Top 20 US Colleges 2023 SAT & ACT Test Scores Comparison Table

The average SAT score of Top 20 US Colleges is 1,539 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 Score			ACT Score
School Name	Required to Apply	25th pctl.	50th pctl. (median)	75th pctl.	25th pctl.	50th pctl. (median)	75th pctl.
Brown University Providence, RI	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,540	1,580	34	35	36
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Not considered	-	-	-	-	-	-
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,530	1,580	34	35	35
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Considered, if submitted	1,470	1,530	1,570	33	34	35
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	Considered, if submitted	1,500	1,550	1,580	33	34	35
Duke University Durham, NC	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,550	1,570	34	35	35
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,550	1,580	34	35	36
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Considered, if submitted	1,520	1,550	1,570	34	35	35
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	Required	1,530	1,560	1,580	35	35	36
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,530	1,570	33	34	35
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,540	1,580	33	35	35
Rice University Houston, TX	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,540	1,570	34	35	36
Stanford University Stanford, CA	Considered, if submitted	1,500	1,550	1,580	33	35	35
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Not considered	-	-	-	-	-	-
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	Considered, if submitted	1,500	1,540	1,580	34	34	35
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	Considered, if submitted	1,450	1,510	1,550	32	34	35
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Considered, if submitted	1,500	1,540	1,570	34	35	35
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	Considered, if submitted	1,490	1,530	1,570	34	35	35
Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	Considered, if submitted	1,500	1,530	1,570	33	34	35
Yale University New Haven, CT	Considered, if submitted	1,500	1,540	1,580	33	35	35
Average		1,494	1,539	1,574	34	35	35

**Information is not available for schools that are not appeared in the table. The schools have not report the information to the IPEDS or not applicable.)

Top 20 US Colleges with Highest Test Scores

Schools with High SAT Scores

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1,560
Stanford University 1,550
Dartmouth College 1,550
Duke University 1,550
Harvard University 1,550

Top 20 US Colleges 2023 SAT & ACT Test Scores Comparison Table

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