top-20-us-colleges 2023 SAT & ACT Test Scores Comparison Table

The average SAT score of top-20-us-colleges is 1,537 and the average ACT score is 35. Among top-20-us-colleges, 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 top-20-us-colleges. 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.

top-20-us-colleges 2023 SAT & ACT Test Scores Comparison Table

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2023 SAT & ACT Test Scores Comparison Table
School Name	Required to Apply	SAT Average	ACT Average
Brown University Providence, RI	Considered, if submitted	1,540	35
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Not considered	-	-
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	Considered, if submitted	1,530	35
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Considered, if submitted	1,530	34
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	Considered, if submitted	1,550	34
Duke University Durham, NC	Considered, if submitted	1,550	35
Emory University Atlanta, GA	Considered, if submitted	1,500	33
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Considered, if submitted	1,550	35
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Considered, if submitted	1,550	35
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Required	1,560	35
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Considered, if submitted	1,530	34
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Considered, if submitted	1,540	35
Rice University Houston, TX	Considered, if submitted	1,540	35
Stanford University Stanford, CA	Considered, if submitted	1,550	35
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	Considered, if submitted	1,540	34
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Considered, if submitted	1,510	34
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Considered, if submitted	1,540	35
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	Considered, if submitted	1,530	35
Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	Considered, if submitted	1,530	34
Yale University New Haven, CT	Considered, if submitted	1,540	35
Average		1,537	35

*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)