The 2025 average SAT score is 1235 which is 11 points higher than previous SAT score of 1223.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest SAT score of 1560 among 471 colleges that consider SAT score for admission.
Of those 471 colleges, 244 schools' SAT scores increased compared to last year, and 153 schools' scores decreased. 56 schools' scores are same as last year.
The table below shows the 25 colleges with the highest SAT scores along with important academic statistics.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $66,796 and graduate tuition & fees is $59,273 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 14 | 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 9 | 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 12 | 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 9 | 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 2 | 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 2 | Emory University Atlanta, GAPrivate, 4-year | 1,520 - | 34 | 10.65% | 40.37% | $64,280 | 15,175 | 91.00% | 10 to 1 |
| Average | 1,543 | 35 | 7.03% | 59.23% | $66,796 | 14,611 | 94.64% | 6 to 1 |