Acceptance Rate and Application Statistics
The following table compares the admission related statistics including number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled between Top 100 National Universities. The average acceptance rate of Top 100 National Universities is 30.50% and the average admission yield (enrollment rate) is 27.72%.
California Institute of Technology has the tighest (lowest) acceptance rate of 2.69% and Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest yield (enrollment rate) of 84.97% among Top 100 National Universities. The numbers in parenthesis() in below table represent the number and rate by gender (men/women). The statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2022-2023.
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| Rank | Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Enrollment Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford University | 56,378 (28,379/27,999) | 2,075 (948/1,127) | 1,736 (794/942) | 4% (3%/4%) | 84% (84%/3%) | |
| 2 | Harvard University | 61,221 (28,024/33,197) | 1,984 (908/1,076) | 1,646 (740/906) | 3% (3%/3%) | 83% (81%/3%) | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 38,019 (18,422/19,597) | 2,167 (1,045/1,122) | 1,499 (736/763) | 6% (6%/6%) | 69% (70%/4%) | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 33,767 (21,588/12,179) | 1,337 (661/676) | 1,136 (582/554) | 4% (3%/6%) | 85% (88%/5%) | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 60,879 (24,499/34,973) | 2,404 (1,151/1,199) | 1,540 (742/761) | 4% (5%/3%) | 64% (64%/2%) | |
| 6 | Yale University | 50,060 (21,108/28,952) | 2,289 (1,118/1,171) | 1,554 (759/795) | 5% (5%/4%) | 68% (68%/3%) | |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | 16,626 (11,352/5,274) | 448 (211/237) | 224 (116/108) | 3% (2%/4%) | 50% (55%/2%) | |
| 8 | University of Chicago | 37,522 (16,830/20,670) | 2,039 (1,064/975) | 1,729 (936/793) | 5% (6%/5%) | 85% (88%/4%) | |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | 54,588 (25,055/29,533) | 3,549 (1,627/1,922) | 2,409 (1,071/1,338) | 7% (6%/7%) | 68% (66%/5%) | |
| 10 | Brown University | 50,649 (18,939/31,710) | 2,562 (1,275/1,287) | 1,717 (828/889) | 5% (7%/4%) | 67% (65%/3%) | |
| 11 | Northwestern University | 51,261 (23,535/27,725) | 3,695 (1,652/2,043) | 2,038 (919/1,119) | 7% (7%/7%) | 55% (56%/4%) | |
| 12 | Dartmouth College | 28,336 (13,323/15,013) | 1,808 (906/902) | 1,124 (564/560) | 6% (7%/6%) | 62% (62%/4%) | |
| 13 | Duke University | 50,016 (23,211/26,805) | 3,174 (1,437/1,737) | 1,745 (793/952) | 6% (6%/6%) | 55% (55%/4%) | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 69,195 (34,671/34,524) | 5,168 (2,317/2,851) | 3,491 (1,570/1,921) | 7% (7%/8%) | 68% (68%/6%) | |
| 15 | Rice University | 31,443 (15,807/15,636) | 2,730 (1,354/1,376) | 1,203 (604/599) | 9% (9%/9%) | 44% (45%/4%) | |
| 16 | Vanderbilt University | 46,377 (20,388/25,989) | 3,093 (1,411/1,682) | 1,619 (739/880) | 7% (7%/6%) | 52% (52%/3%) | |
| 17 | University of California-Los Angeles | 149,801 (68,595/81,206) | 12,845 (5,096/7,749) | 6,462 (2,410/4,052) | 9% (7%/10%) | 50% (47%/5%) | |
| 18 | University of California-Berkeley | 128,209 (61,188/67,021) | 14,523 (5,357/9,166) | 6,728 (2,701/4,027) | 11% (9%/14%) | 46% (50%/6%) | |
| 19 | Georgetown University | 26,638 (10,345/16,055) | 3,257 (1,325/1,907) | 1,586 (625/949) | 12% (13%/12%) | 49% (47%/6%) | |
| 20 | University of Southern California | 69,062 (30,701/38,330) | 8,304 (3,869/4,424) | 3,420 (1,571/1,840) | 12% (13%/12%) | 41% (41%/5%) | |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins University | 37,844 (16,330/21,496) | 2,745 (1,238/1,501) | 1,406 (632/773) | 7% (8%/7%) | 51% (51%/4%) | |
| 22 | Washington University in St Louis | 32,014 (14,754/17,260) | 3,764 (1,795/1,969) | 1,813 (827/986) | 12% (12%/11%) | 48% (46%/6%) | |
| 23 | University of Notre Dame | 26,509 (12,958/13,551) | 3,421 (1,789/1,632) | 2,037 (1,058/979) | 13% (14%/12%) | 60% (59%/7%) | |
| 24 | Tufts University | 34,882 (13,900/19,732) | 3,381 (1,374/1,873) | 1,695 (696/929) | 10% (10%/9%) | 50% (51%/5%) | |
| 25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 34,261 (20,471/13,790) | 3,873 (1,842/2,031) | 1,716 (839/877) | 11% (9%/15%) | 44% (46%/6%) | |
| 26 | Emory University | 33,179 (13,161/20,018) | 3,767 (1,653/2,114) | 1,424 (636/788) | 11% (13%/11%) | 38% (38%/4%) | |
| 27 | New York University | 100,662 (38,481/62,181) | 12,539 (4,743/7,796) | 6,184 (2,419/3,765) | 12% (12%/13%) | 49% (51%/6%) | |
| 28 | Lehigh University | 15,163 (7,744/7,419) | 5,607 (2,713/2,894) | 1,511 (804/707) | 37% (35%/39%) | 27% (30%/10%) | |
| 29 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 50,926 (23,195/27,731) | 9,503 (4,116/5,387) | 4,022 (1,735/2,287) | 19% (18%/19%) | 42% (42%/8%) | |
| 30 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 56,341 (23,412/32,929) | 9,639 (3,863/5,776) | 4,435 (1,679/2,756) | 17% (17%/18%) | 46% (43%/8%) | |
| 31 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 84,289 (42,285/42,004) | 14,914 (6,434/8,480) | 7,050 (3,069/3,981) | 18% (15%/20%) | 47% (48%/9%) | |
| 32 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 50,610 (33,820/16,790) | 8,672 (4,847/3,825) | 3,647 (2,111/1,536) | 17% (14%/23%) | 42% (44%/9%) | |
| 33 | Boston University | 80,796 (31,328/49,468) | 11,607 (5,061/6,546) | 3,635 (1,475/2,160) | 14% (16%/13%) | 31% (29%/4%) | |
| 34 | Boston College | 40,494 (15,887/24,459) | 6,748 (2,964/3,765) | 2,335 (1,079/1,253) | 17% (19%/15%) | 35% (36%/5%) | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 91,000 (39,035/51,965) | 6,191 (2,259/3,932) | 2,519 (903/1,616) | 7% (6%/8%) | 41% (40%/3%) | |
| 36 | Brigham Young University | 10,559 (4,723/5,836) | 7,040 (2,758/4,282) | 5,565 (2,230/3,335) | 67% (58%/73%) | 79% (81%/57%) | |
| 37 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 31,615 (11,132/20,483) | 3,621 (1,150/2,471) | 1,843 (619/1,224) | 11% (10%/12%) | 51% (54%/6%) | |
| 38 | University of California-San Diego | 131,197 (61,341/69,856) | 31,103 (12,945/18,158) | 6,546 (2,790/3,756) | 24% (21%/26%) | 21% (22%/5%) | |
| 39 | University of Rochester | 19,966 (9,805/10,155) | 7,768 (3,282/4,480) | 1,625 (756/863) | 39% (33%/44%) | 21% (23%/8%) | |
| 40 | George Washington University | 27,266 (9,424/17,842) | 13,354 (4,882/8,472) | 2,941 (1,101/1,840) | 49% (52%/47%) | 22% (23%/10%) | |
| 41 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 110,995 (50,599/60,396) | 28,688 (11,643/17,045) | 4,967 (2,089/2,878) | 26% (23%/28%) | 17% (18%/5%) | |
| 42 | Yeshiva University | 1,615 (845/770) | 1,021 (543/478) | 636 (346/290) | 63% (64%/62%) | 62% (64%/38%) | |
| 43 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 12,500 (8,185/4,315) | 5,778 (3,419/2,359) | 1,010 (633/377) | 46% (42%/55%) | 17% (19%/9%) | |
| 44 | University of California-Irvine | 119,191 (55,549/63,642) | 25,212 (10,064/15,148) | 5,664 (2,176/3,488) | 21% (18%/24%) | 22% (22%/5%) | |
| 45 | Brandeis University | 9,917 (4,222/5,695) | 3,908 (1,493/2,415) | 986 (438/548) | 39% (35%/42%) | 25% (29%/10%) | |
| 46 | University of Florida | 64,473 (28,248/36,225) | 15,054 (6,358/8,696) | 6,612 (2,730/3,882) | 23% (23%/24%) | 44% (43%/11%) | |
| 47 | Villanova University | 23,835 (10,834/13,000) | 5,576 (2,767/2,809) | 1,779 (871/908) | 23% (26%/22%) | 32% (31%/7%) | |
| 48 | University of California-Davis | 94,747 (44,180/50,567) | 35,377 (14,117/21,260) | 6,399 (2,495/3,904) | 37% (32%/42%) | 18% (18%/8%) | |
| 49 | University of Maryland-College Park | 56,761 (27,774/28,987) | 25,320 (11,325/13,995) | 5,849 (2,881/2,968) | 45% (41%/48%) | 23% (25%/10%) | |
| 50 | Case Western Reserve University | 38,701 (19,838/18,863) | 10,607 (5,357/5,250) | 1,553 (818/735) | 27% (27%/28%) | 15% (15%/4%) | |
| 51 | American University | 19,510 (6,354/13,062) | 7,926 (2,417/5,466) | 1,761 (575/1,186) | 41% (38%/42%) | 22% (24%/9%) | |
| 52 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 16,863 (11,196/5,656) | 10,878 (7,417/3,459) | 2,002 (1,410/591) | 65% (66%/61%) | 18% (19%/10%) | |
| 53 | University of Miami | 49,169 (20,268/28,901) | 9,312 (4,480/4,832) | 2,371 (1,159/1,212) | 19% (22%/17%) | 25% (26%/4%) | |
| 54 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 60,214 (29,555/30,659) | 29,539 (13,386/16,153) | 8,628 (3,918/4,710) | 49% (45%/53%) | 29% (29%/15%) | |
| 55 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 52,488 (22,714/29,774) | 24,942 (9,469/15,473) | 7,386 (3,030/4,356) | 48% (42%/52%) | 30% (32%/15%) | |
| 56 | Santa Clara University | 16,650 (8,165/8,485) | 8,677 (3,876/4,801) | 1,641 (791/850) | 52% (47%/57%) | 19% (20%/10%) | |
| 57 | University of Georgia | 39,320 (16,218/23,087) | 16,729 (6,149/10,574) | 6,273 (2,362/3,909) | 43% (38%/46%) | 37% (38%/17%) | |
| 58 | William & Mary | 18,087 (6,841/11,246) | 6,059 (2,661/3,398) | 1,642 (725/917) | 33% (39%/30%) | 27% (27%/8%) | |
| 59 | Pepperdine University | 11,466 (4,190/7,276) | 5,585 (2,161/3,424) | 942 (356/586) | 49% (52%/47%) | 17% (16%/8%) | |
| 60 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 63,257 (36,223/27,010) | 28,354 (13,926/14,418) | 7,957 (4,076/3,879) | 45% (38%/53%) | 28% (29%/14%) | |
| 61 | Chapman University | 13,690 (5,055/8,635) | 9,928 (3,492/6,436) | 2,076 (736/1,340) | 73% (69%/75%) | 21% (21%/16%) | |
| 62 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 68,582 (42,068/26,514) | 36,146 (19,147/16,999) | 9,447 (5,229/4,218) | 53% (46%/64%) | 26% (27%/16%) | |
| 63 | Florida State University | 78,088 (31,200/46,872) | 19,552 (7,829/11,718) | 6,033 (2,415/3,618) | 25% (25%/25%) | 31% (31%/8%) | |
| 64 | The University of Texas at Austin | 60,055 (28,507/31,260) | 18,830 (7,598/11,172) | 9,109 (3,617/5,482) | 31% (27%/36%) | 48% (48%/18%) | |
| 65 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 65,189 (30,930/34,259) | 34,370 (15,801/18,569) | 8,060 (3,771/4,289) | 53% (51%/54%) | 23% (24%/13%) | |
| 66 | University of Tulsa | 12,042 (4,422/7,414) | 8,331 (3,088/5,224) | 651 (284/367) | 69% (70%/70%) | 8% (9%/5%) | |
| 67 | University of Delaware | 35,362 (13,830/21,532) | 26,101 (9,635/16,466) | 4,906 (1,924/2,982) | 74% (70%/76%) | 19% (20%/14%) | |
| 68 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 65,912 (29,570/36,342) | 30,926 (12,501/18,425) | 3,859 (1,705/2,154) | 47% (42%/51%) | 12% (14%/6%) | |
| 69 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 7,243 (4,693/2,548) | 4,450 (2,726/1,722) | 620 (399/221) | 61% (58%/68%) | 14% (15%/9%) | |
| 70 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 45,321 (26,376/18,831) | 25,825 (13,843/11,919) | 7,166 (3,954/3,196) | 57% (52%/63%) | 28% (29%/17%) | |
| 71 | University of San Diego | 14,334 (5,506/8,828) | 7,541 (2,710/4,831) | 1,234 (478/756) | 53% (49%/55%) | 16% (18%/9%) | |
| 72 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 35,568 (17,461/18,107) | 16,779 (7,434/9,345) | 5,627 (2,727/2,900) | 47% (43%/52%) | 34% (37%/16%) | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 85,784 (39,364/46,114) | 47,360 (20,723/26,476) | 9,216 (4,689/4,485) | 55% (53%/57%) | 19% (23%/10%) | |
| 74 | Gallaudet University | 380 (169/201) | 225 (113/105) | 161 (83/73) | 59% (67%/52%) | 72% (73%/36%) | |
| 75 | Loyola Marymount University | 21,695 (8,755/12,940) | 8,963 (3,650/5,313) | 1,608 (728/880) | 41% (42%/41%) | 18% (20%/7%) | |
| 76 | Southern Methodist University | 16,150 (7,542/8,608) | 8,439 (3,764/4,675) | 1,639 (740/899) | 52% (50%/54%) | 19% (20%/10%) | |
| 77 | University of Connecticut | 40,894 (17,820/23,074) | 22,293 (8,603/13,690) | 4,069 (1,731/2,338) | 55% (48%/59%) | 18% (20%/10%) | |
| 78 | Fordham University | 47,203 (17,530/29,673) | 25,550 (8,471/17,079) | 2,594 (962/1,632) | 54% (48%/58%) | 10% (11%/5%) | |
| 79 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 43,422 (22,007/21,415) | 27,203 (14,043/13,160) | 12,490 (6,718/5,772) | 63% (64%/61%) | 46% (48%/27%) | |
| 80 | Wake Forest University | 16,857 (7,697/9,160) | 3,602 (1,607/1,995) | 1,370 (621/749) | 21% (21%/22%) | 38% (39%/8%) | |
| 81 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 68,789 (34,073/34,632) | 61,739 (30,036/31,628) | 15,151 (7,693/7,428) | 90% (88%/91%) | 25% (26%/21%) | |
| 82 | Syracuse University | 41,489 (17,211/24,278) | 21,471 (8,900/12,571) | 4,108 (1,836/2,272) | 52% (52%/52%) | 19% (21%/9%) | |
| 83 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 53,072 (22,670/30,402) | 26,079 (10,295/15,784) | 4,390 (1,587/2,803) | 49% (45%/52%) | 17% (15%/9%) | |
| 84 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 21,500 (10,818/10,682) | 18,220 (8,963/9,257) | 4,218 (2,292/1,926) | 85% (83%/87%) | 23% (26%/18%) | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36,290 (13,857/22,433) | 24,826 (9,181/15,645) | 6,846 (2,860/3,986) | 68% (66%/70%) | 28% (31%/18%) | |
| 86 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 41,654 (19,448/22,206) | 27,612 (12,593/15,019) | 7,780 (3,830/3,950) | 66% (65%/68%) | 28% (30%/18%) | |
| 87 | University of Central Florida | 54,977 (22,985/31,991) | 22,560 (9,534/13,026) | 7,515 (3,536/3,979) | 41% (41%/41%) | 33% (37%/12%) | |
| 88 | Colorado School of Mines | 10,886 (7,498/3,388) | 6,314 (4,090/2,224) | 1,512 (1,034/478) | 58% (55%/66%) | 24% (25%/14%) | |
| 89 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 12,253 (6,467/5,785) | 10,532 (5,538/4,993) | 1,937 (1,187/750) | 86% (86%/86%) | 18% (21%/13%) | |
| 90 | Texas Christian University | 16,197 (6,260/9,937) | 9,087 (3,075/6,012) | 2,491 (855/1,636) | 56% (49%/61%) | 27% (28%/16%) | |
| 91 | Baylor University | 40,753 (15,404/25,320) | 18,699 (8,006/10,691) | 3,296 (1,370/1,926) | 46% (52%/42%) | 18% (17%/8%) | |
| 92 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 38,050 (17,665/20,336) | 28,504 (12,637/15,848) | 6,737 (2,967/3,761) | 75% (72%/78%) | 24% (23%/18%) | |
| 93 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 6,311 (4,260/2,051) | 5,143 (3,512/1,631) | 1,146 (892/254) | 81% (82%/80%) | 22% (25%/12%) | |
| 94 | The New School | 9,524 (2,001/6,904) | 5,446 (1,082/3,993) | 1,424 (262/1,061) | 57% (54%/58%) | 26% (24%/15%) | |
| 95 | Michigan State University | 53,341 (24,979/28,362) | 46,914 (21,668/25,246) | 9,829 (4,730/5,099) | 88% (87%/89%) | 21% (22%/18%) | |
| 96 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 18,974 (5,777/13,016) | 13,807 (4,283/9,386) | 3,106 (1,194/1,881) | 73% (74%/72%) | 22% (28%/14%) | |
| 97 | San Diego State University | 77,250 (31,570/45,680) | 30,331 (11,447/18,884) | 6,573 (2,564/4,009) | 39% (36%/41%) | 22% (22%/9%) | |
| 98 | Florida International University | 17,343 (6,980/10,363) | 11,075 (4,369/6,706) | 4,424 (1,877/2,547) | 64% (63%/65%) | 40% (43%/25%) | |
| 99 | University of Denver | 19,342 (8,209/11,133) | 15,024 (6,240/8,784) | 1,638 (726/912) | 78% (76%/79%) | 11% (12%/8%) | |
| 100 | Harding University | 2,254 (979/1,275) | 1,017 (446/571) | 802 (359/443) | 45% (46%/45%) | 79% (80%/35%) | |
| Average | 43,934 (20,108/20,108) | 13,401 (5,821/7,567) | 3,715 (1,683/2,028) | 30.50% (29.0%/37.6%) | 27.72% (28.9%/26.8%) | ||
SAT Scores Comparison
The average SAT score of Top 100 National Universities is 1406. By subject, the average score of the SAT EBRW(Evidence-based Reading and Writing) is 693 and the average SAT Math score is 713.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest SAT scores of 1,560 and Gallaudet University has the lowest SAT scores of 855 among Top 100 National Universities. The following table compares SAT Scores between Top 100 National Universities for the academic year 2022-2023.
Compare Selected Schools
| Rank | Name | Submit%* (Submit#**) | SAT Total | Evidence-Based Reading and Writing | Math | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford University | 49% (855) | 1550 | 760 | 790 | |
| 2 | Harvard University | 55% (903) | 1550 | 760 | 790 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 59% (890) | 1540 | 760 | 780 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 78% (883) | 1560 | 760 | 800 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 44% (672) | 1530 | 750 | 780 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 59% (913) | 1540 | 760 | 780 | |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | Test Score is NOT considered for California Institute of Technology admission. | ||||
| 8 | University of Chicago | 52% (891) | 1540 | 760 | 780 | |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | 48% (1,153) | 1540 | 750 | 790 | |
| 10 | Brown University | 54% (923) | 1540 | 760 | 780 | |
| 11 | Northwestern University | 47% (965) | 1530 | 750 | 780 | |
| 12 | Dartmouth College | 42% (475) | 1550 | 760 | 790 | |
| 13 | Duke University | 49% (859) | 1550 | 760 | 790 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 37% (1,281) | 1530 | 750 | 780 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 53% (635) | 1540 | 750 | 790 | |
| 16 | Vanderbilt University | 29% (468) | 1530 | 750 | 780 | |
| 17 | University of California-Los Angeles | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Los Angeles admission. | ||||
| 18 | University of California-Berkeley | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Berkeley admission. | ||||
| 19 | Georgetown University | 72% (1,149) | 1500 | 740 | 760 | |
| 20 | University of Southern California | 34% (1,173) | 1520 | 740 | 780 | |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins University | 44% (625) | 1550 | 760 | 790 | |
| 22 | Washington University in St Louis | 27% (492) | 1530 | 750 | 780 | |
| 23 | University of Notre Dame | 36% (731) | 1510 | 740 | 770 | |
| 24 | Tufts University | 37% (631) | 1510 | 740 | 770 | |
| 25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 51% (867) | 1540 | 750 | 790 | |
| 26 | Emory University | 41% (587) | 1500 | 730 | 770 | |
| 27 | New York University | 26% (1,627) | 1530 | 750 | 780 | |
| 28 | Lehigh University | 37% (552) | 1410 | 690 | 720 | |
| 29 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 50% (2,001) | 1490 | 730 | 760 | |
| 30 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 26% (1,169) | 1460 | 720 | 740 | |
| 31 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 54% (3,829) | 1470 | 720 | 750 | |
| 32 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 74% (2,713) | 1480 | 720 | 760 | |
| 33 | Boston University | 23% (823) | 1440 | 700 | 740 | |
| 34 | Boston College | 34% (800) | 1490 | 730 | 760 | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 33% (827) | 1500 | 730 | 770 | |
| 36 | Brigham Young University | 13% (702) | 1360 | 680 | 680 | |
| 37 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 16% (293) | 1450 | 720 | 730 | |
| 38 | University of California-San Diego | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-San Diego admission. | ||||
| 39 | University of Rochester | 28% (447) | 1470 | 710 | 760 | |
| 40 | George Washington University | 31% (904) | 1410 | 710 | 700 | |
| 41 | University of California-Santa Barbara | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Barbara admission. | ||||
| 42 | Yeshiva University | 25% (158) | 1400 | 690 | 710 | |
| 43 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 46% (461) | 1450 | 700 | 750 | |
| 44 | University of California-Irvine | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Irvine admission. | ||||
| 45 | Brandeis University | 39% (381) | 1470 | 720 | 750 | |
| 46 | University of Florida | 81% (5,358) | 1390 | 690 | 700 | |
| 47 | Villanova University | 28% (492) | 1440 | 700 | 740 | |
| 48 | University of California-Davis | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Davis admission. | ||||
| 49 | University of Maryland-College Park | 53% (3,078) | 1460 | 710 | 750 | |
| 50 | Case Western Reserve University | 42% (650) | 1490 | 720 | 770 | |
| 51 | American University | 25% (441) | 1370 | 700 | 670 | |
| 52 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52% (1,042) | 1450 | 700 | 750 | |
| 53 | University of Miami | 35% (838) | 1390 | 690 | 700 | |
| 54 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 17% (1,457) | 1430 | 690 | 740 | |
| 55 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Seattle Campus admission. | ||||
| 56 | Santa Clara University | 34% (558) | 1364 | 671 | 693 | |
| 57 | University of Georgia | 46% (2,875) | 1310 | 660 | 650 | |
| 58 | William & Mary | 52% (860) | 1460 | 730 | 730 | |
| 59 | Pepperdine University | 16% (152) | 1390 | 700 | 690 | |
| 60 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 44% (3,485) | 1440 | 700 | 740 | |
| 61 | Chapman University | 25% (524) | 1300 | 650 | 650 | |
| 62 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 67% (6,319) | 1330 | 650 | 680 | |
| 63 | Florida State University | 68% (4,107) | 1290 | 650 | 640 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas at Austin | 63% (5,720) | 1370 | 680 | 690 | |
| 65 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15% (1,241) | 1400 | 680 | 720 | |
| 66 | University of Tulsa | 25% (164) | 1215 | 615 | 600 | |
| 67 | University of Delaware | 25% (1,241) | 1280 | 640 | 640 | |
| 68 | University of California-Santa Cruz | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Cruz admission. | ||||
| 69 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 42% (255) | 1310 | 640 | 670 | |
| 70 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 39% (2,795) | 1330 | 660 | 670 | |
| 71 | University of San Diego | Test Score is NOT considered for University of San Diego admission. | ||||
| 72 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 25% (1,432) | 1360 | 670 | 690 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 38% (3,547) | 1300 | 640 | 660 | |
| 74 | Gallaudet University | 24% (38) | 855 | 400 | 455 | |
| 75 | Loyola Marymount University | 19% (300) | 1360 | 680 | 680 | |
| 76 | Southern Methodist University | 17% (272) | 1450 | 710 | 740 | |
| 77 | University of Connecticut | 44% (1,798) | 1330 | 660 | 670 | |
| 78 | Fordham University | 27% (712) | 1400 | 690 | 710 | |
| 79 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 78% (9,745) | 1270 | 630 | 640 | |
| 80 | Wake Forest University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| 81 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Test Score is NOT considered for Arizona State University Campus Immersion admission. | ||||
| 82 | Syracuse University | 26% (1,078) | 1350 | 670 | 680 | |
| 83 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 47% (2,072) | 1370 | 680 | 690 | |
| 84 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 79% (3,320) | 1300 | 640 | 660 | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 21% (1,454) | 1240 | 620 | 620 | |
| 86 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 50% (3,906) | 1370 | 670 | 700 | |
| 87 | University of Central Florida | 72% (5,373) | 1278 | 645 | 633 | |
| 88 | Colorado School of Mines | 45% (686) | 1400 | 690 | 710 | |
| 89 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 31% (602) | 1250 | 620 | 630 | |
| 90 | Texas Christian University | 18% (458) | 1260 | 630 | 630 | |
| 91 | Baylor University | 28% (920) | 1320 | 660 | 660 | |
| 92 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 8% (521) | 1378 | 676 | 702 | |
| 93 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 1% (6) | 1275 | 620 | 655 | |
| 94 | The New School | Test Score is NOT considered for The New School admission. | ||||
| 95 | Michigan State University | 39% (3,834) | 1260 | 630 | 630 | |
| 96 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 1% (45) | 1180 | 590 | 590 | |
| 97 | San Diego State University | Test Score is NOT considered for San Diego State University admission. | ||||
| 98 | Florida International University | 90% (3,969) | 1150 | 590 | 560 | |
| 99 | University of Denver | 27% (444) | 1320 | 670 | 650 | |
| 100 | Harding University | 28% (221) | 1160 | 590 | 570 | |
| Average | 39.87% | 1406 | 693 | 713 | ||
ACT Scores Comparison
The average ACT score of Top 100 National Universities is 31. By subject, the average ACT English score is 32 and the ACT math score is 30.
The following table compares ACT Scores between Top 100 National Universities for academic year 2022-2023.
Compare Selected Schools
| Rank | Name | Submit%* (Submit#**) | Composite | English | Math | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford University | 23% (405) | 35 | 35 | 35 | |
| 2 | Harvard University | 28% (466) | 35 | 35 | 34 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 25% (376) | 35 | 35 | 34 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 32% (362) | 35 | 35 | 35 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 23% (356) | 35 | 35 | 34 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 29% (455) | 35 | 35 | 34 | |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | Test Score is NOT considered for California Institute of Technology admission. | ||||
| 8 | University of Chicago | 32% (546) | 34 | 35 | 34 | |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | 23% (545) | 35 | 35 | 35 | |
| 10 | Brown University | 27% (456) | 35 | 35 | 34 | |
| 11 | Northwestern University | 31% (638) | 34 | 35 | 34 | |
| 12 | Dartmouth College | 24% (272) | 34 | 35 | 34 | |
| 13 | Duke University | 37% (638) | 35 | 35 | 35 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 14% (490) | 34 | 35 | 34 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 23% (281) | 35 | 35 | 35 | |
| 16 | Vanderbilt University | 32% (519) | 35 | 35 | 34 | |
| 17 | University of California-Los Angeles | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Los Angeles admission. | ||||
| 18 | University of California-Berkeley | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Berkeley admission. | ||||
| 19 | Georgetown University | 36% (569) | 34 | 35 | 33 | |
| 20 | University of Southern California | 16% (559) | 34 | 35 | 33 | |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins University | 15% (217) | 35 | 35 | 35 | |
| 22 | Washington University in St Louis | 33% (597) | 34 | 35 | 34 | |
| 23 | University of Notre Dame | 31% (628) | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Tufts University | 19% (315) | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 20% (338) | 35 | 35 | 35 | |
| 26 | Emory University | 24% (335) | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | New York University | 11% (688) | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Lehigh University | 13% (198) | 32 | 33 | 30 | |
| 29 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 17% (674) | 33 | 35 | 32 | |
| 30 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 32% (1,398) | 32 | 33 | 30 | |
| 31 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 24% (1,692) | 33 | 35 | 32 | |
| 32 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 38% (1,397) | 33 | 34 | 33 | |
| 33 | Boston University | 12% (448) | 33 | 34 | 31 | |
| 34 | Boston College | 18% (415) | 34 | 35 | 32 | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 11% (282) | 34 | 35 | 33 | |
| 36 | Brigham Young University | 55% (3,043) | 30 | 30 | 28 | |
| 37 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 34% (620) | 32 | 34 | 29 | |
| 38 | University of California-San Diego | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-San Diego admission. | ||||
| 39 | University of Rochester | 11% (173) | 33 | 35 | 33 | |
| 40 | George Washington University | 15% (446) | 32 | 34 | 29 | |
| 41 | University of California-Santa Barbara | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Barbara admission. | ||||
| 42 | Yeshiva University | 25% (159) | 31 | 33 | 28 | |
| 43 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 8% (82) | 33 | 34 | 32 | |
| 44 | University of California-Irvine | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Irvine admission. | ||||
| 45 | Brandeis University | 17% (167) | 33 | 34 | 31 | |
| 46 | University of Florida | 41% (2,729) | 31 | 32 | 28 | |
| 47 | Villanova University | 15% (265) | 33 | 35 | 31 | |
| 48 | University of California-Davis | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Davis admission. | ||||
| 49 | University of Maryland-College Park | 2% (90) | 33 | 34 | 31 | |
| 50 | Case Western Reserve University | 22% (335) | 33 | 34 | 33 | |
| 51 | American University | 17% (303) | 31 | 33 | 27 | |
| 52 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 15% (292) | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| 53 | University of Miami | 22% (520) | 32 | 33 | 29 | |
| 54 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 40% (3,440) | 29 | 29 | 28 | |
| 55 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Seattle Campus admission. | ||||
| 56 | Santa Clara University | 17% (278) | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| 57 | University of Georgia | 26% (1,622) | 30 | 34 | 29 | |
| 58 | William & Mary | 18% (300) | 33 | 35 | 31 | |
| 59 | Pepperdine University | 13% (127) | 31 | 32 | 28 | |
| 60 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 20% (1,560) | 32 | 33 | 31 | |
| 61 | Chapman University | 12% (252) | 29 | 30 | 27 | |
| 62 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 29% (2,702) | 31 | 31 | 30 | |
| 63 | Florida State University | 32% (1,926) | 29 | 29 | 26 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas at Austin | 22% (1,983) | 30 | 32 | 28 | |
| 65 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40% (3,220) | 30 | 32 | 29 | |
| 66 | University of Tulsa | 52% (338) | 26 | 27 | 25 | |
| 67 | University of Delaware | 4% (200) | 29 | 29 | 27 | |
| 68 | University of California-Santa Cruz | Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Cruz admission. | ||||
| 69 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 15% (89) | 30 | 30 | 29 | |
| 70 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 7% (468) | 30 | 30 | 28 | |
| 71 | University of San Diego | Test Score is NOT considered for University of San Diego admission. | ||||
| 72 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 27% (1,509) | 30 | 30 | 28 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 7% (654) | 29 | 29 | 28 | |
| 74 | Gallaudet University | 71% (113) | 16 | 13 | 16 | |
| 75 | Loyola Marymount University | 11% (174) | 31 | 33 | 29 | |
| 76 | Southern Methodist University | 21% (342) | 32 | 34 | 30 | |
| 77 | University of Connecticut | 6% (247) | 31 | 31 | 29 | |
| 78 | Fordham University | 10% (270) | 32 | 34 | 29 | |
| 79 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 22% (2,750) | 28 | 28 | 27 | |
| 80 | Wake Forest University | Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported. | ||||
| 81 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Test Score is NOT considered for Arizona State University Campus Immersion admission. | ||||
| 82 | Syracuse University | 11% (446) | 30 | 31 | 27 | |
| 83 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 16% (689) | 31 | 32 | 28 | |
| 84 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 19% (793) | 28 | 29 | 27 | |
| 85 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 59% (4,014) | 28 | 28 | 26 | |
| 86 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 6% (450) | 31 | 32 | 29 | |
| 87 | University of Central Florida | 29% (2,142) | 27 | 27 | 25 | |
| 88 | Colorado School of Mines | 24% (365) | 31 | 32 | 31 | |
| 89 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 2% (43) | 28 | 28 | 26 | |
| 90 | Texas Christian University | 20% (505) | 29 | 30 | 27 | |
| 91 | Baylor University | 23% (750) | 30 | 32 | 28 | |
| 92 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 39% (2,610) | 29 | 29 | 28 | |
| 93 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 71% (815) | 28 | 27 | 28 | |
| 94 | The New School | Test Score is NOT considered for The New School admission. | ||||
| 95 | Michigan State University | 11% (1,107) | 28 | 28 | 27 | |
| 96 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 4% (129) | 21 | 21 | 19 | |
| 97 | San Diego State University | Test Score is NOT considered for San Diego State University admission. | ||||
| 98 | Florida International University | 10% (455) | 24 | 23 | 21 | |
| 99 | University of Denver | 23% (378) | 30 | 31 | 27 | |
| 100 | Harding University | 76% (612) | 24 | 24 | 23 | |
| Average | 23.69% | 31 | 32 | 30 | ||
*Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.
**Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.
Application Requirements
The following table list and compare the requirements when applying Top 100 National Universities based on academic year 2022-2023 data.
Compare Selected Schools
✔: Required △: Considered but not Required ✔: Recommended ✗: Neither Required nor Recommended
- HS GPA: High School or Secondary School GPA
- HS Rank: High School or Secondary School Rank
- HS Record: High School or Secondary School Record
- Prep. Program: Completion of College Preparatory Program
- Rec.: Recommendations
- Comp.: Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g., portfolios, certificates of mastery, assessment instruments)
*Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.
**Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.