Colleges With The Highest SAT Scores

The 2025 average SAT score is 1197 which is 8 points higher than previous SAT score of 1189.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest SAT score of 1560 among 793 colleges that consider SAT score for admission.

Of those 793 colleges, 401 schools' SAT scores increased compared to last year, and 270 schools' scores decreased. 96 schools' scores are same as last year.

For 2025 admission, 42 colleges have the SAT score of 1500 or higher, which is very high and competitive. Additionally, the acceptance rate at these colleges is very low, averaging 10.37%.

The table below shows the 42 colleges with the highest SAT scores along with important academic statistics.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $67,500 and graduate tuition & fees is $57,033 for the academic year 2024-2025.

Comparison between Colleges With The Highest SAT Scores

Table. 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 23	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
25 9	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, INPrivate, 4-year	1,520 20	34	11.27%	61.71%	$65,025	13,042	95.00%	8 to 1
25 6	Bowdoin College Brunswick, MEPrivate, 4-year	1,520 10	34	7.13%	53.59%	$67,832	1,881	95.00%	9 to 1
25 1	Wellesley College Wellesley, MAPrivate, 4-year	1,520 10	34	14.05%	47.63%	$67,176	2,407	92.00%	7 to 1
25 4	Barnard College New York, NYPrivate, 4-year	1,520 10	34	8.84%	68.64%	$69,888	3,487	93.00%	10 to 1
25 6	New York University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year	1,520 10	34	9.23%	55.38%	$62,796	56,832	88.00%	8 to 1
31 4	Carleton College Northfield, MNPrivate, 4-year	1,515 15	34	20.41%	34.82%	$68,892	2,128	90.00%	8 to 1
32 3	Colby College Waterville, MEPrivate, 4-year	1,510 -	33	7.09%	46.18%	$69,600	2,412	89.00%	9 to 1
32 6	Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year	1,510 -	34	11.49%	45.51%	$70,704	13,599	94.00%	10 to 1
32 7	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OHPrivate, 4-year	1,510 20	34	36.54%	11.95%	$66,608	12,475	87.00%	9 to 1
32 4	Haverford College Haverford, PAPrivate, 4-year	1,510 20	34	12.37%	42.62%	$70,398	1,431	90.00%	8 to 1
36 5	Scripps College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year	1,500 20	33	38.29%	25.55%	$65,950	1,137	83.00%	10 to 1
36 11	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year	1,500 10	33	9.81%	43.34%	$71,647	46,566	92.00%	9 to 1
36 3	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate, 4-year	1,500 10	34	16.43%	43.46%	$70,702	15,432	91.00%	10 to 1
36 5	Colgate University Hamilton, NYPrivate, 4-year	1,500 20	34	13.88%	28.74%	$70,306	3,211	91.00%	9 to 1
36 2	Hamilton College Clinton, NYPrivate, 4-year	1,500 10	34	13.62%	38.98%	$68,960	2,031	91.00%	9 to 1
36 5	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NYPrivate, 4-year	1,500 10	33	18.57%	28.78%	$71,030	2,462	91.00%	7 to 1
36 -	Middlebury College Middlebury, VTPrivate, 4-year	1,500 10	34	10.75%	44.36%	$67,600	2,803	91.00%	8 to 1
	Average	1,529	34	10.37%	52.43%	$67,500	13,062	93.07%	7 to 1

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Comparison between Colleges With The Highest SAT Scores