Admission Comparison Between Top Public Colleges

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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 Public Colleges. The average acceptance rate of Top 100 Public Colleges is 48.01% and the average admission yield (enrollment rate) is 25.32%.

University of California-Los Angeles has the tighest (lowest) acceptance rate of 8.57% and United States Naval Academy has the highest yield (enrollment rate) of 85.18% among Top 100 Public Colleges. 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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Admission Stats Comparison Between Top 100 Public Colleges
	Rank	Name	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Enrollment Rate
	1	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%)
	2	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%)
	3	United States Naval Academy	12,927 (9,345/3,582)	1,390 (991/399)	1,184 (852/332)	11% (11%/11%)	85% (86%/9%)
	4	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%)
	5	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%)
	6	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%)
	7	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%)
	8	United States Military Academy	12,559 (8,835/3,724)	1,501 (1,183/318)	1,173 (926/247)	12% (13%/9%)	78% (78%/7%)
	9	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%)
	10	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	1,220 (788/432)	908 (594/314)	301 (231/70)	74% (75%/73%)	33% (39%/16%)
	11	United States Air Force Academy	8,353 (5,912/2,441)	1,356 (963/393)	1,056 (755/301)	16% (16%/16%)	78% (78%/12%)
	12	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%)
	13	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%)
	14	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%)
	15	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%)
	16	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%)
	17	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%)
	18	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%)
	19	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%)
	20	William & Mary	18,087 (6,841/11,246)	6,059 (2,661/3,398)	1,642 (725/917)	33% (39%/30%)	27% (27%/8%)
	21	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	360 (138/222)	307 (112/195)	54 (28/26)	85% (81%/88%)	18% (25%/12%)
	22	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%)
	23	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%)
	24	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%)
	25	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%)
	26	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%)
	27	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%)
	28	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%)
	29	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%)
	30	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%)
	31	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%)
	32	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	58,774 (29,613/29,161)	17,885 (7,431/10,454)	5,110 (2,412/2,698)	30% (25%/36%)	29% (32%/9%)
	33	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%)
	34	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%)
	35	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%)
	36	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%)
	37	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%)
	38	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%)
	39	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%)
	40	University of South Florida-Sarasota-Manatee	No admission statistics available for the school.
	41	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%)
	42	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%)
	43	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	25,693 (11,507/14,085)	12,727 (4,872/7,821)	2,592 (1,228/1,363)	50% (42%/56%)	20% (25%/10%)
	44	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%)
	45	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%)
	46	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%)
	47	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%)
	48	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%)
	49	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%)
	50	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%)
	51	University of South Florida	65,568 (26,545/39,023)	28,801 (11,661/17,140)	6,800 (2,850/3,950)	44% (44%/44%)	24% (24%/10%)
	52	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	45,451 (21,896/23,555)	28,871 (11,819/17,052)	5,589 (2,577/3,012)	64% (54%/72%)	19% (22%/13%)
	53	Clemson University	52,819 (20,644/32,170)	22,704 (8,497/14,207)	4,588 (1,912/2,676)	43% (41%/44%)	20% (23%/8%)
	54	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	19,102 (8,541/10,561)	15,022 (6,588/8,434)	4,640 (2,256/2,384)	79% (77%/80%)	31% (34%/23%)
	55	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	21,016 (8,814/12,202)	18,281 (7,382/10,899)	2,942 (1,268/1,674)	87% (84%/89%)	16% (17%/14%)
	56	University of Nevada-Reno	9,398 (4,152/5,238)	8,047 (3,520/4,523)	3,296 (1,504/1,792)	86% (85%/86%)	41% (43%/34%)
	57	Texas State University	28,908 (10,441/18,334)	25,353 (8,681/16,550)	7,604 (2,799/4,723)	88% (83%/90%)	30% (32%/26%)
	58	University of California-Riverside	54,683 (25,945/28,738)	37,563 (16,502/21,061)	5,573 (2,640/2,933)	69% (64%/73%)	15% (16%/10%)
	59	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	21,548 (9,427/12,121)	15,712 (6,734/8,978)	4,683 (2,051/2,632)	73% (71%/74%)	30% (30%/22%)
	60	University of South Carolina-Columbia	42,188 (16,818/25,370)	27,022 (9,970/17,052)	6,574 (2,591/3,983)	64% (59%/67%)	24% (26%/16%)
	61	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	4,537 (2,188/2,349)	3,996 (1,926/2,070)	980 (546/434)	88% (88%/88%)	25% (28%/18%)
	62	California State University-Long Beach	74,718 (30,081/44,637)	29,851 (10,738/19,113)	5,365 (2,093/3,272)	40% (36%/43%)	18% (19%/7%)
	63	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	11,752 (4,316/7,436)	8,762 (3,151/5,611)	2,885 (1,200/1,685)	75% (73%/75%)	33% (38%/23%)
	64	Stony Brook University	40,513 (18,093/22,420)	19,908 (8,324/11,584)	3,347 (1,611/1,736)	49% (46%/52%)	17% (19%/8%)
	65	Virginia Military Institute	1,192 (979/210)	847 (710/136)	358 (306/52)	71% (73%/65%)	42% (43%/25%)
	66	The College of New Jersey	10,302 (4,447/5,855)	6,638 (2,739/3,899)	1,583 (660/923)	64% (62%/67%)	24% (24%/16%)
	67	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	13,275 (5,568/7,703)	11,325 (4,642/6,680)	4,312 (1,884/2,427)	85% (83%/87%)	38% (41%/32%)
	68	University of Arkansas	26,219 (10,966/15,253)	20,695 (8,398/12,297)	7,099 (3,166/3,933)	79% (77%/81%)	34% (38%/26%)
	69	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	38,853 (15,321/23,532)	29,419 (11,170/18,249)	7,401 (3,083/4,318)	76% (73%/78%)	25% (28%/18%)
	70	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	1,974 (897/1,077)	1,744 (785/959)	625 (314/311)	88% (88%/89%)	36% (40%/29%)
	71	University of Utah	21,072 (10,624/10,439)	18,781 (9,262/9,513)	5,520 (2,737/2,777)	89% (87%/91%)	29% (30%/27%)
	72	University of Vermont	30,231 (9,918/20,313)	18,075 (5,459/12,616)	3,000 (991/2,009)	60% (55%/62%)	17% (18%/10%)
	73	California State University-Bakersfield	13,834 (5,621/8,213)	11,973 (4,759/7,214)	1,107 (391/716)	87% (85%/88%)	9% (8%/9%)
	74	University at Buffalo	30,939 (14,917/16,022)	20,948 (9,773/11,175)	4,215 (2,191/2,024)	68% (66%/70%)	20% (22%/13%)
	75	University of Kentucky	22,109 (8,810/13,113)	20,979 (8,211/12,599)	6,061 (2,362/3,684)	95% (93%/96%)	29% (29%/28%)
	76	University of Missouri-Columbia	20,303 (8,547/11,756)	16,065 (6,583/9,482)	4,983 (2,151/2,832)	79% (77%/81%)	31% (33%/24%)
	77	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	4,363 (2,231/2,121)	4,164 (2,115/2,038)	829 (512/309)	95% (95%/96%)	20% (24%/15%)
	78	CUNY Hunter College	33,944 (12,832/20,916)	16,246 (5,293/10,892)	3,140 (972/2,165)	48% (41%/52%)	19% (18%/10%)
	79	Rutgers University-Newark	14,935 (6,755/8,180)	11,043 (4,734/6,309)	1,239 (586/653)	74% (70%/77%)	11% (12%/8%)
	80	University of Houston	29,783 (12,623/17,160)	19,728 (8,096/11,632)	5,555 (2,385/3,170)	66% (64%/68%)	28% (29%/18%)
	81	University of Arizona	52,091 (23,387/28,704)	45,194 (19,865/25,329)	9,027 (3,804/5,223)	87% (85%/88%)	20% (19%/18%)
	82	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	12,372 (3,425/8,947)	4,074 (1,105/2,969)	1,520 (462/1,058)	33% (32%/33%)	37% (42%/12%)
	83	James Madison University	30,727 (12,477/18,148)	24,062 (9,143/14,837)	4,863 (2,125/2,732)	78% (73%/82%)	20% (23%/15%)
	84	Western Washington University	11,864 (4,630/7,174)	10,997 (4,239/6,702)	3,223 (1,329/1,862)	93% (92%/93%)	29% (31%/26%)
	85	University of North Dakota	6,597 (3,523/3,074)	5,494 (2,806/2,688)	1,753 (887/866)	83% (80%/87%)	32% (32%/28%)
	86	Texas Tech University	35,400 (16,591/18,723)	23,837 (11,158/12,639)	6,809 (3,302/3,504)	67% (67%/68%)	29% (30%/19%)
	87	Miami University-Oxford	30,367 (13,326/17,041)	26,699 (11,610/15,089)	4,035 (1,861/2,174)	88% (87%/89%)	15% (16%/13%)
	88	Binghamton University	41,642 (18,470/23,172)	17,384 (7,382/10,002)	3,107 (1,400/1,707)	42% (40%/43%)	18% (19%/7%)
	89	Ramapo College of New Jersey	7,207 (2,835/4,372)	5,079 (1,988/3,091)	850 (334/516)	70% (70%/71%)	17% (17%/12%)
	90	Washington State University	19,401 (8,141/11,260)	16,123 (6,681/9,442)	3,991 (1,887/2,104)	83% (82%/84%)	25% (28%/19%)
	91	Iowa State University	21,919 (11,596/10,323)	19,776 (10,388/9,388)	5,728 (3,183/2,545)	90% (90%/91%)	29% (31%/25%)
	92	University of South Florida-St Petersburg	No admission statistics available for the school.
	93	Mississippi State University	18,830 (8,064/10,766)	14,158 (6,136/8,022)	3,367 (1,618/1,749)	75% (76%/75%)	24% (26%/16%)
	94	Auburn University	45,693 (18,548/27,145)	19,988 (8,261/11,727)	5,303 (2,481/2,822)	44% (45%/43%)	27% (30%/10%)
	95	Indiana University-Bloomington	50,080 (23,646/26,434)	41,272 (19,322/21,950)	9,736 (4,887/4,849)	82% (82%/83%)	24% (25%/18%)
	96	University of Missouri-Kansas City	5,180 (1,843/3,337)	3,599 (1,178/2,421)	1,165 (406/759)	69% (64%/73%)	32% (34%/23%)
	97	University of Alaska Fairbanks	No admission statistics available for the school.
	98	The University of West Florida	9,113 (3,844/5,269)	4,377 (1,864/2,513)	1,183 (537/646)	48% (48%/48%)	27% (29%/12%)
	99	Arizona State University-West	No admission statistics available for the school.
	100	University of Rhode Island	25,481 (9,571/15,909)	19,465 (6,975/12,490)	3,420 (1,347/2,073)	76% (73%/79%)	18% (19%/13%)
Average			39,741 (18,218/18,218)	19,081 (8,141/10,928)	4,832 (2,193/2,635)	48.01% (44.7%/60.0%)	25.32% (26.9%/24.1%)

SAT Scores Comparison

The average SAT score of Top 100 Public Colleges is 1291. By subject, the average score of the SAT EBRW(Evidence-based Reading and Writing) is 642 and the average SAT Math score is 648.

University of Virginia-Main Campus has the highest SAT scores of 1,490 and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University has the lowest SAT scores of 1,070 among Top 100 Public Colleges. The following table compares SAT Scores between Top 100 Public Colleges for the academic year 2022-2023.

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SAT Score Comparison Between Top 100 Public Colleges
	Rank	Name	Submit%^* (Submit#^**)	SAT Total	Evidence-Based Reading and Writing	Math
		1	University of California-Los Angeles	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Los Angeles admission.
	2	University of California-Berkeley	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Berkeley admission.
	3	United States Naval Academy	74% (828)	1310	650	660
	4	University of Virginia-Main Campus	50% (2,001)	1490	730	760
	5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	26% (1,169)	1460	720	740
	6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	54% (3,829)	1470	720	750
	7	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	74% (2,713)	1480	720	760
	8	United States Military Academy	62% (731)	1340	660	680
	9	University of California-San Diego	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-San Diego admission.
	10	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported.
	11	United States Air Force Academy	51% (540)	1395	685	710
	12	University of California-Santa Barbara	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Barbara admission.
	13	University of California-Irvine	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Irvine admission.
	14	University of Florida	81% (5,358)	1390	690	700
	15	University of California-Davis	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Davis admission.
	16	University of Maryland-College Park	53% (3,078)	1460	710	750
	17	University of Wisconsin-Madison	17% (1,457)	1430	690	740
	18	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Seattle Campus admission.
	19	University of Georgia	46% (2,875)	1310	660	650
	20	William & Mary	52% (860)	1460	730	730
	21	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	43% (23)	1090	530	560
	22	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	44% (3,485)	1440	700	740
	23	Purdue University-Main Campus	67% (6,319)	1330	650	680
	24	Florida State University	68% (4,107)	1290	650	640
	25	The University of Texas at Austin	63% (5,720)	1370	680	690
	26	Ohio State University-Main Campus	15% (1,241)	1400	680	720
	27	University of Delaware	25% (1,241)	1280	640	640
	28	University of California-Santa Cruz	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Cruz admission.
	29	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	39% (2,795)	1330	660	670
	30	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	25% (1,432)	1360	670	690
	31	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	38% (3,547)	1300	640	660
	32	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	Test Score is NOT considered for California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo admission.
	33	University of Connecticut	44% (1,798)	1330	660	670
	34	Texas A & M University-College Station	78% (9,745)	1270	630	640
	35	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Test Score is NOT considered for Arizona State University Campus Immersion admission.
	36	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	47% (2,072)	1370	680	690
	37	The University of Texas at Dallas	79% (3,320)	1300	640	660
	38	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	21% (1,454)	1240	620	620
	39	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	50% (3,906)	1370	670	700
	40	University of South Florida-Sarasota-Manatee	No data is available.
	41	University of Central Florida	72% (5,373)	1278	645	633
	42	Colorado School of Mines	45% (686)	1400	690	710
	43	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	Test Score is NOT considered for CUNY Bernard M Baruch College admission.
	44	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	31% (602)	1250	620	630
	45	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	8% (521)	1378	676	702
	46	Missouri University of Science and Technology	1% (6)	1275	620	655
	47	Michigan State University	39% (3,834)	1260	630	630
	48	University of Hawaii at Manoa	1% (45)	1180	590	590
	49	San Diego State University	Test Score is NOT considered for San Diego State University admission.
	50	Florida International University	90% (3,969)	1150	590	560
	51	University of South Florida	76% (5,158)	1230	620	610
	52	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	30% (1,656)	1370	680	690
	53	Clemson University	45% (2,050)	1320	660	660
	54	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	8% (391)	1210	610	600
	55	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	39% (1,155)	1210	610	600
	56	University of Nevada-Reno	Test Score is NOT considered for University of Nevada-Reno admission.
	57	Texas State University	49% (3,706)	1080	550	530
	58	University of California-Riverside	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Riverside admission.
	59	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	26% (1,233)	1220	620	600
	60	University of South Carolina-Columbia	33% (2,184)	1280	640	640
	61	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	7% (69)	1335	645	690
	62	California State University-Long Beach	Test Score is NOT considered for California State University-Long Beach admission.
	63	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported.
	64	Stony Brook University	41% (1,368)	1410	680	730
	65	Virginia Military Institute	17% (60)	1185	615	570
	66	The College of New Jersey	46% (721)	1280	650	630
	67	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	9% (369)	1110	560	550
	68	University of Arkansas	31% (2,179)	1110	560	550
	69	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	13% (604)	1230	620	610
	70	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Tacoma Campus admission.
	71	University of Utah	12% (643)	1300	650	650
	72	University of Vermont	38% (1,126)	1350	680	670
	73	California State University-Bakersfield	Test Score is NOT considered for California State University-Bakersfield admission.
	74	University at Buffalo	33% (1,403)	1280	630	650
	75	University of Kentucky	9% (531)	1180	590	590
	76	University of Missouri-Columbia	9% (453)	1240	620	620
	77	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	34% (284)	1205	600	605
	78	CUNY Hunter College	Test Score is NOT considered for CUNY Hunter College admission.
	79	Rutgers University-Newark	Test Score is NOT considered for Rutgers University-Newark admission.
	80	University of Houston	52% (2,869)	1240	620	620
	81	University of Arizona	19% (1,710)	1240	620	620
	82	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	83% (1,264)	1070	550	520
	83	James Madison University	23% (1,104)	1240	630	610
	84	Western Washington University	12% (371)	1250	650	600
	85	University of North Dakota	Test Score is NOT considered for University of North Dakota admission.
	86	Texas Tech University	34% (2,305)	1190	600	590
	87	Miami University-Oxford	15% (619)	1290	640	650
	88	Binghamton University	54% (1,673)	1430	700	730
	89	Ramapo College of New Jersey	30% (257)	1210	610	600
	90	Washington State University	Test Score is NOT considered for Washington State University admission.
	91	Iowa State University	19% (1,060)	1220	600	620
	92	University of South Florida-St Petersburg	No data is available.
	93	Mississippi State University	7% (236)	1150	580	570
	94	Auburn University	17% (824)	1300	650	650
	95	Indiana University-Bloomington	38% (3,721)	1290	640	650
	96	University of Missouri-Kansas City	3% (36)	1415	700	715
	97	University of Alaska Fairbanks	No data is available.
	98	The University of West Florida	60% (711)	1140	580	560
	99	Arizona State University-West	No data is available.
	100	University of Rhode Island	29% (987)	1170	590	580
Average			37.99%	1291	642	648

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

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

ACT Scores Comparison

The average ACT score of Top 100 Public Colleges is 28. By subject, the average ACT English score is 28 and the ACT math score is 27.

The following table compares ACT Scores between Top 100 Public Colleges for academic year 2022-2023.

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ACT Score Comparison Between Top 100 Public Colleges
	Rank	Name	Submit%^* (Submit#^**)	Composite	English	Math
	Rank		1	University of California-Los Angeles	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Los Angeles admission.
	2	University of California-Berkeley	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Berkeley admission.
	3	United States Naval Academy	46% (536)	29	29	28
	4	University of Virginia-Main Campus	17% (674)	33	35	32
	5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	32% (1,398)	32	33	30
	6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	24% (1,692)	33	35	32
	7	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	38% (1,397)	33	34	33
	8	United States Military Academy	38% (442)	30	31	29
	9	University of California-San Diego	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-San Diego admission.
	10	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported.
	11	United States Air Force Academy	33% (344)	31	31	29
	12	University of California-Santa Barbara	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Barbara admission.
	13	University of California-Irvine	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Irvine admission.
	14	University of Florida	41% (2,729)	31	32	28
	15	University of California-Davis	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Davis admission.
	16	University of Maryland-College Park	2% (90)	33	34	31
	17	University of Wisconsin-Madison	40% (3,440)	29	29	28
	18	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Seattle Campus admission.
	19	University of Georgia	26% (1,622)	30	34	29
	20	William & Mary	18% (300)	33	35	31
	21	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported.
	22	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	20% (1,560)	32	33	31
	23	Purdue University-Main Campus	29% (2,702)	31	31	30
	24	Florida State University	32% (1,926)	29	29	26
	25	The University of Texas at Austin	22% (1,983)	30	32	28
	26	Ohio State University-Main Campus	40% (3,220)	30	32	29
	27	University of Delaware	4% (200)	29	29	27
	28	University of California-Santa Cruz	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Cruz admission.
	29	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	7% (468)	30	30	28
	30	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	27% (1,509)	30	30	28
	31	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	7% (654)	29	29	28
	32	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	Test Score is NOT considered for California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo admission.
	33	University of Connecticut	6% (247)	31	31	29
	34	Texas A & M University-College Station	22% (2,750)	28	28	27
	35	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Test Score is NOT considered for Arizona State University Campus Immersion admission.
	36	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	16% (689)	31	32	28
	37	The University of Texas at Dallas	19% (793)	28	29	27
	38	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	59% (4,014)	28	28	26
	39	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	6% (450)	31	32	29
	40	University of South Florida-Sarasota-Manatee	No data is available.
	41	University of Central Florida	29% (2,142)	27	27	25
	42	Colorado School of Mines	24% (365)	31	32	31
	43	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	Test Score is NOT considered for CUNY Bernard M Baruch College admission.
	44	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	2% (43)	28	28	26
	45	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	39% (2,610)	29	29	28
	46	Missouri University of Science and Technology	71% (815)	28	27	28
	47	Michigan State University	11% (1,107)	28	28	27
	48	University of Hawaii at Manoa	4% (129)	21	21	19
	49	San Diego State University	Test Score is NOT considered for San Diego State University admission.
	50	Florida International University	10% (455)	24	23	21
	51	University of South Florida	24% (1,642)	26	26	25
	52	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	5% (294)	31	32	28
	53	Clemson University	25% (1,137)	30	29	27
	54	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	87% (4,014)	24	24	24
	55	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	3% (79)	28	29	26
	56	University of Nevada-Reno	Test Score is NOT considered for University of Nevada-Reno admission.
	57	Texas State University	8% (620)	23	22	21
	58	University of California-Riverside	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Riverside admission.
	59	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	52% (2,430)	26	25	25
	60	University of South Carolina-Columbia	17% (1,125)	29	29	27
	61	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	1% (13)	26	28	27
	62	California State University-Long Beach	Test Score is NOT considered for California State University-Long Beach admission.
	63	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported.
	64	Stony Brook University	5% (157)	31	32	30
	65	Virginia Military Institute	6% (20)	26	27	25
	66	The College of New Jersey	4% (64)	28	0	25
	67	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	68% (2,875)	21	21	19
	68	University of Arkansas	75% (5,315)	24	24	23
	69	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	87% (3,968)	25	26	24
	70	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Tacoma Campus admission.
	71	University of Utah	48% (2,651)	25	25	25
	72	University of Vermont	14% (431)	30	32	28
	73	California State University-Bakersfield	Test Score is NOT considered for California State University-Bakersfield admission.
	74	University at Buffalo	4% (175)	29	27	27
	75	University of Kentucky	60% (3,666)	24	24	24
	76	University of Missouri-Columbia	69% (3,427)	26	26	25
	77	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	5% (42)	25	24	25
	78	CUNY Hunter College	Test Score is NOT considered for CUNY Hunter College admission.
	79	Rutgers University-Newark	Test Score is NOT considered for Rutgers University-Newark admission.
	80	University of Houston	9% (473)	26	25	25
	81	University of Arizona	23% (2,072)	25	24	25
	82	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	50% (757)	21	21	19
	83	James Madison University	3% (168)	26	0	0
	84	Western Washington University	2% (76)	27	27	25
	85	University of North Dakota	Test Score is NOT considered for University of North Dakota admission.
	86	Texas Tech University	13% (882)	25	24	24
	87	Miami University-Oxford	40% (1,600)	28	28	27
	88	Binghamton University	12% (358)	31	0	0
	89	Ramapo College of New Jersey	4% (30)	26	27	26
	90	Washington State University	Test Score is NOT considered for Washington State University admission.
	91	Iowa State University	57% (3,266)	24	23	24
	92	University of South Florida-St Petersburg	No data is available.
	93	Mississippi State University	90% (3,037)	25	25	24
	94	Auburn University	86% (4,211)	27	28	26
	95	Indiana University-Bloomington	21% (2,059)	30	30	28
	96	University of Missouri-Kansas City	50% (586)	25	24	24
	97	University of Alaska Fairbanks	No data is available.
	98	The University of West Florida	66% (784)	24	23	22
	99	Arizona State University-West	No data is available.
	100	University of Rhode Island	2% (74)	27	25	25
Average			28.56%	28	28	27

^*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 Public Colleges based on academic year 2022-2023 data.

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Application Requirements Comparison Between Top 100 Public Colleges
Rank	Name	HS GPA	HS Rank	HS Record	Prep. Program	Rec.	Compe.	SAT/ACT	TOEFL
1	Name	University of California-Los Angeles	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
2	University of California-Berkeley	✔	✗	✔	✓	✓	✗	✗	✔
3	United States Naval Academy	✔	✔	✓	✓	✔	✗	✔	✔
4	University of Virginia-Main Campus	✓	✓	✔	✔	✔	✗	✓	✓
5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	✓	✓	✔	✓	✔	✓	✓	✔
6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	✓	✓	✔	✓	✔	✗	✓	✔
7	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	✔	✗	✔	✔	✓	✗	✔	✔
8	United States Military Academy	✔	✓	✔	✓	✔	✗	✔	✔
9	University of California-San Diego	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
10	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	✔	✓	✔	✓	✓	✗	✓	✔
11	United States Air Force Academy	✔	✔	✔	✗	✔	✗	✔	✗
12	University of California-Santa Barbara	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
13	University of California-Irvine	✔	✔	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
14	University of Florida	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✔	✗
15	University of California-Davis	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
16	University of Maryland-College Park	✓	✓	✔	✓	✔	✓	✓	✔
17	University of Wisconsin-Madison	✔	✓	✔	✔	✔	✗	✓	✔
18	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
19	University of Georgia	✔	✗	✔	✔	✔	✗	✔	✓
20	William & Mary	✔	✓	✔	✔	✔	✗	✓	✓
21	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	✓	✓	✔	✔	✔	✗	✓	✔
22	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	✗	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✓	✔
23	Purdue University-Main Campus	✗	✓	✔	✓	✓	✓	✔	✔
24	Florida State University	✔	✓	✔	✔	✗	✗	✔	✔
25	The University of Texas at Austin	✓	✓	✔	✔	✓	✓	✓	✔
26	Ohio State University-Main Campus	✔	✔	✔	✔	✓	✗	✓	✔
27	University of Delaware	✔	✓	✔	✔	✔	✓	✓	✔
28	University of California-Santa Cruz	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
29	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	✔	✗	✔	✓	✗	✗	✓	✔
30	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	✔	✓	✔	✔	✓	✗	✓	✔
31	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	✔	✗	✔	✓	✗	✗	✓	✔
32	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
33	University of Connecticut	✔	✓	✔	✔	✓	✗	✔	✔
34	Texas A & M University-College Station	✔	✔	✔	✓	✗	✗	✔	✔
35	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	✓	✓	✔	✓	✗	✗	✗	✔
36	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	✓	✓	✔	✔	✓	✗	✓	✔
37	The University of Texas at Dallas	✓	✓	✔	✔	✗	✗	✓	✔
38	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	✔	✗	✔	✗	✓	✓	✔	✔
39	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	✔	✓	✔	✔	✗	✗	✓	✔
40	University of South Florida-Sarasota-Manatee	Information about requirements for applying to school is not available.
41	University of Central Florida	✔	✓	✔	✔	✗	✗	✔	✗
42	Colorado School of Mines	✔	✓	✔	✔	✓	✗	✓	✔
43	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	✔	✗	✔	✔	✓	✗	✗	✔
44	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	✔	✗	✔	✔	✔	✗	✓	✔
45	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	✓	✓	✔	✔	✓	✗	✓	✔
46	Missouri University of Science and Technology	✔	✔	✔	✔	✓	✗	✓	✔
47	Michigan State University	✔	✗	✗	✔	✓	✗	✓	✔
48	University of Hawaii at Manoa	✔	✔	✔	✔	✓	✓	✓	✔
49	San Diego State University	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
50	Florida International University	✔	✓	✔	✔	✗	✓	✔	✔
51	University of South Florida	✔	✓	✔	✓	✗	✗	✔	✔
52	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	✔	✓	✔	✔	✔	✔	✓	✔
53	Clemson University	✔	✓	✔	✔	✓	✓	✓	✔
54	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	✓	✓	✔	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
55	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	✓	✓	✔	✔	✔	✗	✓	✔
56	University of Nevada-Reno	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
57	Texas State University	✗	✔	✔	✔	✗	✗	✓	✔
58	University of California-Riverside	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
59	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	✔	✓	✔	✓	✓	✓	✓	✔
60	University of South Carolina-Columbia	✔	✓	✓	✔	✗	✗	✓	✔
61	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	✔	✓	✔	✔	✓	✓	✓	✔
62	California State University-Long Beach	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
63	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✓	✔
64	Stony Brook University	✔	✓	✔	✔	✔	✗	✓	✔
65	Virginia Military Institute	✓	✓	✓	✔	✗	✗	✓	✗
66	The College of New Jersey	✓	✓	✔	✓	✓	✓	✓	✔
67	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	✔	✗	✔	✓	✗	✗	✓	✔
68	University of Arkansas	✔	✓	✔	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓
69	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	✔	✓	✔	✓	✔	✗	✓	✔
70	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
71	University of Utah	✔	✗	✔	✓	✗	✗	✓	✔
72	University of Vermont	✔	✓	✔	✔	✔	✗	✓	✔
73	California State University-Bakersfield	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
74	University at Buffalo	✔	✓	✔	✓	✓	✓	✓	✔
75	University of Kentucky	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✓	✔
76	University of Missouri-Columbia	✓	✓	✔	✔	✓	✓	✓	✔
77	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	✔	✗	✔	✗	✗	✗	✓	✔
78	CUNY Hunter College	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
79	Rutgers University-Newark	✔	✓	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
80	University of Houston	✔	✔	✔	✔	✓	✓	✓	✔
81	University of Arizona	✔	✓	✔	✓	✗	✗	✓	✔
82	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	✔	✓	✔	✔	✔	✓	✔	✔
83	James Madison University	✔	✗	✔	✔	✓	✗	✓	✔
84	Western Washington University	✔	✗	✔	✓	✓	✓	✓	✔
85	University of North Dakota	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
86	Texas Tech University	✔	✔	✔	✓	✓	✓	✓	✔
87	Miami University-Oxford	✔	✓	✔	✔	✔	✗	✓	✔
88	Binghamton University	✔	✗	✔	✓	✔	✓	✓	✔
89	Ramapo College of New Jersey	✔	✓	✔	✔	✔	✗	✓	✔
90	Washington State University	✔	✗	✔	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔
91	Iowa State University	✔	✓	✔	✔	✗	✗	✓	✔
92	University of South Florida-St Petersburg	Information about requirements for applying to school is not available.
93	Mississippi State University	✔	✓	✔	✔	✗	✗	✓	✔
94	Auburn University	✔	✓	✔	✔	✓	✗	✓	✔
95	Indiana University-Bloomington	✔	✔	✔	✔	✓	✗	✓	✔
96	University of Missouri-Kansas City	✔	✓	✔	✔	✓	✗	✓	✔
97	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Information about requirements for applying to school is not available.
98	The University of West Florida	✔	✗	✔	✗	✗	✗	✔	✔
99	Arizona State University-West	Information about requirements for applying to school is not available.
100	University of Rhode Island	✔	✓	✔	✔	✔	✗	✓	✔

✔: 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)