Best Forbes Top 25 Schools 2023 SAT & ACT Test Scores Comparison Table

The average SAT score of Best Forbes Top 25 Schools is 1,513 and the average ACT score is 34. Among Best Forbes Top 25 Schools, Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest SAT score of 1,560 and Brown University has the highest ACT score of 35.

The following table summarizes and compares the SAT and ACT scores for Best Forbes Top 25 Schools. The table only shows the 4-years colleges and excludes community colleges and trade schools. The SAT score is the summation of Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW) and Mathematics (MT). The ACT score is based on Composite score.

Best Forbes Top 25 Schools 2023 SAT & ACT Test Scores Comparison Table

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2023 SAT & ACT Test Scores Comparison Table
School Name	Required to Apply	SAT Score			ACT Score
School Name	Required to Apply	25th pctl.	50th pctl. (median)	75th pctl.	25th pctl.	50th pctl. (median)	75th pctl.
Amherst College Amherst, MA	Considered, if submitted	1,420	1,510	1,550	32	34	35
Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	Considered, if submitted	1,460	1,520	1,560	33	34	35
Brown University Providence, RI	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,540	1,580	34	35	36
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Not considered	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carleton College Northfield, MN	Considered, if submitted	1,430	1,490	1,550	32	33	35
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,530	1,580	34	35	35
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	Considered, if submitted	1,500	1,550	1,580	33	34	35
Davidson College Davidson, NC	Considered, if submitted	1,350	1,430	1,500	31	32	33
Duke University Durham, NC	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,550	1,570	34	35	35
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,550	1,580	34	35	36
Haverford College Haverford, PA	Considered, if submitted	1,430	1,500	1,540	33	34	35
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Required	1,530	1,560	1,580	35	35	36
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,530	1,570	33	34	35
Pomona College Claremont, CA	Considered, if submitted	1,480	1,520	1,560	33	34	35
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,540	1,580	33	35	35
Stanford University Stanford, CA	Considered, if submitted	1,500	1,550	1,580	33	35	35
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	Considered, if submitted	1,440	1,520	1,560	32	33	35
Tufts University Medford, MA	Considered, if submitted	1,450	1,510	1,550	33	34	35
United States Military Academy West Point, NY	Required	1,220	1,340	1,450	27	30	33
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	Considered, if submitted	1,500	1,540	1,580	34	34	35
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Considered, if submitted	1,450	1,510	1,550	32	34	35
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Considered, if submitted	1,500	1,540	1,570	34	35	35
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	Considered, if submitted	1,320	1,420	1,510	31	32	34
Williams College Williamstown, MA	Considered, if submitted	1,480	1,530	1,570	34	35	35
Yale University New Haven, CT	Considered, if submitted	1,500	1,540	1,580	33	35	35
Average		1,454	1,513	1,558	33	34	35

**Information is not available for schools that are not appeared in the table. The schools have not report the information to the IPEDS or not applicable.)

Best Forbes Top 25 Schools with Highest Test Scores

Schools with High SAT Scores

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1,560
Stanford University 1,550
Dartmouth College 1,550
Duke University 1,550
Harvard University 1,550

Schools with High ACT Scores

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 35
Duke University 35
Harvard University 35
Yale University 35
Brown University 35