Public Colleges With The Highest SAT Scores

The 2025 average SAT score is 1141 which is 4 points higher than previous SAT score of 1137.

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and University of Virginia-Main Campus have the highest SAT score of 1480 among 322 colleges that consider SAT score for admission.

Of those 322 colleges, 157 schools' SAT scores increased compared to last year, and 117 schools' scores decreased. 40 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 $39,425 and graduate tuition & fees is $34,607 for the academic year 2024-2025.

Comparison between Public Colleges With The Highest SAT Scores

Table. Public 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 5	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GAPublic, 4-year	1,480 30	33	14.07%	45.60%	$34,484 ($12,058)	53,363	94.00%	17 to 1
1 1	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NCPublic, 4-year	1,480 10	31	15.34%	45.45%	$41,203 ($8,994)	32,438	91.00%	15 to 1
1 -	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VAPublic, 4-year	1,480 10	33	16.81%	39.97%	$61,591 ($23,118)	26,409	96.00%	15 to 1
4 4	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MOPublic, 4-year	1,470 30	24	72.18%	30.08%	$32,271 ($13,371)	14,732	55.00%	13 to 1
4 3	William & Mary Williamsburg, VAPublic, 4-year	1,470 20	33	34.07%	26.62%	$51,038 ($25,734)	9,818	89.00%	12 to 1
6 2	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MDPublic, 4-year	1,465 5	34	44.79%	21.63%	$41,186 ($11,809)	41,725	89.00%	17 to 1
7 4	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MIPublic, 4-year	1,460 10	33	15.64%	47.34%	$63,081 ($18,848)	52,855	93.00%	11 to 1
7 2	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WIPublic, 4-year	1,460 10	31	45.20%	28.59%	$42,103 ($11,603)	51,044	90.00%	18 to 1
9 -	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, ILPublic, 4-year	1,440 30	32	42.37%	28.83%	$40,096 ($18,267)	59,238	85.00%	20 to 1
10 5	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MAPublic, 4-year	1,420 30	32	59.73%	17.95%	$40,449 ($17,772)	31,726	83.00%	17 to 1
10 1	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NYPublic, 4-year	1,420 10	31	49.04%	14.75%	$32,741 ($10,931)	26,689	76.00%	19 to 1
12 2	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MNPublic, 4-year	1,410 10	29	79.75%	22.34%	$38,362 ($17,214)	56,666	85.00%	17 to 1
12 6	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJPublic, 4-year	1,410 30	31	58.15%	20.53%	$37,441 ($17,929)	52,269	84.00%	16 to 1
12 3	Binghamton University Vestal, NYPublic, 4-year	1,410 -	32	38.61%	15.87%	$30,447 ($10,567)	18,816	82.00%	18 to 1
15 3	Colorado School of Mines Golden, COPublic, 4-year	1,400 -	32	60.69%	23.08%	$45,824 ($21,914)	8,044	82.00%	18 to 1
15 -	University of Florida Gainesville, FLPublic, 4-year	1,400 10	31	24.20%	42.20%	$28,659 ($6,381)	56,311	91.00%	16 to 1
15 3	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OHPublic, 4-year	1,400 -	30	60.57%	21.78%	$40,022 ($13,244)	61,443	88.00%	16 to 1
18 1	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TXPublic, 4-year	1,390 20	31	26.64%	47.43%	$44,908 ($11,688)	53,864	89.00%	18 to 1
19 31	University of Georgia Athens, GAPublic, 4-year	1,370 100	32	37.70%	38.30%	$31,688 ($11,450)	43,146	90.00%	17 to 1
19 2	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NCPublic, 4-year	1,370 10	30	41.74%	31.76%	$32,847 ($8,799)	38,464	85.00%	15 to 1
21 1	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PAPublic, 4-year	1,360 -	31	58.08%	12.99%	$41,430 ($21,926)	35,724	85.00%	13 to 1
21 2	University of Vermont Burlington, VTPublic, 4-year	1,360 20	31	65.30%	15.84%	$45,502 ($19,058)	14,476	79.00%	17 to 1
21 8	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VAPublic, 4-year	1,360 30	30	54.78%	25.35%	$37,764 ($15,948)	38,857	86.00%	17 to 1
24 8	Florida State University Tallahassee, FLPublic, 4-year	1,350 40	30	24.22%	30.89%	$21,683 ($6,517)	43,889	86.00%	17 to 1
24 6	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, INPublic, 4-year	1,350 30	31	49.87%	29.20%	$28,794 ($9,992)	58,658	83.00%	14 to 1
	Average	1,415	31	43.58%	28.97%	$39,425 ($14,605)	39,227	85.44%	16 to 1

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Comparison between Public Colleges With The Highest SAT Scores