The SAT test is still important in college admission and most four-years schools require or recommend the SAT score although some colleges start to exclude it recently.
The most of top ranked colleges and universities also consider the SAT score and the average score from enrolled students in the schools is much higher than the national average. The average SAT score of the top 50 colleges in order of SAT score is 1,519 while the national average score is 1,175.
Wesleyan rose 90 points from last year (2022), the highest among top 50 colleges that have the highest SAT Scores. Over the past five years,
RISD has risen by 140 points, the highest of the colleges. The next two tables list the top 50 colleges that have the highest SAT Scores. In addition, you can track the SAT score changes for the past 5 years.
Comparison Table
The following two tables compare the colleges with important academic statistics as well as admission facts. The tuition and admission data is based on the academic year 2023-2024 and enrollment data is based on the academic year 2022-2023
Key Statistics
| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
Population | SAT Score | Tuition |
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| In-State | Out-of-State |
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University of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
5.00% | 87.99% | 18,339 | 1,550 | $65,619 |
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD |
8.00% | 48.01% | 31,275 | 1,550 | $62,840 |
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Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
3.00% | 84.02% | 30,631 | 1,550 | $59,076 |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
5.00% | 86.02% | 11,858 | 1,550 | $60,156 |
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Duke University
Durham, NC |
7.00% | 54.99% | 18,023 | 1,550 | $65,805 |
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Rice University
Houston, TX |
8.00% | 46.00% | 8,672 | 1,550 | $58,128 |
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Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
4.00% | 81.01% | 18,283 | 1,550 | $62,484 |
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Yale University
New Haven, CT |
5.00% | 70.00% | 14,776 | 1,540 | $64,700 |
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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO |
12.00% | 46.99% | 17,012 | 1,540 | $62,982 |
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Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH |
6.00% | 66.99% | 6,744 | 1,540 | $65,511 |
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Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
4.00% | 76.99% | 8,842 | 1,540 | $59,710 |
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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY |
4.00% | 62.99% | 34,782 | 1,540 | $68,171 |
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Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
11.00% | 44.01% | 16,002 | 1,540 | $63,274 |
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
6.00% | 69.00% | 28,201 | 1,540 | $66,104 |
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Brown University
Providence, RI |
5.00% | 63.02% | 11,189 | 1,540 | $68,230 |
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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
6.00% | 57.01% | 13,710 | 1,540 | $63,946 |
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Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA |
13.00% | 35.96% | 922 | 1,530 | $66,255 |
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Northwestern University
Evanston, IL |
7.00% | 57.01% | 23,161 | 1,530 | $65,997 |
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Williams College
Williamstown, MA |
10.00% | 46.99% | 2,222 | 1,530 | $64,860 |
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New York University
New York, NY |
9.00% | 54.00% | 59,144 | 1,530 | $60,438 |
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Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA |
7.00% | 42.00% | 1,625 | 1,530 | $62,412 |
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Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA |
21.98% | 49.02% | 386 | 1,530 | $61,802 |
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Pomona College
Claremont, CA |
7.00% | 50.00% | 1,716 | 1,520 | $62,326 |
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Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
11.00% | 40.01% | 14,841 | 1,520 | $60,774 |
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Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
8.00% | 66.01% | 25,898 | 1,520 | $66,014 |
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Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA |
11.00% | 50.00% | 1,389 | 1,510 | $64,150 |
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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA |
10.00% | 44.99% | 48,945 | 1,510 | $68,237 |
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Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT |
17.00% | 32.01% | 3,253 | 1,510 | $67,016 |
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Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME |
8.00% | 57.01% | 1,915 | 1,510 | $64,910 |
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Colby College
Waterville, ME |
7.00% | 50.04% | 2,299 | 1,510 | $66,600 |
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Tufts University
Medford, MA |
10.00% | 50.00% | 13,431 | 1,510 | $67,844 |
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Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA |
14.00% | 50.00% | 2,447 | 1,510 | $64,320 |
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Barnard College
New York, NY |
8.00% | 75.95% | 3,442 | 1,510 | $66,246 |
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Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY |
18.00% | 32.02% | 2,459 | 1,510 | $67,805 |
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Georgetown University
Washington, DC |
13.00% | 47.99% | 20,984 | 1,500 | $65,081 |
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University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN |
12.00% | 58.99% | 13,105 | 1,500 | $62,693 |
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Amherst College
Amherst, MA |
10.00% | 38.96% | 1,898 | 1,500 | $67,280 |
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Northeastern University
Boston, MA |
6.00% | 50.00% | 30,013 | 1,500 | $63,141 |
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Carleton College
Northfield, MN |
22.00% | 36.99% | 2,059 | 1,500 | $65,457 |
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Jewish Theological Seminary of America
New York, NY |
45.07% | 73.44% | 318 | 1,500 | $69,916 |
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Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA |
13.00% | 35.98% | 1,759 | 1,490 | $64,862 |
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Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA |
16.00% | 41.00% | 15,287 | 1,490 | $67,680 |
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Hamilton College
Clinton, NY |
12.00% | 40.97% | 2,072 | 1,490 | $62,740 |
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Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH |
29.00% | 14.00% | 12,201 | 1,490 | $64,678 |
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Haverford College
Haverford, PA |
13.00% | 45.01% | 1,421 | 1,490 | $68,020 |
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Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI |
14.01% | 51.00% | 2,620 | 1,490 | $59,760 |
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Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT |
10.00% | 45.04% | 2,843 | 1,490 | $65,280 |
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University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA |
17.00% | 42.00% | 26,082 | 1,490 | $22,323 | $59,633 |
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Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA |
16.99% | 42.02% | 2,243 | 1,490 | $64,525 |
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Scripps College
Claremont, CA |
34.00% | 25.95% | 1,099 | 1,480 | $63,434 |
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SAT Score Changes
| School Name | Score Change
2020-2024 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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University of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
15 | 1,535 | 1,535 | 1,545 | 1,540 | 1,550 |
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD |
40 | 1,510 | 1,515 | - | 1,550 | 1,550 |
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Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
35 | 1,515 | 1,520 | 1,530 | 1,550 | 1,550 |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
10 | 1,540 | 1,545 | - | 1,560 | 1,550 |
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Duke University
Durham, NC |
25 | 1,525 | 1,520 | 1,513 | 1,550 | 1,550 |
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Rice University
Houston, TX |
30 | 1,520 | 1,515 | 1,530 | 1,540 | 1,550 |
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Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
45 | 1,505 | 1,495 | 1,520 | 1,550 | 1,550 |
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Yale University
New Haven, CT |
25 | 1,515 | 1,520 | 1,530 | 1,540 | 1,540 |
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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO |
20 | 1,520 | 1,520 | 1,530 | 1,530 | 1,540 |
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Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH |
40 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,550 | 1,540 |
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Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
25 | 1,515 | 1,510 | 1,515 | 1,540 | 1,540 |
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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY |
35 | 1,505 | 1,515 | 1,520 | 1,530 | 1,540 |
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Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
30 | 1,510 | 1,510 | 1,520 | 1,540 | 1,540 |
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
35 | 1,505 | 1,515 | 1,525 | 1,540 | 1,540 |
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Brown University
Providence, RI |
35 | 1,505 | 1,500 | 1,515 | 1,540 | 1,540 |
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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
30 | 1,510 | 1,520 | 1,525 | 1,530 | 1,540 |
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Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA |
| 1,530 | 1,530 | 1,520 | 1,530 | 1,530 |
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Northwestern University
Evanston, IL |
35 | 1,495 | 1,490 | 1,520 | 1,530 | 1,530 |
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Williams College
Williamstown, MA |
50 | 1,480 | - | - | 1,530 | 1,530 |
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New York University
New York, NY |
90 | 1,440 | 1,455 | 1,510 | 1,530 | 1,530 |
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Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA |
70 | 1,460 | 1,467 | 1,495 | 1,520 | 1,530 |
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Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA |
20 | 1,510 | 1,510 | 1,535 | 1,520 | 1,530 |
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Pomona College
Claremont, CA |
55 | 1,465 | - | 1,520 | 1,520 | 1,520 |
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Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
75 | 1,445 | 1,455 | 1,480 | 1,500 | 1,520 |
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Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
40 | 1,480 | 1,470 | 1,505 | 1,530 | 1,520 |
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Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA |
75 | 1,435 | 1,415 | 1,475 | 1,510 | 1,510 |
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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA |
65 | 1,445 | 1,435 | 1,475 | 1,520 | 1,510 |
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Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT |
| - | - | 1,405 | 1,420 | 1,510 |
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Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME |
| - | - | - | 1,540 | 1,510 |
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Colby College
Waterville, ME |
60 | 1,450 | 1,450 | 1,465 | 1,490 | 1,510 |
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Tufts University
Medford, MA |
45 | 1,465 | 1,455 | 1,495 | 1,510 | 1,510 |
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Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA |
65 | 1,445 | 1,435 | 1,470 | 1,490 | 1,510 |
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Barnard College
New York, NY |
80 | 1,430 | 1,434 | 1,487 | 1,505 | 1,510 |
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Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY |
65 | 1,445 | 1,440 | 1,480 | 1,490 | 1,510 |
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Georgetown University
Washington, DC |
35 | 1,465 | 1,465 | 1,480 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
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University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN |
25 | 1,475 | 1,475 | 1,480 | 1,510 | 1,500 |
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Amherst College
Amherst, MA |
85 | 1,415 | 1,495 | 1,460 | 1,510 | 1,500 |
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Northeastern University
Boston, MA |
35 | 1,465 | 1,475 | 1,490 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
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Carleton College
Northfield, MN |
50 | 1,450 | 1,425 | 1,479 | 1,490 | 1,500 |
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Jewish Theological Seminary of America
New York, NY |
95 | 1,405 | 1,455 | 1,417 | 1,505 | 1,500 |
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Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA |
40 | 1,450 | 1,445 | 1,450 | 1,480 | 1,490 |
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Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA |
70 | 1,420 | 1,415 | 1,475 | 1,490 | 1,490 |
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Hamilton College
Clinton, NY |
45 | 1,445 | 1,445 | 1,475 | 1,490 | 1,490 |
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Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH |
65 | 1,425 | 1,430 | 1,470 | 1,490 | 1,490 |
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Haverford College
Haverford, PA |
30 | 1,460 | 1,440 | 1,480 | 1,500 | 1,490 |
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Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI |
140 | 1,350 | 1,360 | 1,395 | 1,440 | 1,490 |
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Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT |
45 | 1,445 | 1,430 | 1,455 | 1,490 | 1,490 |
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University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA |
60 | 1,430 | 1,415 | 1,440 | 1,490 | 1,490 |
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Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA |
60 | 1,430 | 1,425 | 1,470 | 1,480 | 1,490 |
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Scripps College
Claremont, CA |
69 | 1,411 | 1,400 | 1,450 | 1,460 | 1,480 |
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