Colleges with the Highest Average SAT Scores

Colleges with the Highest Average SAT Scores, ranked by average sat score. Reported SAT average; test-optional reporting can reflect a selected subset. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 842 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts5%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 2University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois4%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 3University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 4Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York4%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 5Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts4%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 6Stanford UniversityStanford, California4%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 7Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey5%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 8Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland6%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 9Rice UniversityHouston, Texas8%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 10Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 11Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina6%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 12Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania12%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 13Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 14Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 15Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 16Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 17Pomona CollegeClaremont, California7%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 18Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 19Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois8%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 20Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 21Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 22Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri12%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 23Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California10%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 24New York UniversityNew York, New York9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 25University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana11%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 26Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia11%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 27Barnard CollegeNew York, New York9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 28Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 29Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 30Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota20%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 31Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 32Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio37%1513$41k$88k87%6,4373 mi 33Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania12%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 34Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York14%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 35Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont11%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 36Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 37Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 38Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut16%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 39Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 40Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts21%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 41Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 42Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 43University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia22%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 44University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California10%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 45Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York19%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 46Scripps CollegeClaremont, California38%1492$36k$78k83%1,11334 mi 47University of RochesterRochester, New York40%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 48Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia13%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 49Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa15%1486$18k$63k88%1,729254 mi 50Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia14%1480$12k$103k94%18,785222 mi 51Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 52University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia17%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 53Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina22%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 54University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland45%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 55William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia34%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi 56Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, Rhode Island19%1473$51k$68k89%2,0841 mi 57Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina13%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 58Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine13%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 59University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan16%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 60Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts36%1463$26k$58k84%2,16962 mi 61Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts41%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 62Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania27%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 63Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts17%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 64Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York63%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 65Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, California44%1452$38k$76k81%1,87718 mi 66Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana14%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 67Oberlin CollegeOberlin, Ohio34%1447$39k$58k81%2,88711 mi 68Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey48%1446$41k$109k87%4,222< 1 mi 69University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois42%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 70Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania26%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 71Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota29%1440$32k$64k87%2,131134 mi 72Simpson CollegeIndianola, Iowa86%1440$22k$59k63%1,227302 mi 73University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina15%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 74Reed CollegePortland, Oregon25%1437$33k$63k71%1,32054 mi 75George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia47%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 76Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut37%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 77Kenyon CollegeGambier, Ohio31%1429$39k$72k82%1,73270 mi 78Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas63%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 79University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin45%1427$17k$74k90%36,90276 mi 80Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute, Indiana77%1427$43k$101k78%2,309148 mi 81Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California48%1426$50k$109k88%6,5529 mi 82Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New York56%1426$50k$71k83%2,852< 1 mi 83Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania31%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 84University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts60%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 85Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York49%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 86Fordham UniversityBronx, New York59%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi 87Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, Texas26%1416$23k$72k84%2,505120 mi 88Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 89University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida19%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 90Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 91Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, Michigan21%1415——90%1,57361 mi 92Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado61%1412$29k$97k82%6,155737 mi 93Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey58%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 94Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania29%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 95Denison UniversityGranville, Ohio17%1410$40k$68k79%2,38091 mi 96Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington38%1410$33k$68k81%1,531209 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.