Average ACT Scores for Top Ranked Universities

A good way to assess an individual's standing regarding a particular college is 25th/75th percentile ACT scores. For a particular college, 25% of the students scored less than the 25th percentile score, and 75% of those students scored less than the 75th percentile score. Hence, the 25th/75th percentile score shows the mid-50 % of the students attending that college. Colleges list the 25th/75th percentile ACT composite score as well as the 25th/75th percentile score for the individual sections.

University	ACT 25 Percentile*	ACT 75 Percentile*
Stanford University	31	35
University of Southern California	30	33
Harvard University	32	35
Northeastern University	31	34
University of Pennsylvania	32	35
Cornell University	31	34
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	33	35
Rice University	32	35
Columbia University	32	35
Duke University	31	34
Brown University	31	34
University of California - Berkeley	31	34
Yale University	32	35
Boston College	30	33
Washington University in St. Louis	32	34
New York University	29	33
University of California - Los Angeles	28	33
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	29	33
University of Texas - Austin	26	32
Penn State	25	29
Boston University	28	32
University of Florida	27	31
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	28	33
University of Virginia	29	33
University of Georgia	26	31
Tulane University	29	32
Purdue University	25	31
University of Washington	26	32
Syracuse University	25	29
University of Miami	28	32
Texas A&M University	24	30
James Madison University	22	27
Temple University	22	28
Michigan State University	24	29
San Diego State University	23	28
University of California - Irvine	24	30
Arizona State University	22	28
University of Delaware	22	29
California State University - Long Beach	20	26
Indiana University - Bloomington	24	30
University of San Francisco	23	28
The University of Alabama	23	31
High Point University	21	26
University of Central Florida	24	28
Liberty University	21	28
San Francisco State University	18	24
California State University - Fullerton	19	24
California State University - Chico	19	24
North Carolina A&T State University	18	22
California State University - Northridge	16	23
Old Dominion University	18	25
California Baptist University	19	24
Florida A&M University	19	24
Stockton University	19	24
California State University - Sacramento	17	22
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	18	23
Western Michigan University	19	25
La Salle University	19	25
Portland State University	19	25
Clark Atlanta University	18	21
California State University - Los Angeles	15	20
Prairie View A & M University	15	19
Virginia State University	15	19
California State University - Dominguez Hills	15	19
Texas Southern University	15	19
Bowie State University	15	19
Alabama State University	15	19
Bethune-Cookman University	15	18
New Jersey City University	15	17
Dean College	15	20
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania	15	19
Coppin State University	15	18
South Carolina State University	14	17
Fort Valley State University	10	19
Central State University	15	18

*Composite score
*Some top colleges might be missing (as no data was reported)
*Average ACT score is the dividing score of ACT, indicating that half the students get more than the average score and half the students get less than the average score. The ACT paper is designed so that the composite score of 20 is the national average ACT score.
Average SAT score for Top Schools
In 2023, the composite score was 19.5. The average ACT scores across the country are outlined below.

Section	Average ACT Score
English	18.6
Mathematics	19.0
Reading	20.1
Science	19.6

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Stanford University

Acceptance rate - 4%
SAT Range - 1500 - 1560
Student enrolment - 7,841 in undergraduate programs and 9,688 in graduate

University of California - Berkeley

Acceptance rate - 11%
Student to faculty ratio - 19.4 to 1
Student enrolment (Fall 2023) - 33,078 in undergraduate programs and 12,621 in graduate

Cornell University

Acceptance rate - 7%
Student enrolment - 16,071 in undergraduate programs and 10,213 in graduate and higher education

New York University

Pell Grants - 24% of first-year students
Student to faculty ratio - 8:1
Total enrolment - 5,723
International student enrolment - 22.2%

Arizona State University

International students on campus - 18,000 +
Pell Grants - 33% undergrad students
Total enrolment - 145,655