Private Colleges With The Highest SAT Scores

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.

Comparison between Private Colleges With The Highest SAT Scores

Table. Private Colleges With The Highest SAT Scores Comparison
	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

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