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The following table compares the admission related statistics including number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled between US Top 100. The average acceptance rate of US Top 100 is 33.98% and the average admission yield (enrollment rate) is 22.61%.
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 US Top 100. 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 US Top 100
RankName ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateEnrollment Rate
1 Princeton University
40,468 (20,563/19,883) 1,868 (903/965) 1,410 (693/717) 5% (4%/5%) 75% (77%/4%)
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
28,232 (17,210/8,975) 1,284 (606/612) 1,102 (542/497) 5% (4%/7%) 86% (89%/6%)
3 Harvard University
54,008 (25,613/28,372) 1,970 (920/1,050) 1,647 (767/880) 4% (4%/4%) 84% (83%/3%)
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%)
4 Yale University
57,517 (24,951/32,540) 2,227 (1,136/1,091) 1,554 (782/772) 4% (5%/3%) 70% (69%/2%)
6 University of Chicago
43,612 (19,195/23,636) 1,955 (1,070/885) 1,726 (955/771) 4% (6%/4%) 88% (89%/3%)
7 Duke University
51,795 (24,298/27,497) 2,957 (1,388/1,569) 1,740 (824/916) 6% (6%/6%) 59% (59%/3%)
7 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%)
7 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%)
7 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 California Institute of Technology
13,856 (9,401/4,446) 356 (166/190) 218 (107/111) 3% (2%/4%) 61% (64%/2%)
12 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%)
13 Brown University
48,904 (18,960/29,917) 2,638 (1,326/1,309) 1,719 (855/863) 5% (7%/4%) 65% (64%/3%)
13 Dartmouth College
31,656 (15,153/15,812) 1,710 (893/795) 1,182 (612/554) 5% (6%/5%) 69% (69%/4%)
15 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%)
15 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%)
17 Rice University
32,473 (17,033/15,436) 2,597 (1,330/1,267) 1,148 (587/561) 8% (8%/8%) 44% (44%/4%)
17 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%)
17 Vanderbilt University
45,409 (20,851/24,553) 2,662 (1,238/1,424) 1,630 (744/886) 6% (6%/6%) 61% (60%/4%)
20 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%)
20 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%)
20 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%)
20 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%)
24 Emory University
33,450 (13,406/20,037) 3,562 (1,558/2,004) 1,438 (631/807) 11% (12%/10%) 40% (41%/4%)
24 Georgetown University
26,131 (10,768/15,102) 3,374 (1,393/1,953) 1,575 (661/900) 13% (13%/13%) 47% (47%/6%)
26 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%)
26 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%)
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 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%)
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%)
30 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%)
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%)
32 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%)
32 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%)
32 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%)
36 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%)
36 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%)
36 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%)
36 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%)
40 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%)
41 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%)
42 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%)
42 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%)
42 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%)
42 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%)
46 Lehigh University
20,396 (10,556/9,834) 5,289 (2,551/2,736) 1,501 (795/706) 26% (24%/28%) 28% (31%/7%)
46 Northeastern University
98,425 (42,678/55,719) 5,133 (2,058/3,074) 2,759 (1,090/1,668) 5% (5%/6%) 54% (53%/3%)
46 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%)
46 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%)
46 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%)
51 Case Western Reserve University
37,082 (19,086/17,983) 13,550 (6,924/6,614) 1,619 (829/788) 37% (36%/37%) 12% (12%/4%)
51 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%)
51 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%)
51 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%)
51 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%)
51 William & Mary
17,798 (6,742/11,047) 6,064 (2,519/3,544) 1,614 (643/971) 34% (37%/32%) 27% (26%/9%)
57 University of California-Merced
31,928 (15,900/16,028) 28,906 (14,286/14,620) 2,093 (1,201/892) 91% (90%/91%) 7% (8%/6%)
57 Villanova University
23,256 (10,207/13,046) 6,274 (2,823/3,450) 1,740 (773/967) 27% (28%/26%) 28% (27%/7%)
59 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%)
59 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%)
59 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%)
59 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%)
59 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%)
64 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%)
64 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%)
64 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
17,175 (11,175/6,000) 10,901 (7,307/3,594) 1,314 (892/422) 63% (65%/60%) 12% (12%/7%)
64 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%)
64 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%)
69 Brandeis University
10,462 (4,566/5,888) 4,237 (1,642/2,591) 735 (323/412) 40% (36%/44%) 17% (20%/7%)
69 Tulane University of Louisiana
32,609 (12,289/20,314) 4,559 (1,830/2,728) 1,838 (685/1,153) 14% (15%/13%) 40% (37%/6%)
69 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%)
79 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%)
73 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%)
73 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%)
75 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%)
75 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%)
75 Syracuse University
44,480 (17,646/26,817) 20,427 (8,311/12,110) 3,835 (1,644/2,191) 46% (47%/45%) 19% (20%/8%)
75 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 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%)
80 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%)
80 Drexel University
37,314 (17,829/18,920) 29,642 (13,950/15,232) 2,399 (1,264/1,085) 79% (78%/81%) 8% (9%/6%)
80 New Jersey Institute of Technology
15,607 (10,080/5,527) 10,156 (6,301/3,855) 1,746 (1,233/513) 65% (63%/70%) 17% (20%/9%)
80 Stevens Institute of Technology
10,673 (7,086/3,585) 5,078 (3,252/1,824) 1,055 (703/352) 48% (46%/51%) 21% (22%/10%)
84 Pepperdine University
11,526 (4,197/7,325) 7,245 (2,716/4,528) 843 (353/490) 63% (65%/62%) 12% (13%/7%)
84 University of Illinois Chicago
27,085 (11,727/15,358) 20,951 (8,636/12,315) 4,419 (2,054/2,365) 77% (74%/80%) 21% (24%/15%)
84 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
12,559 (8,795/3,752) 7,555 (5,105/2,439) 1,366 (996/370) 60% (58%/65%) 18% (20%/10%)
84 Yeshiva University
1,665 (858/807) 926 (478/448) 566 (311/255) 56% (56%/56%) 61% (65%/32%)
88 American University
17,173 (6,004/11,162) 10,640 (3,684/6,950) 1,662 (659/1,003) 62% (61%/62%) 16% (18%/9%)
88 Baylor University
46,946 (17,823/29,114) 24,075 (10,124/13,950) 3,427 (1,424/2,003) 51% (57%/48%) 14% (14%/7%)
88 Howard University
34,211 (9,963/24,248) 14,144 (3,967/10,177) 2,738 (673/2,065) 41% (40%/42%) 19% (17%/9%)
88 Marquette University
18,701 (8,211/10,490) 15,212 (6,450/8,762) 2,149 (912/1,237) 81% (79%/84%) 14% (14%/12%)
88 Rochester Institute of Technology
27,911 (16,374/11,507) 18,682 (10,916/7,742) 3,042 (1,954/1,081) 67% (67%/67%) 16% (18%/9%)
88 Southern Methodist University
15,245 (7,131/8,114) 9,657 (4,384/5,273) 1,716 (841/875) 63% (61%/65%) 18% (19%/11%)
88 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%)
88 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%)
88 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%)
97 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%)
97 Fordham University
43,364 (16,532/26,822) 25,719 (9,260/16,452) 2,492 (961/1,530) 59% (56%/61%) 10% (10%/6%)
97 Rutgers University-Camden
32,840 (14,978/17,859) 21,768 (9,808/11,958) 531 (219/312) 66% (65%/67%) 2% (2%/2%)
97 Texas Christian University
22,307 (8,910/13,397) 9,925 (3,660/6,265) 2,453 (945/1,508) 44% (41%/47%) 25% (26%/11%)
97 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%)
Average50,371 (23,444/23,444)17,117 (7,692/9,398)3,869 (1,796/2,067)33.98% (32.8%/40.1%)22.61% (23.3%/22.0%)
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SAT Scores Comparison

The average SAT score of US Top 100 is 1424. By subject, the average score of the SAT EBRW(Evidence-based Reading and Writing) is 703 and the average SAT Math score is 721.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest SAT scores of 1,560 and Florida International University has the lowest SAT scores of 1,160 among US Top 100. The following table compares SAT Scores between US Top 100 for the academic year 2024-2025.
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SAT Score Comparison Between US Top 100
RankNameSubmit%*
(Submit#**)		SAT TotalEvidence-Based Reading and WritingMath
1Princeton University
56%
(783)		1550760790
2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
83%
(911)		1560760800
3Harvard University
54%
(892)		1550760790
4Stanford University
51%
(857)		1550760790
4Yale University
61%
(950)		1540760780
6University of Chicago
49%
(850)		1550760790
7Duke University
48%
(824)		1540760780
7Johns Hopkins University
50%
(691)		1550760790
7Northwestern University
46%
(963)		1540760780
7University of Pennsylvania
50%
(1,204)		1550760790
11California Institute of Technology
Test Score is NOT considered for California Institute of Technology admission.
12Cornell University
40%
(1,424)		1540750790
13Brown University
61%
(1,046)		1540760780
13Dartmouth College
51%
(597)		1540760780
15Columbia University in the City of New York
45%
(680)		1550760790
15University of California-Berkeley
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Berkeley admission.
17Rice University
48%
(546)		1550760790
17University of California-Los Angeles
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Los Angeles admission.
17Vanderbilt University
27%
(447)		1540750790
20Carnegie Mellon University
53%
(951)		1540750790
20University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
51%
(3,697)		1460720740
20University of Notre Dame
33%
(684)		1520750770
20Washington University in St Louis
29%
(538)		1540750790
24Emory University
43%
(623)		1520740780
24Georgetown University
78%
(1,232)		1490740750
26University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
28%
(1,320)		1480730750
26University of Virginia-Main Campus
46%
(1,805)		1480730750
28University of Southern California
34%
(1,191)		1500730770
29University of California-San Diego
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-San Diego admission.
30University of Florida
80%
(5,908)		1400700700
30The University of Texas at Austin
56%
(5,189)		1390690700
32Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
77%
(2,966)		1480720760
32New York University
28%
(1,598)		1520740780
32University of California-Davis
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Davis admission.
32University of California-Irvine
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Irvine admission.
36Boston College
30%
(711)		1500740760
36Tufts University
40%
(716)		1510740770
36University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
48%
(4,310)		1440700740
36University of Wisconsin-Madison
15%
(1,241)		1460710750
40University of California-Santa Barbara
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Barbara admission.
41Ohio State University-Main Campus
17%
(1,615)		1400680720
42Boston University
33%
(1,083)		1480720760
42Rutgers University-New Brunswick
50%
(4,109)		1410690720
42University of Maryland-College Park
42%
(2,448)		1465720745
42University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Seattle Campus admission.
46Lehigh University
30%
(445)		1440710730
46Northeastern University
24%
(653)		1490730760
46Purdue University-Main Campus
79%
(9,110)		1350660690
46University of Georgia
61%
(3,785)		1370680690
46University of Rochester
19%
(249)		1490720770
51Case Western Reserve University
46%
(745)		1510740770
51Florida State University
64%
(3,487)		1350680670
51Texas A & M University-College Station
79%
(8,888)		1270630640
51Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
41%
(3,010)		1360670690
51Wake Forest University
22%
(325)		1470730740
51William & Mary
43%
(696)		1470740730
57University of California-Merced
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Merced admission.
57Villanova University
19%
(323)		1450710740
59George Washington University
26%
(648)		1430720710
59Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
31%
(2,848)		1330660670
59Santa Clara University
24%
(385)		1420700720
59Stony Brook University
34%
(1,368)		1420690730
59University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
8%
(606)		1410690720
64Michigan State University
39%
(3,746)		1260630630
64North Carolina State University at Raleigh
18%
(1,072)		1370680690
64Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
49%
(643)		1450710740
64University of Massachusetts-Amherst
22%
(1,191)		1420700720
64University of Miami
33%
(817)		1400700700
69Brandeis University
30%
(217)		1470730740
69Tulane University of Louisiana
13%
(230)		1465725740
69University of Connecticut
36%
(1,613)		1340670670
79University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
40%
(1,814)		1360680680
73Binghamton University
44%
(1,423)		1410700710
73Indiana University-Bloomington
42%
(4,054)		1290640650
75Clemson University
35%
(1,698)		1320660660
75Rutgers University-Newark
Test Score is NOT considered for Rutgers University-Newark admission.
75Syracuse University
22%
(861)		1360680680
75University at Buffalo
28%
(1,161)		1290640650
75University of California-Riverside
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Riverside admission.
80Colorado School of Mines
42%
(670)		1400690710
80Drexel University
34%
(804)		1340660680
80New Jersey Institute of Technology
45%
(789)		1330650680
80Stevens Institute of Technology
36%
(383)		1440700740
84Pepperdine University
18%
(149)		1370680690
84University of Illinois Chicago
30%
(1,342)		1240620620
84Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Test Score is NOT considered for Worcester Polytechnic Institute admission.
84Yeshiva University
19%
(107)		1440700740
88American University
22%
(366)		1370700670
88Baylor University
32%
(1,080)		1300650650
88Howard University
23%
(626)		1210620590
88Marquette University
14%
(292)		1290650640
88Rochester Institute of Technology
40%
(1,212)		1370680690
88Southern Methodist University
16%
(266)		1420700720
88University of California-Santa Cruz
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Cruz admission.
88University of Delaware
19%
(832)		1280650630
88University of South Florida
78%
(5,369)		1220620600
97Florida International University
90%
(4,700)		1160600560
97Fordham University
18%
(437)		1410700710
97Rutgers University-Camden
23%
(120)		1185600585
97Texas Christian University
22%
(548)		1250630620
97University of Colorado Boulder
18%
(1,372)		1340670670
Average39.44% 1424703721

*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 US Top 100 is 32. By subject, the average ACT English score is 33 and the ACT math score is 30.
The following table compares ACT Scores between US Top 100 for academic year 2024-2025.
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ACT Score Comparison Between US Top 100
RankNameSubmit%*
(Submit#**)		CompositeEnglishMath
1Princeton University
21%
(303)		353535
2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
29%
(322)		353535
3Harvard University
19%
(321)		353535
4Stanford University
19%
(324)		353535
4Yale University
25%
(384)		343534
6University of Chicago
27%
(460)		353534
7Duke University
30%
(526)		353535
7Johns Hopkins University
18%
(254)		353535
7Northwestern University
23%
(488)		343534
7University of Pennsylvania
17%
(416)		353535
11California Institute of Technology
Test Score is NOT considered for California Institute of Technology admission.
12Cornell University
13%
(455)		343535
13Brown University
24%
(410)		353534
13Dartmouth College
22%
(259)		343534
15Columbia University in the City of New York
18%
(267)		353535
15University of California-Berkeley
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Berkeley admission.
17Rice University
22%
(248)		353535
17University of California-Los Angeles
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Los Angeles admission.
17Vanderbilt University
25%
(401)		353534
20Carnegie Mellon University
22%
(405)		353535
20University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
18%
(1,274)		333533
20University of Notre Dame
26%
(541)		34
20Washington University in St Louis
28%
(517)		343534
24Emory University
20%
(286)		34
24Georgetown University
30%
(480)		333532
26University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
41%
(1,896)		313329
26University of Virginia-Main Campus
14%
(547)		333533
28University of Southern California
12%
(432)		333533
29University of California-San Diego
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-San Diego admission.
30University of Florida
40%
(2,952)		313229
30The University of Texas at Austin
18%
(1,686)		313229
32Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
35%
(1,354)		333432
32New York University
10%
(583)		34
32University of California-Davis
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Davis admission.
32University of California-Irvine
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Irvine admission.
36Boston College
15%
(366)		343532
36Tufts University
19%
(335)		34
36University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
16%
(1,408)		323432
36University of Wisconsin-Madison
29%
(2,498)		313230
40University of California-Santa Barbara
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Barbara admission.
41Ohio State University-Main Campus
31%
(3,005)		303129
42Boston University
10%
(330)		333532
42Rutgers University-New Brunswick
5%
(432)		313230
42University of Maryland-College Park
7%
(411)		343432
42University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Test Score is NOT considered for University of Washington-Seattle Campus admission.
46Lehigh University
9%
(137)		323431
46Northeastern University
7%
(203)		343533
46Purdue University-Main Campus
25%
(2,898)		313230
46University of Georgia
38%
(2,356)		323329
46University of Rochester
6%
(78)		333433
51Case Western Reserve University
23%
(376)		343534
51Florida State University
36%
(1,968)		303127
51Texas A & M University-College Station
21%
(2,328)		282827
51Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
9%
(668)		303029
51Wake Forest University
26%
(376)		333531
51William & Mary
16%
(252)		333530
57University of California-Merced
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Merced admission.
57Villanova University
9%
(164)		333532
59George Washington University
11%
(272)		323430
59Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
5%
(494)		303028
59Santa Clara University
10%
(154)		3231
59Stony Brook University
3%
(129)		313331
59University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
33%
(2,463)		292827
64Michigan State University
7%
(651)		282826
64North Carolina State University at Raleigh
29%
(1,688)		303028
64Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
11%
(147)		33
64University of Massachusetts-Amherst
3%
(176)		323329
64University of Miami
19%
(477)		323329
69Brandeis University
10%
(77)		323430
69Tulane University of Louisiana
28%
(506)		323430
69University of Connecticut
5%
(214)		313228
79University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
10%
(463)		313229
73Binghamton University
9%
(297)		323330
73Indiana University-Bloomington
14%
(1,357)		303129
75Clemson University
20%
(966)		313128
75Rutgers University-Newark
Test Score is NOT considered for Rutgers University-Newark admission.
75Syracuse University
9%
(357)		313328
75University at Buffalo
3%
(107)		292828
75University of California-Riverside
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Riverside admission.
80Colorado School of Mines
18%
(288)		323331
80Drexel University
5%
(123)		303127
80New Jersey Institute of Technology
4%
(73)		313031
80Stevens Institute of Technology
6%
(68)		333331
84Pepperdine University
10%
(84)		313328
84University of Illinois Chicago
5%
(201)		282826
84Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Test Score is NOT considered for Worcester Polytechnic Institute admission.
84Yeshiva University
16%
(89)		313328
88American University
8%
(140)		313327
88Baylor University
18%
(620)		303027
88Howard University
9%
(257)		252523
88Marquette University
26%
(549)		282927
88Rochester Institute of Technology
9%
(283)		323230
88Southern Methodist University
9%
(160)		323330
88University of California-Santa Cruz
Test Score is NOT considered for University of California-Santa Cruz admission.
88University of Delaware
3%
(114)		303028
88University of South Florida
22%
(1,531)		262525
97Florida International University
10%
(521)		242421
97Fordham University
6%
(160)		323429
97Rutgers University-Camden
3%
(14)		222319
97Texas Christian University
21%
(503)		293127
97University of Colorado Boulder
6%
(453)		313228
Average16.77% 323330

*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 US Top 100 based on academic year 2024-2025 data.
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Application Requirements Comparison Between US Top 100
Rank NameHS GPAHS RankHS Record Prep. ProgramRec.Compe.SAT/ACTTOEFL
1 Princeton University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✔✓
3 Harvard University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓
4 Stanford University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓
4 Yale University
✓✓ ✔✗ ✔✓ ✓✔
6 University of Chicago
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✓
7 Duke University
✔✗ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✗
7 Johns Hopkins University
✔✓ ✔✗ ✔✗ ✓✔
7 Northwestern University
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
7 University of Pennsylvania
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓
11 California Institute of Technology
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✗✔
12 Cornell University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
13 Brown University
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✓
13 Dartmouth College
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
15 Columbia University in the City of New York
✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✓
15 University of California-Berkeley
✔✗ ✔✓ ✓✗ ✗✔
17 Rice University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
17 University of California-Los Angeles
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
17 Vanderbilt University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
20 Carnegie Mellon University
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
20 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
20 University of Notre Dame
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
20 Washington University in St Louis
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
24 Emory University
✗✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✓
24 Georgetown University
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓
26 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
26 University of Virginia-Main Campus
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓
28 University of Southern California
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✔ ✓✔
29 University of California-San Diego
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
30 University of Florida
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✔✗
30 The University of Texas at Austin
✓✓ ✔✔ ✓✓ ✓✔
32 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
✔✗ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✔✔
32 New York University
✔✗ ✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✔
32 University of California-Davis
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
32 University of California-Irvine
✔✔ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
36 Boston College
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
36 Tufts University
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
36 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
✗✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✓✔
36 University of Wisconsin-Madison
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
40 University of California-Santa Barbara
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
41 Ohio State University-Main Campus
✔✔ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
42 Boston University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
42 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
✔✓ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✓✔
42 University of Maryland-College Park
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
42 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
46 Lehigh University
✔✗ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
46 Northeastern University
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
46 Purdue University-Main Campus
✗✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✔✔
46 University of Georgia
✔✗ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✔✓
46 University of Rochester
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
51 Case Western Reserve University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
51 Florida State University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✔✔
51 Texas A & M University-College Station
✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✗ ✓✔
51 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
✔✗ ✔✓ ✗✗ ✓✔
51 Wake Forest University
✓✓ ✔✓ ✔✗ ✓✔
51 William & Mary
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✓
57 University of California-Merced
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
57 Villanova University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
59 George Washington University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
59 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
✔✗ ✔✓ ✗✗ ✓✔
59 Santa Clara University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
59 Stony Brook University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
59 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
✓✓ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
64 Michigan State University
✔✗ ✗✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
64 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
64 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
✔✔ ✔✔ ✔✔ ✓✔
64 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✔ ✓✔
64 University of Miami
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
69 Brandeis University
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
69 Tulane University of Louisiana
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
69 University of Connecticut
✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✔✔
79 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
✓✓ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
73 Binghamton University
✔✗ ✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✔
73 Indiana University-Bloomington
✔✔ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
75 Clemson University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✓ ✓✔
75 Rutgers University-Newark
✔✓ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
75 Syracuse University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✔ ✓✔
75 University at Buffalo
✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✔
75 University of California-Riverside
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
80 Colorado School of Mines
✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✗ ✓✔
80 Drexel University
✔✓ ✔✓ ✔✔ ✓✔
80 New Jersey Institute of Technology
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✔ ✓✔
80 Stevens Institute of Technology
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
84 Pepperdine University
✔✗ ✔✗ ✔✗ ✓✔
84 University of Illinois Chicago
✔✔ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✓✔
84 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
✓✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✗✔
84 Yeshiva University
✔✗ ✔✗ ✔✗ ✓✔
88 American University
✔✗ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
88 Baylor University
✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✓ ✓✔
88 Howard University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
88 Marquette University
✔✓ ✔✓ ✓✗ ✓✔
88 Rochester Institute of Technology
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
88 Southern Methodist University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
88 University of California-Santa Cruz
✔✗ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✗✔
88 University of Delaware
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✓ ✓✔
88 University of South Florida
✔✓ ✔✓ ✗✗ ✔✔
97 Florida International University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✗✓ ✔✔
97 Fordham University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔
97 Rutgers University-Camden
✔✓ ✔✔ ✗✗ ✓✔
97 Texas Christian University
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✔ ✓✔
97 University of Colorado Boulder
✔✓ ✔✔ ✔✗ ✓✔

✔: 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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