

Bryn Mawr College

620-730

580-690 

620-720

26-30

Bucknell University

600-690

 630-710

600-690

27-31

California Institute of Technology

700-780

 770-800

680-770

32-35

Claremont McKenna College

640-740

 650-740

N/A*

N/A*

Colby College

640-720

 640-720

630-710

28-31

Colgate University

620-720

 630-710

N/A*

29-32

College of William and Mary

630-740

 620-710

620-710

27-32

Colorado College

610-700

 620-690

610-690

27-31

Columbia University

660-760

 670-780

650-760

28-33

Connecticut College

630-720

 610-690

630-720

25-29

Cornell University

630-770

 660-730

N/A*

28-32

Dartmouth College

660-770

 670-780

660-770

29-34

Davidson College

630-730

 640-710

N/A*

28-32

Duke University

660-750

 680-790

680-780

29-34

Emory University

640-730

 660-740

660-740

29-33

George Washington University

600-690

 600-690

600-680

26-29

Georgetown University

650-750

 650-740

N/A*

29-33

Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges

700-800

 700-790

690-790

31-35

Haverford College

650-750

 640-740

650-740

N/A*

Indiana University

510-620

 520-640

N/A*

23-28

Johns Hopkins University

630-730

 660-770

630-730

28-33

Lehigh University

600-680

 640-710

N/A*

N/A*

Lewis & Clark College

610-700

 590-680

590-680

26-31

Loyola University

540-640

 620-640

510-630

23-28

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

660-760

 720-800

660-750

31-34

Middlebury College

650-750

 650-740

650-730

29-33

New York University (NYU)

620-710

 620-720

620-710

28-31

Northwestern University

670-750

 680-770

660-750

30-34

Ohio State University

550-650

 580-680

N/A*

25-29

Oberlin College

650-750

 620-710

N/A*

27-31

Pennsylvania State University

530-630

 560-670

N/A*

N/A*

Pomona College

690-770

 690-760

680-750

29-34

Princeton University

690-790

 700-790

690-780

30-34

Reed College

680-760

 630-710

650-730

28-32

Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.

600-690

 650-730

580-670

25-29

Rice University

640-750

 670-780

640-730

29-34

Scripps College

650-740

 630-700

640-720

28-31

Smith College

590-710

 560-670

590-700

25-30

Stanford University

660-760

 680-790

660-760

29-33

Swarthmore College

680-780

 680-760

680-760

27-33

Syracuse University

540-650

 570-680

N/A*

24-29

Tufts University

670-750

 670-740

670-740

29-32

Tulane University

600-690

 590-680

600-690

27-31

United States Air Force Academy

570-650

 600-690

550-650

27-31

United States Military Academy

570-680

 590-680

N/A*

26-29

United States Naval Academy

560-660

 600-690

N/A*

N/A*

University of Arizona

490-600

 500-630

N/A*

20-26

University of California, Berkeley

590-710

 620-750

590-710

N/A*

University of California, Davis

490-630

 540-660

500-630

N/A*

University of California, Irvine

510-630

 560-670

520-630

N/A*

University of California, Los Angeles

570-690

 610-740

580-700

24-31

University of California, San Diego

580-700

 620-730

580-700

25-31

University of California, Santa Barbara

530-650

 540-660

530-650

23-29

University of Chicago

670-770

 660-760

N/A*

28-33

University of Colorado

520-630

 540-650

N/A*

23-28

University of Connecticut

530-630

 560-660

540-640

23-28

University of Florida

570-670

 580-690

N/A*

25-29

University of Georgia

560-660

 570-660

560-640

25-29

University of Illinois

540-670

 630-740

N/A*

26-31

University of Iowa

520-650

 550-670

N/A*

23-27

University of Maryland

570-680

 600-700

N/A*

N/A*

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

510-610

 520-630

N/A*

N/A*

University of Michigan

590-690

 630-730

N/A*

27-31

University of Minnesota

540-680

 580-700

530-660

24-29  

University of North Carolina

600-700

 610-700

590-590 

26-31  

University of Notre Dame

630-750

 660-760

630-720

31-34

University of Oregon

490-610

 500-610

N/A*

N/A*

University of Pennsylvania

650-750

 680-770

660-750

29-33

University of Pittsburgh

570-670

 580-670

N/A*

24-30 

University of Puget Sound

570-690

 550-660

560-660

25-30

University of Rochester

600-700

 630-720

N/A*

27-31

University of Southern California

620-720

 650-740

640-720

28-32

University of Texas

540-670

 570-700

540-660

23-29

University of Virginia

590-700

 610-720

600-710

N/A*

University of Washington

530-650

 560-670

520-630

23-28

University of Wisconsin

560-670

 620-710

560-670

26-30

Vanderbilt University 

640-740

 660-740

640-730

29-34

Vassar College

660-750

 640-710

650-740

29-32

Wake Forest University

610-700

 630-710

N/A*

27-31

Washington University

680-750

 690-780

N/A*

30-33

Wellesley College

660-750

 640-730

660-730

28-31

Wesleyan University

650-750

 650-740

650-740

27-32

Williams College

670-760

 670-760

660-760

29-33

Yale University

700-800

 700-790

700-790

30-34


*Scores not available. Please contact the college or university directly for more information.
Source: The College Board’s College Handbook 2009 (Scores based on the freshman class entering in the fall of 2007).

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