The 2025 average SAT score is 1197 which is 8 points higher than previous SAT score of 1189.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest SAT score of 1560 among 793 colleges that consider SAT score for admission.
Of those 793 colleges, 401 schools' SAT scores increased compared to last year, and 270 schools' scores decreased. 96 schools' scores are same as last year.
For 2025 admission, 44 colleges have the SAT score of 1500 or higher, which is very high and competitive. Additionally, the acceptance rate at these colleges is very low, averaging 11.58%.
The table below shows the 44 colleges with the highest SAT scores along with important academic statistics.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $67,515 and graduate tuition & fees is $56,531 for the academic year 2024-2025.
| School Name | SAT Score | ACT Score | Acceptance Rate | Yield | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year | 1,560 10 | 35 | 4.55% | 85.83% | $62,396 | 11,886 | 96.00% | 3 to 1 |
| 2 1 | University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 1,550 - | 35 | 4.48% | 88.29% | $69,324 | 18,566 | 96.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 2 1 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDPrivate, 4-year | 1,550 - | 35 | 6.44% | 47.02% | $64,730 | 30,210 | 94.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 2 1 | Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year | 1,550 - | 35 | 3.65% | 83.60% | $61,676 | 30,259 | 98.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 2 13 | Princeton University Princeton, NJPrivate, 4-year | 1,550 10 | 35 | 4.62% | 75.48% | $62,688 | 9,137 | 98.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 2 14 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | 1,550 10 | 35 | 3.99% | 64.92% | $70,517 | 35,173 | 96.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 2 8 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year | 1,550 10 | 35 | 5.40% | 67.98% | $68,686 | 29,109 | 97.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 2 1 | Rice University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year | 1,550 - | 35 | 8.00% | 44.20% | $61,247 | 8,961 | 95.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 2 1 | Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year | 1,550 - | 35 | 3.61% | 81.91% | $65,910 | 18,625 | 92.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 10 8 | Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 10 | 35 | 12.66% | 35.81% | $68,613 | 951 | 92.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 10 15 | Pomona College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 20 | 34 | 7.09% | 50.23% | $65,420 | 1,700 | 93.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 10 2 | Yale University New Haven, CTPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 - | 34 | 3.87% | 69.78% | $67,250 | 15,564 | 96.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 10 7 | Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 10 | 34 | 7.69% | 55.31% | $68,322 | 23,856 | 95.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 10 24 | Amherst College Amherst, MAPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 40 | 34 | 9.01% | 38.77% | $70,480 | 1,914 | 94.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 10 10 | Williams College Williamstown, MAPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 10 | 34 | 8.25% | 43.00% | $68,560 | 2,164 | 94.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 10 1 | Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MOPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 - | 34 | 12.06% | 46.75% | $65,790 | 16,357 | 94.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 10 2 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NHPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 - | 34 | 5.40% | 69.12% | $68,019 | 6,938 | 96.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 10 13 | Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 20 | 34 | 8.76% | 63.91% | $69,314 | 26,793 | 95.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 10 8 | Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 10 | 35 | 5.71% | 58.84% | $68,758 | 17,499 | 97.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 10 - | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 - | 35 | 11.66% | 45.67% | $65,636 | 15,888 | 94.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 10 10 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PAPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 10 | 34 | 7.46% | 43.79% | $65,494 | 1,623 | 92.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 10 2 | Brown University Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 - | 35 | 5.39% | 65.16% | $71,312 | 11,956 | 96.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 10 4 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year | 1,540 - | 35 | 5.86% | 61.23% | $67,498 | 13,575 | 94.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 24 3 | Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year | 1,530 20 | 34 | 9.59% | 53.83% | $67,980 | 1,393 | 91.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 25 1 | Emory University Atlanta, GAPrivate, 4-year | 1,520 - | 34 | 10.65% | 40.37% | $64,280 | 15,175 | 91.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 25 10 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, INPrivate, 4-year | 1,520 20 | 34 | 11.27% | 61.71% | $65,025 | 13,042 | 95.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 25 7 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, MEPrivate, 4-year | 1,520 10 | 34 | 7.13% | 53.59% | $67,832 | 1,881 | 95.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 25 2 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MAPrivate, 4-year | 1,520 10 | 34 | 14.05% | 47.63% | $67,176 | 2,407 | 92.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 25 5 | Barnard College New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | 1,520 10 | 34 | 8.84% | 68.64% | $69,888 | 3,487 | 93.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 25 5 | New York University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | 1,520 10 | 34 | 9.23% | 55.38% | $62,796 | 56,832 | 88.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 25 7 | Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham, MAPrivate, 4-year | 1,520 10 | - | 25.20% | 43.65% | $63,742 | 405 | 96.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 32 4 | Carleton College Northfield, MNPrivate, 4-year | 1,515 15 | 34 | 20.41% | 34.82% | $68,892 | 2,128 | 90.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 33 3 | Colby College Waterville, MEPrivate, 4-year | 1,510 - | 33 | 7.09% | 46.18% | $69,600 | 2,412 | 89.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 33 6 | Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year | 1,510 - | 34 | 11.49% | 45.51% | $70,704 | 13,599 | 94.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 33 8 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OHPrivate, 4-year | 1,510 20 | 34 | 36.54% | 11.95% | $66,608 | 12,475 | 87.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 33 5 | Haverford College Haverford, PAPrivate, 4-year | 1,510 20 | 34 | 12.37% | 42.62% | $70,398 | 1,431 | 90.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 37 6 | Scripps College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year | 1,500 20 | 33 | 38.29% | 25.55% | $65,950 | 1,137 | 83.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 37 11 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year | 1,500 10 | 33 | 9.81% | 43.34% | $71,647 | 46,566 | 92.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 37 4 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate, 4-year | 1,500 10 | 34 | 16.43% | 43.46% | $70,702 | 15,432 | 91.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 37 6 | Colgate University Hamilton, NYPrivate, 4-year | 1,500 20 | 34 | 13.88% | 28.74% | $70,306 | 3,211 | 91.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 37 3 | Hamilton College Clinton, NYPrivate, 4-year | 1,500 10 | 34 | 13.62% | 38.98% | $68,960 | 2,031 | 91.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 37 - | Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | 1,500 - | - | 48.61% | 58.57% | $71,910 | 316 | 90.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 37 5 | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NYPrivate, 4-year | 1,500 10 | 33 | 18.57% | 28.78% | $71,030 | 2,462 | 91.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 37 1 | Middlebury College Middlebury, VTPrivate, 4-year | 1,500 10 | 34 | 10.75% | 44.36% | $67,600 | 2,803 | 91.00% | 8 to 1 |
| Average | 1,528 | 34 | 11.58% | 52.37% | $67,515 | 12,485 | 93.07% | 7 to 1 |