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 48.96% and the average admission yield (enrollment rate) is 22.70%.

University of California-Los Angeles has the tighest (lowest) acceptance rate of 8.97% and United States Naval Academy has the highest yield (enrollment rate) of 84.20% 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 2024-2025.

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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	146,272 (67,788/78,484)	13,114 (5,468/7,646)	6,610 (2,629/3,981)	9% (8%/10%)	50% (48%/5%)
	2	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%)
	3	United States Naval Academy	15,149 (10,288/4,861)	1,405 (943/462)	1,183 (812/371)	9% (9%/10%)	84% (86%/8%)
	4	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%)
	5	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%)
	6	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%)
	7	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%)
	8	United States Military Academy	12,320 (8,549/3,771)	1,534 (1,175/359)	1,195 (931/264)	12% (14%/10%)	78% (79%/7%)
	9	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%)
	10	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	1,544 (1,027/507)	687 (439/241)	186 (134/52)	44% (43%/48%)	27% (31%/10%)
	11	United States Air Force Academy	10,187 (7,057/3,130)	1,435 (999/436)	1,126 (792/334)	14% (14%/14%)	78% (79%/11%)
	12	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%)
	13	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%)
	14	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%)
	15	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%)
	16	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%)
	17	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%)
	18	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%)
	19	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%)
	20	William & Mary	17,798 (6,742/11,047)	6,064 (2,519/3,544)	1,614 (643/971)	34% (37%/32%)	27% (26%/9%)
	21	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	481 (193/288)	389 (161/228)	66 (38/28)	81% (83%/79%)	17% (24%/10%)
	22	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%)
	23	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%)
	24	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%)
	25	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%)
	26	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%)
	27	University of Delaware	39,995 (15,840/24,154)	28,238 (10,489/17,748)	4,424 (1,764/2,660)	71% (66%/73%)	16% (17%/11%)
	28	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%)
	29	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%)
	30	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%)
	31	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	88,478 (40,752/47,118)	53,579 (23,582/29,600)	9,169 (4,459/4,645)	61% (58%/63%)	17% (19%/10%)
	32	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%)
	33	University of Connecticut	55,479 (23,683/31,772)	29,065 (11,403/17,652)	4,478 (1,758/2,720)	52% (48%/56%)	15% (15%/9%)
	34	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%)
	35	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	70,928 (34,345/36,574)	63,756 (30,552/33,196)	14,099 (6,832/7,264)	90% (89%/91%)	22% (22%/20%)
	36	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	60,898 (26,607/34,291)	35,372 (14,766/20,606)	4,596 (1,902/2,694)	58% (55%/60%)	13% (13%/8%)
	37	The University of Texas at Dallas	31,789 (16,064/15,725)	20,704 (10,064/10,640)	4,196 (2,273/1,923)	65% (63%/68%)	20% (23%/12%)
	38	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	59,764 (23,936/35,827)	24,863 (10,765/14,098)	6,804 (3,202/3,602)	42% (45%/39%)	27% (30%/10%)
	39	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%)
	40	University of South Florida-Sarasota-Manatee	No admission statistics available for the school.
	41	University of Central Florida	61,456 (26,263/35,187)	24,653 (11,176/13,476)	8,259 (4,188/4,071)	40% (43%/38%)	34% (37%/12%)
	42	Colorado School of Mines	11,436 (7,915/3,510)	6,940 (4,517/2,412)	1,602 (1,121/478)	61% (57%/69%)	23% (25%/14%)
	43	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%)
	44	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	13,781 (7,027/6,740)	11,444 (5,913/5,525)	2,068 (1,190/876)	83% (84%/82%)	18% (20%/13%)
	45	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%)
	46	Missouri University of Science and Technology	8,352 (5,685/2,663)	6,059 (4,202/1,854)	1,269 (966/303)	73% (74%/70%)	21% (23%/11%)
	47	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%)
	48	University of Hawaii at Manoa	16,722 (5,160/11,316)	14,481 (4,384/9,883)	3,103 (1,211/1,826)	87% (85%/87%)	21% (28%/16%)
	49	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%)
	50	Florida International University	32,855 (13,435/19,420)	17,957 (7,192/10,765)	5,238 (2,285/2,953)	55% (54%/55%)	29% (32%/15%)
	51	University of South Florida	68,576 (27,441/41,135)	29,621 (11,844/17,777)	6,904 (2,809/4,095)	43% (43%/43%)	23% (24%/10%)
	52	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	50,261 (23,690/26,543)	30,020 (12,346/17,655)	5,388 (2,537/2,851)	60% (52%/67%)	18% (21%/11%)
	53	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%)
	54	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	17,841 (7,954/9,869)	15,609 (6,849/8,745)	4,650 (2,319/2,322)	87% (86%/89%)	30% (34%/24%)
	55	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	21,175 (8,730/12,445)	18,667 (7,454/11,213)	2,605 (1,125/1,480)	88% (85%/90%)	14% (15%/12%)
	56	University of Nevada-Reno	17,679 (7,075/9,891)	13,032 (5,227/7,290)	3,447 (1,514/1,890)	74% (74%/74%)	26% (29%/19%)
	57	Texas State University	34,146 (12,850/21,152)	30,498 (11,133/19,241)	8,195 (3,141/5,011)	89% (87%/91%)	27% (28%/24%)
	58	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%)
	59	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%)
	60	University of South Carolina-Columbia	52,703 (20,662/32,041)	31,701 (11,377/20,324)	7,272 (2,726/4,546)	60% (55%/63%)	23% (24%/14%)
	61	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	5,172 (2,540/2,632)	4,686 (2,281/2,405)	1,118 (590/528)	91% (90%/91%)	24% (26%/20%)
	62	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%)
	63	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	11,099 (3,992/7,107)	9,657 (3,379/6,278)	3,064 (1,271/1,793)	87% (85%/88%)	32% (38%/25%)
	64	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%)
	65	Virginia Military Institute	2,066 (1,590/476)	1,472 (1,153/319)	467 (385/82)	71% (73%/67%)	32% (33%/17%)
	66	The College of New Jersey	12,766 (5,684/7,082)	7,952 (3,375/4,577)	1,563 (678/885)	62% (59%/65%)	20% (20%/12%)
	67	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	12,730 (5,146/7,533)	12,242 (4,914/7,280)	4,430 (1,884/2,526)	96% (95%/97%)	36% (38%/34%)
	68	University of Arkansas	30,555 (12,589/17,957)	22,703 (8,894/13,804)	6,618 (2,773/3,844)	74% (71%/77%)	29% (31%/21%)
	69	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	47,065 (17,199/29,864)	34,513 (12,138/22,373)	7,925 (2,996/4,929)	73% (71%/75%)	23% (25%/17%)
	70	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	4,068 (1,811/2,257)	3,357 (1,495/1,862)	721 (371/350)	83% (83%/82%)	21% (25%/16%)
	71	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%)
	72	University of Vermont	27,138 (9,662/17,476)	17,722 (5,951/11,771)	2,808 (1,058/1,750)	65% (62%/67%)	16% (18%/10%)
	73	California State University-Bakersfield	13,229 (5,475/7,754)	12,416 (5,106/7,310)	1,294 (462/832)	94% (93%/94%)	10% (9%/11%)
	74	University at Buffalo	40,856 (19,810/21,021)	30,308 (14,381/15,909)	4,265 (2,344/1,921)	74% (73%/76%)	14% (16%/9%)
	75	University of Kentucky	31,517 (12,769/18,485)	29,293 (11,655/17,396)	6,513 (2,604/3,880)	93% (91%/94%)	22% (22%/21%)
	76	University of Missouri-Columbia	24,490 (10,422/14,037)	19,218 (7,933/11,271)	5,953 (2,610/3,341)	78% (76%/80%)	31% (33%/24%)
	77	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	6,378 (3,222/3,100)	6,176 (3,116/3,004)	897 (538/341)	97% (97%/97%)	15% (17%/11%)
	78	CUNY Hunter College	32,271 (12,586/19,071)	17,362 (6,135/10,875)	2,897 (888/1,958)	54% (49%/57%)	17% (14%/10%)
	79	Rutgers University-Newark	36,793 (17,277/19,508)	26,254 (12,084/14,163)	1,857 (929/928)	71% (70%/73%)	7% (8%/5%)
	80	University of Houston	31,716 (13,836/17,880)	23,446 (9,914/13,532)	6,218 (2,747/3,471)	74% (72%/76%)	27% (28%/19%)
	81	University of Arizona	58,339 (25,635/32,704)	50,252 (21,436/28,816)	9,240 (3,714/5,526)	86% (84%/88%)	18% (17%/17%)
	82	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	22,756 (6,509/16,247)	4,678 (1,525/3,153)	1,429 (495/934)	21% (23%/19%)	31% (32%/6%)
	83	James Madison University	38,428 (15,832/22,589)	27,482 (10,663/16,813)	4,990 (2,096/2,892)	72% (67%/74%)	18% (20%/13%)
	84	Western Washington University	14,115 (5,635/8,423)	13,162 (5,222/7,888)	3,019 (1,306/1,690)	93% (93%/94%)	23% (25%/20%)
	85	University of North Dakota	8,261 (4,466/3,790)	6,353 (3,258/3,092)	2,205 (1,135/1,070)	77% (73%/82%)	35% (35%/28%)
	86	Texas Tech University	34,356 (15,756/18,600)	24,958 (11,319/13,639)	6,772 (3,186/3,586)	73% (72%/73%)	27% (28%/19%)
	87	Miami University-Oxford	39,580 (18,051/21,529)	29,843 (13,382/16,461)	4,192 (1,925/2,267)	75% (74%/76%)	14% (14%/11%)
	88	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%)
	89	Ramapo College of New Jersey	8,976 (3,468/5,508)	6,341 (2,422/3,919)	1,126 (438/688)	71% (70%/71%)	18% (18%/12%)
	90	Washington State University	25,462 (10,286/15,176)	22,060 (8,872/13,188)	4,350 (1,964/2,386)	87% (86%/87%)	20% (22%/16%)
	91	Iowa State University	23,095 (11,855/11,240)	20,475 (10,534/9,941)	5,906 (3,218/2,688)	89% (89%/88%)	29% (31%/24%)
	92	University of South Florida-St Petersburg	No admission statistics available for the school.
	93	Mississippi State University	23,346 (9,619/13,727)	18,125 (7,547/10,578)	3,596 (1,686/1,910)	78% (78%/77%)	20% (22%/14%)
	94	Auburn University	55,056 (22,200/32,856)	25,284 (10,586/14,698)	6,103 (2,822/3,281)	46% (48%/45%)	24% (27%/10%)
	95	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%)
	96	University of Missouri-Kansas City	6,186 (2,209/3,977)	4,465 (1,489/2,976)	1,343 (507/836)	72% (67%/75%)	30% (34%/21%)
	97	University of Alaska Fairbanks	No admission statistics available for the school.
	98	University of West Florida	10,201 (4,036/6,165)	5,941 (2,349/3,592)	1,552 (643/909)	58% (58%/58%)	26% (27%/15%)
	99	Arizona State University-West	No admission statistics available for the school.
	100	University of Rhode Island	26,987 (9,498/16,968)	19,475 (6,672/12,776)	2,995 (1,146/1,847)	72% (70%/75%)	15% (17%/11%)
Average			45,401 (20,873/20,873)	22,228 (9,660/12,534)	5,045 (2,300/2,739)	48.96% (46.3%/60.0%)	22.70% (23.8%/21.9%)

SAT Scores Comparison

The average SAT score of Top 100 Public Colleges is 1295. By subject, the average score of the SAT EBRW(Evidence-based Reading and Writing) is 647 and the average SAT Math score is 647.

University of Virginia-Main Campus has the highest SAT scores of 1,480 and University of New Hampshire at Manchester has the lowest SAT scores of 1,100 among Top 100 Public Colleges. The following table compares SAT Scores between Top 100 Public Colleges for the academic year 2024-2025.

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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% (862)	1300	650	650
	4	University of Virginia-Main Campus	46% (1,805)	1480	730	750
	5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	28% (1,320)	1480	730	750
	6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	51% (3,697)	1460	720	740
	7	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	77% (2,966)	1480	720	760
	8	United States Military Academy	68% (817)	1330	660	670
	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	84% (155)	1205	610	595
	11	United States Air Force Academy	60% (660)	1330	660	670
	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	80% (5,908)	1400	700	700
	15	University of California-Davis	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Davis admission.
	16	University of Maryland-College Park	42% (2,448)	1465	720	745
	17	University of Wisconsin-Madison	15% (1,241)	1460	710	750
	18	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Seattle Campus admission.
	19	University of Georgia	61% (3,785)	1370	680	690
	20	William & Mary	43% (696)	1470	740	730
	21	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	18% (12)	1100	565	535
	22	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	48% (4,310)	1440	700	740
	23	Purdue University-Main Campus	79% (9,110)	1350	660	690
	24	Florida State University	64% (3,487)	1350	680	670
	25	The University of Texas at Austin	56% (5,189)	1390	690	700
	26	Ohio State University-Main Campus	17% (1,615)	1400	680	720
	27	University of Delaware	19% (832)	1280	650	630
	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	41% (3,010)	1360	670	690
	30	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	18% (1,072)	1370	680	690
	31	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	31% (2,848)	1330	660	670
	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	36% (1,613)	1340	670	670
	34	Texas A & M University-College Station	79% (8,888)	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	40% (1,814)	1360	680	680
	37	The University of Texas at Dallas	78% (3,290)	1280	630	650
	38	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	24% (1,635)	1280	640	640
	39	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	50% (4,109)	1410	690	720
	40	University of South Florida-Sarasota-Manatee	No data is available.
	41	University of Central Florida	71% (5,690)	1260	640	620
	42	Colorado School of Mines	42% (670)	1400	690	710
	43	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	12% (296)	1280	630	650
	44	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	27% (553)	1280	640	640
	45	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	8% (606)	1410	690	720
	46	Missouri University of Science and Technology	13% (165)	1300	630	670
	47	Michigan State University	39% (3,746)	1260	630	630
	48	University of Hawaii at Manoa	1% (22)	1160	595	565
	49	San Diego State University	Test Score is NOT considered for San Diego State University admission.
	50	Florida International University	90% (4,700)	1160	600	560
	51	University of South Florida	78% (5,369)	1220	620	600
	52	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	22% (1,191)	1420	700	720
	53	Clemson University	35% (1,698)	1320	660	660
	54	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	7% (323)	1200	610	590
	55	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	23% (591)	1210	620	590
	56	University of Nevada-Reno	14% (498)	1180	600	580
	57	Texas State University	41% (3,369)	1100	560	540
	58	University of California-Riverside	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Riverside admission.
	59	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	23% (1,286)	1238	625	613
	60	University of South Carolina-Columbia	29% (2,141)	1270	640	630
	61	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	1% (4)	-
	62	California State University-Long Beach	Test Score is NOT considered for California State University-Long Beach admission.
	63	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	1% (30)	1190	610	580
	64	Stony Brook University	34% (1,368)	1420	690	730
	65	Virginia Military Institute	4% (19)	1180	590	590
	66	The College of New Jersey	39% (613)	1240	620	620
	67	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	9% (387)	1120	570	550
	68	University of Arkansas	31% (2,058)	1120	570	550
	69	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	7% (569)	1255	640	615
	70	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Tacoma Campus admission.
	71	University of Utah	10% (574)	1285	645	640
	72	University of Vermont	28% (787)	1360	690	670
	73	California State University-Bakersfield	Test Score is NOT considered for California State University-Bakersfield admission.
	74	University at Buffalo	28% (1,161)	1290	640	650
	75	University of Kentucky	7% (481)	1180	600	580
	76	University of Missouri-Columbia	10% (580)	1230	620	610
	77	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	31% (281)	1220	610	610
	78	CUNY Hunter College	11% (331)	1280	640	640
	79	Rutgers University-Newark	Test Score is NOT considered for Rutgers University-Newark admission.
	80	University of Houston	46% (2,833)	1250	630	620
	81	University of Arizona	11% (1,035)	1290	640	650
	82	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	83% (1,177)	1100	560	540
	83	James Madison University	14% (721)	1250	640	610
	84	Western Washington University	9% (257)	1280	660	620
	85	University of North Dakota	Test Score is NOT considered for University of North Dakota admission.
	86	Texas Tech University	33% (2,241)	1180	600	580
	87	Miami University-Oxford	8% (342)	1310	650	660
	88	Binghamton University	44% (1,423)	1410	700	710
	89	Ramapo College of New Jersey	25% (283)	1210	620	590
	90	Washington State University	Test Score is NOT considered for Washington State University admission.
	91	Iowa State University	13% (791)	1250	620	630
	92	University of South Florida-St Petersburg	No data is available.
	93	Mississippi State University	6% (209)	1210	620	590
	94	Auburn University	15% (925)	1320	660	660
	95	Indiana University-Bloomington	42% (4,054)	1290	640	650
	96	University of Missouri-Kansas City	3% (38)	1470	725	745
	97	University of Alaska Fairbanks	No data is available.
	98	University of West Florida	49% (758)	1120	580	540
	99	Arizona State University-West	No data is available.
	100	University of Rhode Island	27% (820)	1160	590	570
Average			34.37%	1295	647	647

^*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 2024-2025.

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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	44% (516)	28	28	27
	4	University of Virginia-Main Campus	14% (547)	33	35	33
	5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	41% (1,896)	31	33	29
	6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	18% (1,274)	33	35	33
	7	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	35% (1,354)	33	34	32
	8	United States Military Academy	32% (378)	31	32	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	14% (26)	25	22	25
	11	United States Air Force Academy	40% (431)	30	29	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	40% (2,952)	31	32	29
	15	University of California-Davis	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Davis admission.
	16	University of Maryland-College Park	7% (411)	34	34	32
	17	University of Wisconsin-Madison	29% (2,498)	31	32	30
	18	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Seattle Campus admission.
	19	University of Georgia	38% (2,356)	32	33	29
	20	William & Mary	16% (252)	33	35	30
	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	16% (1,408)	32	34	32
	23	Purdue University-Main Campus	25% (2,898)	31	32	30
	24	Florida State University	36% (1,968)	30	31	27
	25	The University of Texas at Austin	18% (1,686)	31	32	29
	26	Ohio State University-Main Campus	31% (3,005)	30	31	29
	27	University of Delaware	3% (114)	30	30	28
	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	9% (668)	30	30	29
	30	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	29% (1,688)	30	30	28
	31	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	5% (494)	30	30	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	5% (214)	31	32	28
	34	Texas A & M University-College Station	21% (2,328)	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	10% (463)	31	32	29
	37	The University of Texas at Dallas	15% (566)	28	27	28
	38	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	81% (5,507)	28	28	26
	39	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	5% (432)	31	32	30
	40	University of South Florida-Sarasota-Manatee	No data is available.
	41	University of Central Florida	28% (2,266)	27	26	25
	42	Colorado School of Mines	18% (288)	32	33	31
	43	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported.
	44	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	2% (47)	29	27	27
	45	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	33% (2,463)	29	28	27
	46	Missouri University of Science and Technology	78% (991)	28	26	27
	47	Michigan State University	7% (651)	28	28	26
	48	University of Hawaii at Manoa	3% (104)	21	19	18
	49	San Diego State University	Test Score is NOT considered for San Diego State University admission.
	50	Florida International University	10% (521)	24	24	21
	51	University of South Florida	22% (1,531)	26	25	25
	52	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	3% (176)	32	33	29
	53	Clemson University	20% (966)	31	31	28
	54	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	82% (3,830)	24	24	24
	55	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	2% (48)	28	27	26
	56	University of Nevada-Reno	59% (2,035)	22	22	20
	57	Texas State University	6% (484)	22	22	21
	58	University of California-Riverside	Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Riverside admission.
	59	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	40% (2,258)	26	26	24
	60	University of South Carolina-Columbia	15% (1,096)	29	29	27
	61	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported.
	62	California State University-Long Beach	Test Score is NOT considered for California State University-Long Beach admission.
	63	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	45% (1,365)	25	26	24
	64	Stony Brook University	3% (129)	31	33	31
	65	Virginia Military Institute	3% (16)	28	24	26
	66	The College of New Jersey	3% (47)	28		27
	67	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	65% (2,803)	21	21	19
	68	University of Arkansas	73% (4,818)	24	23	23
	69	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	40% (3,192)	27	27	25
	70	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Tacoma Campus admission.
	71	University of Utah	38% (2,252)	26	25	25
	72	University of Vermont	11% (303)	31	34	28
	73	California State University-Bakersfield	Test Score is NOT considered for California State University-Bakersfield admission.
	74	University at Buffalo	3% (107)	29	28	28
	75	University of Kentucky	50% (3,230)	25	25	24
	76	University of Missouri-Columbia	66% (3,583)	26	25	25
	77	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	4% (34)	27	26	27
	78	CUNY Hunter College	Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported.
	79	Rutgers University-Newark	Test Score is NOT considered for Rutgers University-Newark admission.
	80	University of Houston	13% (389)	26	25	24
	81	University of Arizona	18% (1,701)	25	24	25
	82	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	45% (638)	22	21	20
	83	James Madison University	3% (133)	27
	84	Western Washington University	2% (71)	28	29	25
	85	University of North Dakota	Test Score is NOT considered for University of North Dakota admission.
	86	Texas Tech University	11% (758)	25	24	24
	87	Miami University-Oxford	24% (1,000)	28	28	27
	88	Binghamton University	9% (297)	32	33	30
	89	Ramapo College of New Jersey	2% (18)	25	24	23
	90	Washington State University	Test Score is NOT considered for Washington State University admission.
	91	Iowa State University	46% (2,698)	24	23	25
	92	University of South Florida-St Petersburg	No data is available.
	93	Mississippi State University	85% (3,041)	25	24	24
	94	Auburn University	75% (4,553)	29	29	26
	95	Indiana University-Bloomington	14% (1,357)	30	31	29
	96	University of Missouri-Kansas City	54% (720)	24	23	22
	97	University of Alaska Fairbanks	No data is available.
	98	University of West Florida	70% (1,077)	23	23	21
	99	Arizona State University-West	No data is available.
	100	University of Rhode Island	Test Scores are considered (not required), but no data is available/reported.
Average			27.12%	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 2024-2025 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	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)