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Acceptance Rate and Application Statistics

The following table compares the admission related statistics including number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled between Top 100 Colleges by Forbes. The average acceptance rate of Top 100 Colleges by Forbes is 28.89% and the average admission yield (enrollment rate) is 26.36%.
California Institute of Technology has the tighest (lowest) acceptance rate of 2.57% and University of Chicago has the highest yield (enrollment rate) of 88.29% among Top 100 Colleges by Forbes. 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 2024-2025.
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Admission Stats Comparison Between Top 100 Colleges By Forbes
RankName ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateEnrollment Rate
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
28,232 (17,210/8,975) 1,284 (606/612) 1,102 (542/497) 5% (4%/7%) 86% (89%/6%)
2 Columbia University in the City of New York
60,115 (26,607/32,507) 2,400 (1,122/1,226) 1,558 (795/736) 4% (4%/4%) 65% (71%/2%)
3 Princeton University
40,468 (20,563/19,883) 1,868 (903/965) 1,410 (693/717) 5% (4%/5%) 75% (77%/4%)
4 Stanford University
57,326 (29,602/27,724) 2,067 (1,015/1,052) 1,693 (835/858) 4% (3%/4%) 82% (82%/3%)
5 University of California-Berkeley
124,242 (60,612/63,630) 13,639 (5,473/8,166) 6,272 (2,705/3,567) 11% (9%/13%) 46% (49%/6%)
6 Harvard University
54,008 (25,613/28,372) 1,970 (920/1,050) 1,647 (767/880) 4% (4%/4%) 84% (83%/3%)
7 Williams College
15,411 (7,280/7,256) 1,272 (582/638) 547 (261/278) 8% (8%/9%) 43% (45%/4%)
8 Johns Hopkins University
45,895 (20,391/25,469) 2,954 (1,419/1,527) 1,389 (625/762) 6% (7%/6%) 47% (44%/3%)
9 Yale University
57,517 (24,951/32,540) 2,227 (1,136/1,091) 1,554 (782/772) 4% (5%/3%) 70% (69%/2%)
10 University of Pennsylvania
65,226 (30,339/34,887) 3,523 (1,634/1,889) 2,395 (1,108/1,287) 5% (5%/5%) 68% (68%/4%)
11 Vanderbilt University
45,409 (20,851/24,553) 2,662 (1,238/1,424) 1,630 (744/886) 6% (6%/6%) 61% (60%/4%)
12 Rice University
32,473 (17,033/15,436) 2,597 (1,330/1,267) 1,148 (587/561) 8% (8%/8%) 44% (44%/4%)
13 University of Chicago
43,612 (19,195/23,636) 1,955 (1,070/885) 1,726 (955/771) 4% (6%/4%) 88% (89%/3%)
14 Cornell University
62,993 (32,321/30,643) 5,516 (2,529/2,987) 3,525 (1,648/1,877) 9% (8%/10%) 64% (65%/6%)
15 University of California-Los Angeles
146,272 (67,788/78,484) 13,114 (5,468/7,646) 6,610 (2,629/3,981) 9% (8%/10%) 50% (48%/5%)
16 Northwestern University
49,474 (23,774/25,686) 3,806 (1,735/2,070) 2,105 (977/1,127) 8% (7%/8%) 55% (56%/4%)
17 Dartmouth College
31,656 (15,153/15,812) 1,710 (893/795) 1,182 (612/554) 5% (6%/5%) 69% (69%/4%)
18 Brown University
48,904 (18,960/29,917) 2,638 (1,326/1,309) 1,719 (855/863) 5% (7%/4%) 65% (64%/3%)
19 Amherst College
13,743 (6,121/6,776) 1,238 (508/652) 480 (196/255) 9% (8%/10%) 39% (39%/4%)
20 University of California-San Diego
134,450 (63,349/71,101) 35,917 (14,810/21,107) 7,330 (3,155/4,175) 27% (23%/30%) 20% (21%/6%)
21 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
98,310 (48,101/50,209) 15,373 (6,684/8,689) 7,278 (3,199/4,079) 16% (14%/17%) 47% (48%/8%)
22 Duke University
51,795 (24,298/27,497) 2,957 (1,388/1,569) 1,740 (824/916) 6% (6%/6%) 59% (59%/3%)
23 Swarthmore College
13,065 (5,746/7,311) 975 (465/510) 427 (203/224) 7% (8%/7%) 44% (44%/3%)
24 California Institute of Technology
13,856 (9,401/4,446) 356 (166/190) 218 (107/111) 3% (2%/4%) 61% (64%/2%)
25 Washington University in St Louis
32,754 (15,330/17,411) 3,951 (1,920/2,030) 1,847 (862/985) 12% (13%/12%) 47% (45%/6%)
26 Claremont McKenna College
6,529 (2,967/3,225) 626 (291/312) 337 (171/156) 10% (10%/10%) 54% (59%/5%)
27 Emory University
33,450 (13,406/20,037) 3,562 (1,558/2,004) 1,438 (631/807) 11% (12%/10%) 40% (41%/4%)
28 University of Southern California
82,027 (36,539/44,530) 8,050 (3,870/4,067) 3,489 (1,623/1,866) 10% (11%/9%) 43% (42%/4%)
29 Wellesley College
8,714 (0/8,714) 1,224 (0/1,224) 583 (0/583) 14% (0%/14%) 48% (0%/7%)
30 University of Florida
73,557 (32,729/40,826) 17,804 (8,260/9,542) 7,513 (3,392/4,119) 24% (25%/23%) 42% (41%/10%)
31 University of California-Irvine
122,699 (57,725/64,974) 35,054 (14,772/20,282) 6,736 (2,846/3,890) 29% (26%/31%) 19% (19%/6%)
32 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
59,789 (40,022/19,765) 8,413 (4,634/3,779) 3,836 (2,160/1,676) 14% (12%/19%) 46% (47%/8%)
33 University of Notre Dame
29,942 (14,922/15,020) 3,374 (1,736/1,638) 2,082 (1,059/1,023) 11% (12%/11%) 62% (61%/7%)
34 University of Virginia-Main Campus
58,951 (27,252/31,685) 9,909 (4,382/5,527) 3,961 (1,718/2,243) 17% (16%/17%) 40% (39%/7%)
35 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
66,535 (27,893/38,632) 10,209 (4,256/5,953) 4,640 (1,752/2,888) 15% (15%/15%) 45% (41%/7%)
36 Pomona College
12,249 (5,283/6,956) 868 (401/466) 436 (194/242) 7% (8%/7%) 50% (48%/3%)
37 University of Maryland-College Park
60,056 (30,014/29,998) 26,902 (12,660/14,213) 5,818 (2,798/2,999) 45% (42%/47%) 22% (22%/10%)
38 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
73,742 (41,597/32,124) 31,247 (15,134/16,102) 9,008 (4,538/4,469) 42% (36%/50%) 29% (30%/14%)
39 Bowdoin College
13,265 (6,244/7,013) 946 (434/511) 507 (232/275) 7% (7%/7%) 54% (53%/4%)
40 Brigham Young University
11,698 (5,470/6,228) 7,929 (3,324/4,605) 6,147 (2,581/3,566) 68% (61%/74%) 78% (78%/57%)
41 Georgetown University
26,131 (10,768/15,102) 3,374 (1,393/1,953) 1,575 (661/900) 13% (13%/13%) 47% (47%/6%)
42 University of California-Santa Barbara
110,259 (50,112/60,147) 36,347 (14,725/21,622) 5,008 (1,918/3,090) 33% (29%/36%) 14% (13%/5%)
43 Carnegie Mellon University
33,941 (20,143/12,734) 3,959 (1,973/1,870) 1,808 (974/780) 12% (10%/15%) 46% (49%/6%)
44 University of California-Davis
98,864 (43,348/52,516) 41,353 (17,217/24,136) 6,767 (2,771/3,996) 42% (40%/46%) 16% (16%/8%)
45 Boston University
78,769 (30,456/44,822) 8,749 (3,492/4,975) 3,268 (1,267/1,887) 11% (11%/11%) 37% (36%/4%)
46 The University of Texas at Austin
72,885 (35,912/36,750) 19,417 (8,101/11,264) 9,210 (3,847/5,343) 27% (23%/31%) 47% (47%/15%)
47 Washington and Lee University
8,213 (4,222/3,990) 1,147 (525/622) 472 (231/241) 14% (12%/16%) 41% (44%/6%)
48 Colgate University
20,682 (10,080/10,588) 2,871 (1,196/1,674) 825 (359/466) 14% (12%/16%) 29% (30%/4%)
49 New York University
110,807 (45,074/65,681) 10,232 (4,093/6,131) 5,666 (2,351/3,311) 9% (9%/9%) 55% (57%/5%)
50 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
69,166 (31,651/37,515) 27,076 (11,110/15,966) 7,196 (3,147/4,049) 39% (35%/43%) 27% (28%/11%)
51 Wesleyan University
14,389 (5,915/8,460) 2,373 (1,066/1,304) 825 (388/437) 16% (18%/15%) 35% (36%/5%)
52 Middlebury College
12,540 (5,539/6,985) 1,348 (677/670) 598 (272/326) 11% (12%/10%) 44% (40%/5%)
53 University of Wisconsin-Madison
65,894 (32,837/33,037) 29,782 (13,832/15,941) 8,514 (3,779/4,734) 45% (42%/48%) 29% (27%/14%)
54 Boston College
35,037 (14,202/20,829) 5,755 (2,853/2,902) 2,501 (1,240/1,261) 16% (20%/14%) 43% (43%/6%)
55 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
68,371 (33,952/34,419) 21,416 (9,124/12,292) 5,271 (2,432/2,839) 31% (27%/36%) 25% (27%/8%)
56 Haverford College
7,341 (3,631/3,705) 908 (401/506) 387 (183/203) 12% (11%/14%) 43% (46%/5%)
57 University of Georgia
42,732 (17,793/24,933) 16,108 (6,275/9,833) 6,169 (2,364/3,805) 38% (35%/39%) 38% (38%/15%)
58 Tufts University
34,432 (14,314/18,839) 3,957 (1,633/2,189) 1,801 (733/1,000) 11% (11%/12%) 46% (45%/5%)
59 Davidson College
8,114 (3,956/4,156) 1,085 (519/565) 520 (252/268) 13% (13%/14%) 48% (49%/6%)
60 William & Mary
17,798 (6,742/11,047) 6,064 (2,519/3,544) 1,614 (643/971) 34% (37%/32%) 27% (26%/9%)
61 Texas A & M University-College Station
54,669 (27,258/27,411) 31,397 (15,582/15,815) 12,530 (6,291/6,239) 57% (57%/58%) 40% (40%/23%)
62 Purdue University-Main Campus
78,745 (48,473/30,272) 39,272 (22,551/16,721) 11,467 (6,945/4,522) 50% (47%/55%) 29% (31%/15%)
63 University of California-Santa Cruz
71,722 (31,765/39,957) 47,186 (19,903/27,283) 4,383 (1,979/2,404) 66% (63%/68%) 9% (10%/6%)
64 Lehigh University
20,396 (10,556/9,834) 5,289 (2,551/2,736) 1,501 (795/706) 26% (24%/28%) 28% (31%/7%)
65 Santa Clara University
18,970 (8,928/10,042) 9,105 (3,975/5,130) 1,611 (805/806) 48% (45%/51%) 18% (20%/8%)
66 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
44,047 (21,260/22,777) 18,385 (7,980/10,401) 5,839 (2,828/3,011) 42% (38%/46%) 32% (35%/13%)
67 George Washington University
27,016 (9,735/17,272) 12,723 (4,432/8,286) 2,459 (843/1,616) 47% (46%/48%) 19% (19%/9%)
68 Binghamton University
53,007 (23,527/29,452) 20,464 (9,217/11,233) 3,248 (1,584/1,661) 39% (39%/38%) 16% (17%/6%)
69 University of Rochester
21,384 (10,565/10,806) 8,570 (3,971/4,591) 1,317 (682/635) 40% (38%/42%) 15% (17%/6%)
70 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
68,614 (32,652/35,948) 39,899 (18,574/21,314) 8,191 (4,045/4,146) 58% (57%/59%) 21% (22%/12%)
71 Colby College
19,187 (9,391/9,785) 1,360 (690/670) 628 (326/302) 7% (7%/7%) 46% (47%/3%)
72 Florida State University
78,272 (32,146/46,088) 18,954 (8,588/10,359) 5,855 (2,502/3,352) 24% (27%/22%) 31% (29%/7%)
73 Hamilton College
8,531 (3,964/4,560) 1,162 (515/645) 453 (215/238) 14% (13%/14%) 39% (42%/5%)
74 College of the Holy Cross
9,568 (4,481/5,084) 1,685 (794/890) 835 (374/460) 18% (18%/18%) 50% (47%/9%)
75 Villanova University
23,256 (10,207/13,046) 6,274 (2,823/3,450) 1,740 (773/967) 27% (28%/26%) 28% (27%/7%)
76 University of Miami
53,954 (21,427/32,497) 10,195 (4,816/5,361) 2,473 (1,100/1,368) 19% (22%/16%) 24% (23%/4%)
77 University of California-Riverside
58,048 (27,684/30,364) 44,343 (20,031/24,312) 5,422 (2,512/2,910) 76% (72%/80%) 12% (13%/10%)
78 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
41,496 (20,012/21,345) 33,091 (15,827/17,170) 7,391 (3,411/3,946) 80% (79%/80%) 22% (22%/18%)
79 Michigan State University
62,138 (29,049/33,067) 52,690 (24,505/28,167) 9,652 (4,456/5,193) 85% (84%/85%) 18% (18%/16%)
80 Stony Brook University
55,880 (25,499/30,344) 27,406 (12,091/15,295) 4,042 (2,001/2,041) 49% (47%/50%) 15% (17%/7%)
81 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
52,498 (30,054/22,242) 28,758 (15,531/13,105) 7,289 (3,966/3,295) 55% (52%/59%) 25% (26%/15%)
82 Trinity University
12,506 (5,481/7,023) 3,241 (1,359/1,882) 650 (298/352) 26% (25%/27%) 20% (22%/5%)
83 Ohio State University-Main Campus
72,829 (35,783/37,046) 44,116 (21,328/22,788) 9,607 (4,582/5,025) 61% (60%/62%) 22% (21%/14%)
84 Harvey Mudd College
5,094 (3,424/1,664) 645 (293/351) 231 (115/116) 13% (9%/21%) 36% (39%/7%)
85 Bucknell University
11,377 (5,691/5,684) 3,291 (1,460/1,830) 991 (470/521) 29% (26%/32%) 30% (32%/9%)
86 Clemson University
61,517 (23,737/36,761) 23,586 (8,572/14,573) 4,880 (1,923/2,897) 38% (36%/40%) 21% (22%/8%)
87 San Diego State University
89,972 (37,490/52,482) 32,561 (12,805/19,756) 6,629 (2,624/4,005) 36% (34%/38%) 20% (20%/8%)
88 Trinity College
7,460 (3,401/4,055) 2,182 (939/1,242) 542 (265/277) 29% (28%/31%) 25% (28%/7%)
89 Smith College
8,666 (0/8,666) 1,820 (0/1,820) 645 (0/645) 21% (0%/21%) 35% (0%/7%)
90 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
28,111 (13,680/14,047) 13,357 (5,684/7,489) 2,532 (1,304/1,204) 48% (42%/53%) 19% (23%/9%)
91 Lafayette College
10,195 (5,322/4,871) 3,206 (1,566/1,640) 698 (338/360) 31% (29%/34%) 22% (22%/7%)
92 University of Richmond
16,152 (6,749/9,397) 3,585 (1,613/1,969) 841 (382/459) 22% (24%/21%) 23% (24%/5%)
93 University of Colorado Boulder
67,286 (33,451/33,805) 52,539 (24,316/28,201) 7,432 (3,666/3,762) 78% (73%/83%) 14% (15%/11%)
94 Indiana University-Bloomington
67,658 (32,684/34,954) 52,918 (24,941/27,965) 9,611 (4,718/4,893) 78% (76%/80%) 18% (19%/14%)
95 Babson College
9,381 (5,829/3,550) 1,603 (813/790) 625 (321/304) 17% (14%/22%) 39% (39%/9%)
96 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
24,893 (10,811/14,082) 19,069 (8,017/11,052) 5,593 (2,381/3,212) 77% (74%/78%) 29% (30%/23%)
97 California State University-Long Beach
83,967 (34,211/49,756) 38,854 (14,479/24,375) 6,482 (2,509/3,973) 46% (42%/49%) 17% (17%/8%)
98 Wake Forest University
18,727 (8,224/10,498) 4,058 (1,919/2,137) 1,464 (671/793) 22% (23%/20%) 36% (35%/8%)
99 University of Utah
26,822 (13,715/13,092) 23,062 (11,633/11,418) 6,001 (3,039/2,962) 86% (85%/87%) 26% (26%/23%)
100 Bates College
10,027 (5,012/5,007) 1,336 (612/724) 488 (220/268) 13% (12%/14%) 37% (36%/5%)
Average45,708 (21,366/21,397)13,206 (5,933/7,247)3,552 (1,637/1,909)28.89% (27.8%/33.9%)26.36% (27.0%/25.8%)
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SAT Scores Comparison

The average SAT score of Top 100 Colleges by Forbes is 1461. By subject, the average score of the SAT EBRW(Evidence-based Reading and Writing) is 720 and the average SAT Math score is 740.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest SAT scores of 1,560 and University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus has the lowest SAT scores of 1,238 among Top 100 Colleges by Forbes. The following table compares SAT Scores between Top 100 Colleges by Forbes for the academic year 2024-2025.
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SAT Score Comparison Between Top 100 Colleges By Forbes
RankNameSubmit%*
(Submit#**)		SAT TotalEvidence-Based Reading and WritingMath
1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
83%
(911)		1560760800
2Columbia University in the City of New York
45%
(680)		1550760790
3Princeton University
56%
(783)		1550760790
4Stanford University
51%
(857)		1550760790
5University of California-Berkeley
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Berkeley admission.
6Harvard University
54%
(892)		1550760790
7Williams College
35%
(190)		1540760780
8Johns Hopkins University
50%
(691)		1550760790
9Yale University
61%
(950)		1540760780
10University of Pennsylvania
50%
(1,204)		1550760790
11Vanderbilt University
27%
(447)		1540750790
12Rice University
48%
(546)		1550760790
13University of Chicago
49%
(850)		1550760790
14Cornell University
40%
(1,424)		1540750790
15University of California-Los Angeles
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Los Angeles admission.
16Northwestern University
46%
(963)		1540760780
17Dartmouth College
51%
(597)		1540760780
18Brown University
61%
(1,046)		1540760780
19Amherst College
39%
(187)		1540760780
20University of California-San Diego
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-San Diego admission.
21University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
51%
(3,697)		1460720740
22Duke University
48%
(824)		1540760780
23Swarthmore College
39%
(168)		1540760780
24California Institute of Technology
Test Score is NOT considered for California Institute of Technology admission.
25Washington University in St Louis
29%
(538)		1540750790
26Claremont McKenna College
26%
(87)		1530750780
27Emory University
43%
(623)		1520740780
28University of Southern California
34%
(1,191)		1500730770
29Wellesley College
43%
(248)		1520750770
30University of Florida
80%
(5,908)		1400700700
31University of California-Irvine
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Irvine admission.
32Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
77%
(2,966)		1480720760
33University of Notre Dame
33%
(684)		1520750770
34University of Virginia-Main Campus
46%
(1,805)		1480730750
35University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
28%
(1,320)		1480730750
36Pomona College
36%
(155)		1540760780
37University of Maryland-College Park
42%
(2,448)		1465720745
38University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
48%
(4,310)		1440700740
39Bowdoin College
31%
(158)		1520750770
40Brigham Young University
12%
(739)		1360680680
41Georgetown University
78%
(1,232)		1490740750
42University of California-Santa Barbara
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Barbara admission.
43Carnegie Mellon University
53%
(951)		1540750790
44University of California-Davis
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Davis admission.
45Boston University
33%
(1,083)		1480720760
46The University of Texas at Austin
56%
(5,189)		1390690700
47Washington and Lee University
24%
(111)		1480730750
48Colgate University
22%
(184)		1500740760
49New York University
28%
(1,598)		1520740780
50University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Seattle Campus admission.
51Wesleyan University
29%
(239)		1490740750
52Middlebury College
25%
(151)		1500740760
53University of Wisconsin-Madison
15%
(1,241)		1460710750
54Boston College
30%
(711)		1500740760
55California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Test Score is NOT considered for California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo admission.
56Haverford College
39%
(151)		1510750760
57University of Georgia
61%
(3,785)		1370680690
58Tufts University
40%
(716)		1510740770
59Davidson College
28%
(147)		1460720740
60William & Mary
43%
(696)		1470740730
61Texas A & M University-College Station
79%
(8,888)		1270630640
62Purdue University-Main Campus
79%
(9,110)		1350660690
63University of California-Santa Cruz
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Cruz admission.
64Lehigh University
30%
(445)		1440710730
65Santa Clara University
24%
(385)		1420700720
66North Carolina State University at Raleigh
18%
(1,072)		1370680690
67George Washington University
26%
(648)		1430720710
68Binghamton University
44%
(1,423)		1410700710
69University of Rochester
19%
(249)		1490720770
70Rutgers University-New Brunswick
50%
(4,109)		1410690720
71Colby College
36%
(224)		1510740770
72Florida State University
64%
(3,487)		1350680670
73Hamilton College
34%
(156)		1500740760
74College of the Holy Cross
30%
(254)		1340670670
75Villanova University
19%
(323)		1450710740
76University of Miami
33%
(817)		1400700700
77University of California-Riverside
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Riverside admission.
78University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
8%
(606)		1410690720
79Michigan State University
39%
(3,746)		1260630630
80Stony Brook University
34%
(1,368)		1420690730
81Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
41%
(3,010)		1360670690
82Trinity University
29%
(186)		1405710695
83Ohio State University-Main Campus
17%
(1,615)		1400680720
84Harvey Mudd College
52%
(119)		1540750790
85Bucknell University
29%
(283)		1400700700
86Clemson University
35%
(1,698)		1320660660
87San Diego State University
Test Score is NOT considered for San Diego State University admission.
88Trinity College
7%
(38)		1405715690
89Smith College
29%
(189)		1490750740
90CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
12%
(296)		1280630650
91Lafayette College
24%
(164)		1430710720
92University of Richmond
19%
(156)		1480730750
93University of Colorado Boulder
18%
(1,372)		1340670670
94Indiana University-Bloomington
42%
(4,054)		1290640650
95Babson College
22%
(139)		1460700760
96University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
23%
(1,286)		1238625613
97California State University-Long Beach
Test Score is NOT considered for California State University-Long Beach admission.
98Wake Forest University
22%
(325)		1470730740
99University of Utah
10%
(574)		1285645640
100Bates College
12%
(60)		1465730735
Average37.99% 1461720740

*Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.

**Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.

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ACT Scores Comparison

The average ACT score of Top 100 Colleges by Forbes is 33. By subject, the average ACT English score is 33 and the ACT math score is 31.
The following table compares ACT Scores between Top 100 Colleges by Forbes for academic year 2024-2025.
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ACT Score Comparison Between Top 100 Colleges By Forbes
RankNameSubmit%*
(Submit#**)		CompositeEnglishMath
1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
29%
(322)		353535
2Columbia University in the City of New York
18%
(267)		353535
3Princeton University
21%
(303)		353535
4Stanford University
19%
(324)		353535
5University of California-Berkeley
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Berkeley admission.
6Harvard University
19%
(321)		353535
7Williams College
17%
(92)		343534
8Johns Hopkins University
18%
(254)		353535
9Yale University
25%
(384)		343534
10University of Pennsylvania
17%
(416)		353535
11Vanderbilt University
25%
(401)		353534
12Rice University
22%
(248)		353535
13University of Chicago
27%
(460)		353534
14Cornell University
13%
(455)		343535
15University of California-Los Angeles
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Los Angeles admission.
16Northwestern University
23%
(488)		343534
17Dartmouth College
22%
(259)		343534
18Brown University
24%
(410)		353534
19Amherst College
22%
(105)		343534
20University of California-San Diego
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-San Diego admission.
21University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
18%
(1,274)		333533
22Duke University
30%
(526)		353535
23Swarthmore College
16%
(69)		343533
24California Institute of Technology
Test Score is NOT considered for California Institute of Technology admission.
25Washington University in St Louis
28%
(517)		343534
26Claremont McKenna College
13%
(45)		343533
27Emory University
20%
(286)		34
28University of Southern California
12%
(432)		333533
29Wellesley College
18%
(106)		343532
30University of Florida
40%
(2,952)		313229
31University of California-Irvine
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Irvine admission.
32Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
35%
(1,354)		333432
33University of Notre Dame
26%
(541)		34
34University of Virginia-Main Campus
14%
(547)		333533
35University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
41%
(1,896)		313329
36Pomona College
14%
(59)		343533
37University of Maryland-College Park
7%
(411)		343432
38University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
16%
(1,408)		323432
39Bowdoin College
17%
(85)		343532
40Brigham Young University
46%
(2,807)		303128
41Georgetown University
30%
(480)		333532
42University of California-Santa Barbara
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Barbara admission.
43Carnegie Mellon University
22%
(405)		353535
44University of California-Davis
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Davis admission.
45Boston University
10%
(330)		333532
46The University of Texas at Austin
18%
(1,686)		313229
47Washington and Lee University
20%
(94)		343532
48Colgate University
14%
(116)		343532
49New York University
10%
(583)		34
50University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Seattle Campus admission.
51Wesleyan University
16%
(132)		343531
52Middlebury College
17%
(100)		34
53University of Wisconsin-Madison
29%
(2,498)		313230
54Boston College
15%
(366)		343532
55California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Test Score is NOT considered for California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo admission.
56Haverford College
17%
(67)		343533
57University of Georgia
38%
(2,356)		323329
58Tufts University
19%
(335)		34
59Davidson College
23%
(121)		33
60William & Mary
16%
(252)		333530
61Texas A & M University-College Station
21%
(2,328)		282827
62Purdue University-Main Campus
25%
(2,898)		313230
63University of California-Santa Cruz
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Cruz admission.
64Lehigh University
9%
(137)		323431
65Santa Clara University
10%
(154)		3231
66North Carolina State University at Raleigh
29%
(1,688)		303028
67George Washington University
11%
(272)		323430
68Binghamton University
9%
(297)		323330
69University of Rochester
6%
(78)		333433
70Rutgers University-New Brunswick
5%
(432)		313230
71Colby College
16%
(98)		333531
72Florida State University
36%
(1,968)		303127
73Hamilton College
16%
(71)		34
74College of the Holy Cross
15%
(127)		303127
75Villanova University
9%
(164)		333532
76University of Miami
19%
(477)		323329
77University of California-Riverside
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Riverside admission.
78University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
33%
(2,463)		292827
79Michigan State University
7%
(651)		282826
80Stony Brook University
3%
(129)		313331
81Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
9%
(668)		303029
82Trinity University
14%
(89)		323429
83Ohio State University-Main Campus
31%
(3,005)		303129
84Harvey Mudd College
16%
(36)		353535
85Bucknell University
10%
(96)		323329
86Clemson University
20%
(966)		313128
87San Diego State University
Test Score is NOT considered for San Diego State University admission.
88Trinity College
3%
(15)		323430
89Smith College
14%
(88)		343531
90CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported.
91Lafayette College
10%
(70)		313430
92University of Richmond
14%
(117)		34
93University of Colorado Boulder
6%
(453)		313228
94Indiana University-Bloomington
14%
(1,357)		303129
95Babson College
3%
(21)		323232
96University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
40%
(2,258)		262624
97California State University-Long Beach
Test Score is NOT considered for California State University-Long Beach admission.
98Wake Forest University
26%
(376)		333531
99University of Utah
38%
(2,252)		262525
100Bates College
4%
(18)		33
Average19.03% 333331

*Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.

**Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.

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Application Requirements

The following table list and compare the requirements when applying Top 100 Colleges by Forbes based on academic year 2024-2025 data.
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Application Requirements Comparison Between Top 100 Colleges By Forbes
Rank NameHS GPAHS RankHS Record Prep. ProgramRec.Compe.SAT/ACTTOEFL
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✔✓
2 Columbia University in the City of New York
✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✓
3 Princeton University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
4 Stanford University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓
5 University of California-Berkeley
✔✗ ✔✓ ✓✗ ✗✔
6 Harvard University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓
7 Williams College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✓
8 Johns Hopkins University
✔✓ ✔✗ ✔✗ ✓✔
9 Yale University
✓✓ ✔✗ ✔✓ ✓✔
10 University of Pennsylvania
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓
11 Vanderbilt University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
12 Rice University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
13 University of Chicago
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✓
14 Cornell University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
15 University of California-Los Angeles
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
16 Northwestern University
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
17 Dartmouth College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
18 Brown University
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✓
19 Amherst College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
20 University of California-San Diego
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
21 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
22 Duke University
✔✗ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✗
23 Swarthmore College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓
24 California Institute of Technology
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✗✔
25 Washington University in St Louis
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
26 Claremont McKenna College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
27 Emory University
✗✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✓
28 University of Southern California
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✔ ✓✔
29 Wellesley College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓
30 University of Florida
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✔✗
31 University of California-Irvine
✔✔ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
32 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
✔✗ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✔✔
33 University of Notre Dame
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
34 University of Virginia-Main Campus
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓
35 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
36 Pomona College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
37 University of Maryland-College Park
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
38 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
✗✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✓✔
39 Bowdoin College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✓
40 Brigham Young University
✔✗ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
41 Georgetown University
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓
42 University of California-Santa Barbara
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
43 Carnegie Mellon University
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
44 University of California-Davis
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
45 Boston University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
46 The University of Texas at Austin
✓✓ ✔✔ ✓✓ ✓✔
47 Washington and Lee University
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
48 Colgate University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
49 New York University
✔✗ ✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✔
50 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
51 Wesleyan University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓
52 Middlebury College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
53 University of Wisconsin-Madison
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
54 Boston College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
55 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
56 Haverford College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
57 University of Georgia
✔✗ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✔✓
58 Tufts University
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
59 Davidson College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
60 William & Mary
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✓
61 Texas A & M University-College Station
✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✗ ✓✔
62 Purdue University-Main Campus
✗✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✔✔
63 University of California-Santa Cruz
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
64 Lehigh University
✔✗ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
65 Santa Clara University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
66 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
67 George Washington University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
68 Binghamton University
✔✗ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
69 University of Rochester
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
70 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
✔✓ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✓✔
71 Colby College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✔
72 Florida State University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✔✔
73 Hamilton College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
74 College of the Holy Cross
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
75 Villanova University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
76 University of Miami
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
77 University of California-Riverside
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
78 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
✓✓ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
79 Michigan State University
✔✗ ✗✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
80 Stony Brook University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
81 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
✔✗ ✔✓ ✗✗ ✓✔
82 Trinity University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
83 Ohio State University-Main Campus
✔✔ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
84 Harvey Mudd College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
85 Bucknell University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
86 Clemson University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✓ ✓✔
87 San Diego State University
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
88 Trinity College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
89 Smith College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
90 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
✔✗ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
91 Lafayette College
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
92 University of Richmond
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
93 University of Colorado Boulder
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
94 Indiana University-Bloomington
✔✔ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
95 Babson College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
96 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✔
97 California State University-Long Beach
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
98 Wake Forest University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
99 University of Utah
✔✗ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✔
100 Bates College
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔

✔: 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)
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