Colleges with ACT Score of 28

The ACT score of 28 is very high, 86 as in percentile score. Based on the admission data for the 2025 college admission, 245 colleges have ACT score that are between 26 and 30.

245 colleges have ACT scores that between 26 and 30 - 82 public and 163 private schools.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools are $42,314 and the graduate tuition & fees are $25,944. Sarah Lawrence College has the highest tuition & fees of $66,862.

The average acceptance rate of the colleges is 71.73%. United States Naval Academy has the tightest (lowest) rate of 9.27% and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona has the highest rate of 98.06%.

Texas A&M University-College Station has the largest number of students of 78,321 and New Saint Andrews College has the lowest number of students of 413.

List of Colleges With ACT Score Between 26 And 30

The following table lists and compares colleges with ACT score between 26 and 30.

Table. ACT Score Comparison Between Colleges - ACT score between 26 and 30
School Name	Tuition & Fees	Acceptance Rate	ACT Composite	ACT English	ACT Math
Fairfield University Fairfield, CTprivate	$58,400	33.29%	30	-	-
Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, INpublic	$41,891 ($12,144)	78.21%	30	29	31
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VApublic	$37,764 ($15,948)	54.78%	30	29	30
High Point University High Point, NCprivate	$45,312	75.31%	30	24	25
Muhlenberg College Allentown, PAprivate	$62,805	71.99%	30	26	34
Rider University Lawrenceville, NJprivate	$41,120	78.64%	30	25	32
Chapman University Orange, CAprivate	$64,984	65.43%	30	27	32
University of Tulsa Tulsa, OKprivate	$49,546	61.51%	30	29	32
Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NYprivate	$66,436	52.12%	30	27	33
Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, CAprivate	$30,200	83.09%	30	26	33
Wheaton College Wheaton, ILprivate	$45,546	87.40%	30	27	33
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJprivate	$53,170	73.26%	30	27	31
Baylor University Waco, TXprivate	$58,100	51.28%	30	27	30
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CAprivate	$61,867	45.08%	30	27	32
Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NYprivate	$66,862	61.73%	30	27	32
St. John's College Annapolis, MDprivate	$40,684	55.24%	30	27	29
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OHpublic	$40,022 ($13,244)	60.57%	30	29	31
Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MDprivate	$57,150	75.49%	30	27	30
College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MAprivate	$64,500	17.61%	30	27	31
SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NYpublic	$19,569 ($8,999)	66.45%	30	-	-
Brigham Young University Provo, UTprivate	$6,688	67.78%	30	28	31
United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CTpublic	- (-)	22.44%	30	28	30
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NCpublic	$32,847 ($8,799)	41.74%	30	28	30
Patrick Henry College Purcellville, VAprivate	$28,425	77.44%	30	26	33
Touro University New York, NYprivate	$20,052	60.83%	30	26	29
Lake Forest College Lake Forest, ILprivate	$56,402	56.81%	30	26	30
Drexel University Philadelphia, PAprivate	$62,412	79.44%	30	27	31
Bentley University Waltham, MAprivate	$61,000	45.05%	30	27	32
University of Delaware Newark, DEpublic	$41,400 ($16,810)	70.60%	30	28	30
Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NYprivate	$64,928	63.99%	30	27	31
St Olaf College Northfield, MNprivate	$59,760	48.32%	30	28	32
United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, COpublic	- (-)	14.09%	30	29	29
The College of Wooster Wooster, OHprivate	$61,640	59.53%	30	27	30
Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PAprivate	$52,674	56.46%	30	26	30
Florida State University Tallahassee, FLpublic	$21,683 ($6,517)	24.22%	30	27	31
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PApublic	$41,790 ($20,644)	60.56%	30	28	30
Hofstra University Hempstead, NYprivate	$57,660	68.08%	30	27	30
Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NYprivate	$61,845	73.25%	29	26	31
Auburn University Auburn, ALpublic	$34,922 ($12,890)	45.92%	29	26	29
Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GAprivate	$47,590	88.45%	29	26	26
University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CTpublic	$40,818 ($18,150)	82.98%	29	26	27
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Boston, MAprivate	$40,530	85.21%	29	27	28
Ursinus College Collegeville, PAprivate	$61,061	91.77%	29	27	33
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NYpublic	$31,536 ($10,936)	74.18%	29	28	28
Houghton University Houghton, NYprivate	$18,430	88.66%	29	26	32
Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, ILprivate	$57,704	39.31%	29	27	28
University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FLpublic	$16,579 ($3,876)	61.26%	29	26	29
Marist University Poughkeepsie, NYprivate	$47,620	56.51%	29	25	29
Simmons University Boston, MAprivate	$46,874	69.98%	29	26	29
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VApublic	$28,083 ($14,905)	79.78%	29	25	31
SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NYpublic	$19,266 ($9,016)	74.05%	29	26	32
Goucher College Baltimore, MDprivate	$53,350	77.71%	29	26	30
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, ILprivate	$52,202	54.93%	29	28	30
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PAprivate	$53,260	88.83%	29	27	30
Rhodes College Memphis, TNprivate	$57,110	50.35%	29	26	31
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TXprivate	$61,740	44.49%	29	27	31
University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SCpublic	$36,298 ($12,688)	60.15%	29	27	29
Springfield College Springfield, MAprivate	$44,974	71.89%	29	27	25
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MNpublic	$38,362 ($17,214)	79.75%	29	27	28
Knox College Galesburg, ILprivate	$57,903	70.79%	29	26	29
The University of the South Sewanee, TNprivate	$56,120	56.90%	29	27	32
University of the Pacific Stockton, CAprivate	$57,080	71.32%	29	27	28
Lawrence University Appleton, WIprivate	$56,982	63.94%	29	26	28
Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CAprivate	$44,458	88.43%	29	26	32
Gonzaga University Spokane, WAprivate	$55,480	81.69%	29	27	30
University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MDpublic	$31,225 ($13,256)	72.43%	29	27	27
University of Dayton Dayton, OHprivate	$49,140	65.45%	29	27	28
University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MApublic	$36,264 ($16,966)	83.04%	29	27	27
Centre College Danville, KYprivate	$52,820	54.36%	29	26	29
Le Moyne College Syracuse, NYprivate	$40,330	82.98%	29	27	26
University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WAprivate	$62,898	72.25%	29	26	29
Southwestern University Georgetown, TXprivate	$53,613	43.05%	29	26	27
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PApublic	$15,356 ($15,356)	91.15%	29	23	30
Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MDprivate	$56,800	76.79%	29	24	33
Loyola University Chicago Chicago, ILprivate	$53,710	81.60%	29	27	31
John Carroll University University Heights, OHprivate	$50,500	80.90%	29	27	29
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PAprivate	$48,986	83.56%	29	28	30
Allegheny College Meadville, PAprivate	$56,550	54.57%	29	26	28
Hope College Holland, MIprivate	$39,484	79.24%	29	26	30
Warren Wilson College Swannanoa, NCprivate	$41,500	71.34%	29	-	-
Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TXpublic	$40,124 ($12,995)	57.43%	28	27	28
Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MAprivate	$42,884	91.21%	28	26	27
Salve Regina University Newport, RIprivate	$50,100	68.17%	28	25	28
Alfred University Alfred, NYprivate	$38,138	73.84%	28	26	26
Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OHpublic	$38,965 ($17,519)	75.40%	28	27	28
University of San Francisco San Francisco, CAprivate	$60,522	61.71%	28	26	28
Endicott College Beverly, MAprivate	$40,650	71.21%	28	28	23
Hastings College Hastings, NEprivate	$37,770	71.65%	28	-	-
Saint Michael's College Colchester, VTprivate	$51,450	84.51%	28	26	28
DeSales University Center Valley, PAprivate	$46,800	77.09%	28	27	27
Western Washington University Bellingham, WApublic	$28,707 ($9,582)	93.25%	28	25	29
The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TXpublic	$40,144 ($14,644)	65.13%	28	28	27
University of Hartford West Hartford, CTprivate	$49,075	95.75%	28	-	-
Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, INprivate	$53,230	75.97%	28	26	29
Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VApublic	$52,638 ($21,046)	71.25%	28	26	24
St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MDpublic	$31,374 ($15,298)	68.63%	28	23	31
Gordon College Wenham, MAprivate	$30,700	69.23%	28	26	30
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NHpublic	$39,852 ($19,202)	88.16%	28	26	27
Michigan State University East Lansing, MIpublic	$44,850 ($18,079)	84.80%	28	26	28
Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MOpublic	$33,248 ($14,984)	72.55%	28	27	26
Quinnipiac University Hamden, CTprivate	$55,480	72.15%	28	27	28
Clarkson University Potsdam, NYprivate	$59,398	77.36%	28	28	25
Westmont College Santa Barbara, CAprivate	$53,584	77.05%	28	27	28
DigiPen Institute of Technology Redmond, WAprivate	$38,950	64.42%	28	25	27
Butler University Indianapolis, INprivate	$47,560	85.08%	28	26	29
The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJpublic	$25,752 ($19,632)	62.29%	28	27	-
Michigan Technological University Houghton, MIpublic	$44,807 ($20,532)	92.43%	28	28	27
Ithaca College Ithaca, NYprivate	$52,616	69.01%	28	26	29
United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MDpublic	- (-)	9.27%	28	27	28
Truman State University Kirksville, MOpublic	$18,566 ($9,838)	83.77%	28	26	28
Kettering University Flint, MIprivate	$46,425	78.67%	28	28	24
Wofford College Spartanburg, SCprivate	$56,005	51.94%	28	26	30
Elmira College Elmira, NYprivate	$40,896	76.96%	28	24	30
DePaul University Chicago, ILprivate	$45,405	75.89%	28	26	29
New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NYprivate	$46,560	81.02%	28	27	27
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MApublic	$32,567 ($15,612)	90.64%	28	27	33
Bryant University Smithfield, RIprivate	$52,677	65.46%	28	-	-
University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, ALpublic	$26,408 ($12,132)	68.57%	28	26	28
George Mason University Fairfax, VApublic	$38,688 ($14,220)	87.48%	28	25	27
State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NYpublic	$18,822 ($8,572)	61.61%	28	25	26
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TNpublic	$33,256 ($13,812)	41.60%	28	26	28
Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego, CAprivate	$46,250	83.68%	28	26	29
Marquette University Milwaukee, WIprivate	$51,170	81.34%	28	27	29
Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MOprivate	$55,760	75.04%	28	27	29
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, NYprivate	$41,125	52.69%	28	25	24
Mercer University Macon, GAprivate	$31,565	68.89%	28	26	27
SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NYpublic	$19,781 ($8,831)	69.60%	28	26	26
Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MApublic	$17,874 ($11,734)	87.81%	28	-	-
Creighton University Omaha, NEprivate	$48,856	79.75%	28	27	29
Champlain College Burlington, VTprivate	$47,850	82.92%	28	26	26
University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, ILpublic	$32,009 ($15,949)	77.35%	28	26	28
University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MNprivate	$54,398	85.36%	27	27	26
Florida Polytechnic University Lakeland, FLpublic	$21,004 ($4,940)	57.52%	27	26	26
Salisbury University Salisbury, MDpublic	$22,174 ($11,084)	87.47%	27	24	26
North Central College Naperville, ILprivate	$45,726	77.33%	27	25	25
James Madison University Harrisonburg, VApublic	$31,312 ($13,966)	71.52%	27	-	-
Rollins College Winter Park, FLprivate	$60,580	47.54%	27	25	27
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LApublic	$28,631 ($11,954)	73.33%	27	25	27
Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PAprivate	$37,950	77.87%	27	29	26
Calvin University Grand Rapids, MIprivate	$39,350	70.91%	27	26	27
College of Charleston Charleston, SCpublic	$38,296 ($12,978)	60.03%	27	25	27
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie, PApublic	$26,958 ($15,972)	96.83%	27	27	26
West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PApublic	$22,599 ($10,775)	78.40%	27	24	25
Grove City College Grove City, PAprivate	$21,700	72.32%	27	25	28
Gustavus Adolphus College Saint Peter, MNprivate	$56,076	60.99%	27	26	26
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OHpublic	$28,697 ($13,363)	85.29%	27	26	25
SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NYpublic	$19,771 ($8,831)	77.70%	27	-	-
Drake University Des Moines, IAprivate	$51,960	63.85%	27	26	26
Iona University New Rochelle, NYprivate	$47,260	86.94%	27	-	-
Taylor University Upland, INprivate	$40,490	73.53%	27	26	27
Oregon State University Corvallis, ORpublic	$38,190 ($14,400)	77.30%	27	26	27
Hendrix College Conway, ARprivate	$38,200	55.65%	27	25	27
Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PAprivate	$43,496	90.64%	27	25	27
Agnes Scott College Decatur, GAprivate	$50,604	62.15%	27	-	-
SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck, NYpublic	$19,159 ($8,589)	72.41%	27	-	-
Juniata College Huntingdon, PAprivate	$58,580	78.91%	27	23	26
University of Scranton Scranton, PAprivate	$53,777	81.23%	27	25	27
Christopher Newport University Newport News, VApublic	$31,178 ($16,828)	86.04%	27	-	-
Delaware Valley University Doylestown, PAprivate	$44,850	93.21%	27	24	26
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver Monaca, PApublic	$24,134 ($14,408)	95.65%	27	26	22
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, INprivate	$48,450	89.43%	27	27	26
University of Oregon Eugene, ORpublic	$42,516 ($15,320)	88.30%	27	25	26
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, COpublic	$29,391 ($10,383)	74.68%	27	25	26
Earlham College Richmond, INprivate	$53,930	73.11%	27	25	28
Adelphi University Garden City, NYprivate	$48,775	65.91%	27	25	27
Covenant College Lookout Mountain, GAprivate	$42,040	86.51%	27	24	27
Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PAprivate	$42,240	78.97%	27	26	29
Florida Southern College Lakeland, FLprivate	$44,040	64.42%	27	25	26
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PApublic	$26,958 ($15,972)	97.60%	27	26	24
St. John Fisher University Rochester, NYprivate	$41,190	66.40%	27	25	24
University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NCpublic	$24,152 ($7,277)	64.24%	27	25	26
Pace University New York, NYprivate	$53,510	75.92%	27	25	28
The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, ALpublic	$34,172 ($12,180)	76.65%	27	25	27
Roanoke College Salem, VAprivate	$38,068	83.06%	27	26	28
Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PAprivate	$47,355	80.97%	27	24	30
Transylvania University Lexington, KYprivate	$46,870	86.55%	27	25	27
University of Central Florida Orlando, FLpublic	$22,467 ($6,368)	40.11%	27	25	26
St. John's University-New York Queens, NYprivate	$53,529	83.43%	27	25	27
Belmont University Nashville, TNprivate	$42,540	95.28%	27	25	28
Seattle University Seattle, WAprivate	$56,721	76.92%	27	27	27
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OKpublic	$27,377 ($9,797)	76.60%	26	24	26
Manhattan University Riverdale, NYprivate	$53,400	78.94%	26	25	25
State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NYpublic	$18,735 ($8,825)	80.55%	26	-	-
Bethel University Saint Paul, MNprivate	$44,226	87.80%	26	25	24
Austin College Sherman, TXprivate	$48,121	47.65%	26	25	25
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington, PApublic	$25,664 ($15,268)	96.77%	26	25	26
Eckerd College Saint Petersburg, FLprivate	$51,884	75.80%	26	24	26
Cornell College Mount Vernon, IAprivate	$52,660	79.90%	26	25	25
Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MIprivate	$60,900	75.32%	26	24	26
Lipscomb University Nashville, TNprivate	$40,572	67.73%	26	25	27
Cedarville University Cedarville, OHprivate	$37,150	65.29%	26	25	26
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MOpublic	$36,056 ($14,837)	78.47%	26	25	25
St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure, NYprivate	$41,735	81.65%	26	26	25
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Prescott, AZprivate	$43,974	76.58%	26	26	25
The College of Idaho Caldwell, IDprivate	$37,845	49.10%	26	-	-
University of North Carolina Asheville Asheville, NCpublic	$24,849 ($7,501)	91.92%	26	23	26
New Saint Andrews College Moscow, IDprivate	$16,800	83.89%	26	25	29
Ohio Northern University Ada, OHprivate	$39,600	74.40%	26	26	25
University of South Florida Tampa, FLpublic	$17,324 ($6,410)	43.19%	26	25	25
Averett University Danville, VAprivate	$38,550	56.59%	26	-	-
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FLprivate	$44,074	64.81%	26	26	25
Chatham University Pittsburgh, PAprivate	$45,001	61.96%	26	23	26
Beloit College Beloit, WIprivate	$60,886	63.04%	26	24	26
University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MIprivate	$32,946	75.42%	26	26	24
The Evergreen State College Olympia, WApublic	$31,905 ($9,264)	96.37%	26	24	26
Aurora University Aurora, ILprivate	$29,170	80.85%	26	26	25
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston Salem, NCpublic	$27,211 ($9,477)	29.97%	26	24	26
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Altoona, PApublic	$26,958 ($15,972)	98.06%	26	24	24
Marymount Manhattan College New York, NYprivate	$41,870	82.61%	26	24	28
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, ALpublic	$22,562 ($9,098)	88.18%	26	25	27
Old Dominion University Norfolk, VApublic	$33,780 ($12,750)	90.36%	26	25	25
University of Houston Houston, TXpublic	$22,547 ($9,717)	73.92%	26	24	25
Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland, OHprivate	$48,700	61.35%	26	23	26
Drew University Madison, NJprivate	$47,100	67.83%	26	25	28
Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FLprivate	$45,900	57.70%	26	25	24
Berea College Berea, KYprivate	$51,658	19.34%	26	24	25
St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn, NYprivate	$36,550	72.05%	26	25	25
University of Toledo Toledo, OHpublic	$21,517 ($12,157)	92.02%	26	25	24
Randolph-Macon College Ashland, VAprivate	$49,466	86.61%	26	25	23
University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MNpublic	$20,134 ($14,608)	88.75%	26	25	24
Saint Edward's University Austin, TXprivate	$51,384	81.42%	26	23	23
Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PAprivate	$59,850	81.43%	26	25	26
Rowan University Glassboro, NJpublic	$26,932 ($16,574)	77.66%	26	25	24
University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MIpublic	$32,896 ($15,640)	55.61%	26	25	27
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UTpublic	$30,860 ($9,620)	85.98%	26	25	25
Wabash College Crawfordsville, INprivate	$50,800	63.30%	26	27	23
University of Portland Portland, ORprivate	$58,100	89.17%	26	27	29
Grand Valley State University Allendale, MIpublic	$21,894 ($15,502)	83.02%	26	25	24
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SDpublic	$14,900 ($10,500)	79.87%	26	27	24
Biola University La Mirada, CAprivate	$48,984	74.35%	26	25	26
Elmhurst University Elmhurst, ILprivate	$42,955	73.64%	26	24	24
Hanover College Hanover, INprivate	$42,698	83.70%	26	-	-
Suffolk University Boston, MAprivate	$47,550	82.33%	26	-	-
Roger Williams University Bristol, RIprivate	$45,197	87.71%	26	25	24
Wagner College Staten Island, NYprivate	$53,200	88.00%	26	25	25
University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MApublic	$38,115 ($15,898)	83.78%	26	24	27
Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJprivate	$46,552	89.02%	26	25	26
Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VAprivate	$54,550	40.92%	26	26	25
Wayne State University Detroit, MIpublic	$34,650 ($16,159)	81.16%	26	25	25
Union University Jackson, TNprivate	$37,398	60.41%	26	24	26
University of Redlands Redlands, CAprivate	$60,878	82.71%	26	27	24
Long Island University Brookville, NYprivate	$42,432	86.16%	26	24	25
Wisconsin Lutheran College Milwaukee, WIprivate	$36,110	78.16%	26	25	25
Coe College Cedar Rapids, IAprivate	$54,666	64.04%	26	25	25
California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CAprivate	$52,560	75.67%	26	26	26
Average	$42,314	71.73%	28	26	28

Colleges with ACT score between 26 and 30

List of Colleges With ACT Score Between 26 And 30