2024 Highest ACT Scores Rankings
The ACT is a standardized test used for college admissions along with SAT test. The ACT has four subjects - English, Math, Reading, and Science (and optional essay). The score range for each of the multiple-choice tests is 1–36 and the composite score is the average of the four test scores rounded to the nearest integer (number).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the highest ACT score (36) submitted by enrolled students and Harvard University has the second highest ACT score (35) based on academic year 2022-2023 college admission data.
Below table ranks and compares the Highest ACT Scores with the highest ACT score. You may want to view colleges with highest SAT score at the highest AAT score ranking page.
Highest ACT Scores
Rank | College Name | SAT Average | SAT Evidence Based Reading & Writing | SAT Math | ACT Composite | ACT English | ACT Math | Acceptance Rate | Yield | Tuition & Fees | Student Population |
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1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | 1,560 | 760 | 795 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 4.0% | 85.0% | $60,156 | 11,858 |
4 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | 1,550 | 755 | 780 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 3.2% | 83.0% | $59,076 | 30,631 |
14 | Rice University Houston, TX | 1,540 | 750 | 780 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 8.7% | 44.1% | $58,128 | 8,672 |
12 | Brown University Providence, RI | 1,540 | 755 | 780 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 5.1% | 67.0% | $68,230 | 11,189 |
10 | Duke University Durham, NC | 1,550 | 750 | 780 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 6.3% | 55.0% | $65,805 | 18,023 |
23 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | 1,550 | 755 | 790 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 7.3% | 51.2% | $63,340 | 31,275 |
7 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | 1,540 | 750 | 785 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 6.5% | 67.9% | $66,104 | 28,201 |
18 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | 1,540 | 745 | 785 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 11.3% | 44.3% | $63,829 | 16,002 |
5 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | 1,540 | 760 | 780 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 5.4% | 84.8% | $66,939 | 18,339 |
6 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | 1,530 | 755 | 780 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 3.9% | 64.1% | $69,045 | 34,782 |
15 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | 1,530 | 750 | 780 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 6.7% | 52.3% | $63,946 | 13,710 |
2 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | 1,550 | 755 | 785 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 3.7% | 83.7% | $62,484 | 18,283 |
13 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | 1,550 | 760 | 780 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 6.4% | 62.2% | $65,739 | 6,744 |
8 | Yale University New Haven, CT | 1,540 | 760 | 780 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 4.6% | 67.9% | $64,700 | 14,776 |
3 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | 1,540 | 755 | 780 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 5.7% | 69.2% | $59,710 | 8,842 |
11 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | 1,530 | 750 | 780 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 7.2% | 55.2% | $65,997 | 23,161 |
21 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO | 1,530 | 750 | 785 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 11.8% | 48.2% | $62,982 | 17,012 |
17 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | 1,530 | 740 | 780 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 7.5% | 67.6% | $66,014 | 25,898 |
25 | New York University New York, NY | 1,530 | 745 | 775 | 34 | - | - | 12.5% | 49.3% | $60,438 | 59,144 |
32 | Tufts University Medford, MA | 1,510 | 735 | 765 | 34 | - | - | 9.7% | 50.1% | $67,844 | 13,431 |
52 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | 1,500 | 730 | 765 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 6.8% | 40.7% | $63,141 | 30,013 |
53 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | 1,490 | 733 | 755 | 34 | 35 | 32 | 16.7% | 34.6% | $67,680 | 15,287 |
27 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | 1,520 | 735 | 765 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 12.0% | 41.2% | $68,237 | 48,945 |
19 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | 1,510 | 735 | 765 | 34 | - | - | 12.9% | 59.5% | $62,693 | 13,105 |
26 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | 1,500 | 735 | 750 | 34 | 35 | 32 | 12.2% | 48.7% | $65,081 | 20,984 |
78 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH | 1,490 | 715 | 760 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 27.4% | 14.6% | $64,671 | 12,201 |
24 | Barnard College New York, NY | 1,505 | 745 | 750 | 33 | 35 | 31 | 8.8% | 66.0% | $66,246 | 3,442 |
33 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | 1,500 | 730 | 760 | 33 | - | - | 11.4% | 37.8% | $60,774 | 14,841 |
43 | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | 1,490 | 720 | 750 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 18.7% | 42.3% | $58,950 | 26,082 |
44 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | 1,480 | 715 | 745 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 17.1% | 42.1% | $32,876 | 45,296 |
67 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY | 1,480 | 725 | 745 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 12.4% | 30.9% | $67,024 | 3,141 |
210 | University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA | 1,470 | 719 | 745 | 33 | - | - | 24.4% | 24.3% | $62,600 | 3,876 |
80 | William & Mary Williamsburg, VA | 1,460 | 723 | 725 | 33 | 35 | 31 | 33.5% | 27.1% | $49,412 | 9,654 |
66 | Villanova University Villanova, PA | 1,440 | 704 | 735 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 23.4% | 31.9% | $64,701 | 10,383 |
57 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | 1,470 | 710 | 730 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 17.7% | 47.3% | $58,072 | 51,225 |
81 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA | 1,470 | 715 | 735 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 39.4% | 25.2% | $64,946 | 5,581 |
64 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY | 1,470 | 715 | 750 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 38.9% | 20.9% | $64,348 | 12,197 |
190 | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ | 1,450 | 700 | 745 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 46.2% | 17.5% | $60,952 | 9,314 |
154 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX | 1,450 | 710 | 730 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 52.3% | 19.4% | $64,460 | 12,053 |
42 | Boston University Boston, MA | 1,440 | 695 | 730 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 14.4% | 31.3% | $65,168 | 36,714 |
62 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | 1,420 | 705 | 710 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 14.4% | 35.4% | $67,316 | 3,253 |
89 | George Washington University Washington, DC | 1,410 | 705 | 705 | 33 | 34 | 30 | 49.0% | 22.0% | $64,990 | 25,939 |
49 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | 1,460 | 710 | 730 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 17.1% | 46.0% | $39,330 | 31,705 |
107 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | 1,460 | 705 | 735 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 44.6% | 23.1% | $40,306 | 40,792 |
36 | Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | 1,450 | 715 | 725 | 32 | 34 | 29 | 11.5% | 50.9% | $65,538 | 14,027 |
143 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY | 1,450 | 700 | 740 | 32 | - | - | 64.5% | 18.4% | $61,884 | 6,968 |
1 | Babson College Wellesley, MA | 1,440 | 695 | 735 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 22.3% | 38.6% | $56,032 | 3,989 |
77 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | 1,440 | 690 | 725 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 44.8% | 28.1% | $34,501 | 56,916 |
298 | Binghamton University Vestal, NY | 1,430 | 690 | 735 | 32 | - | - | 41.7% | 17.9% | $29,453 | 18,312 |
58 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | 1,410 | 690 | 725 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 37.0% | 26.9% | $62,180 | 7,394 |
151 | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO | 1,400 | 689 | 720 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 58.0% | 23.9% | $44,376 | 7,403 |
213 | Fordham University Bronx, NY | 1,400 | 695 | 705 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 54.1% | 10.2% | $61,992 | 16,556 |
115 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA | 1,390 | 685 | 705 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 32.6% | 27.1% | $64,772 | 3,787 |
55 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL | 1,390 | 690 | 705 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 18.9% | 25.5% | $59,926 | 19,402 |
302 | Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY | 1,410 | 680 | 730 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 49.1% | 16.8% | $30,350 | 25,710 |
98 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | 1,370 | 675 | 695 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 63.5% | 19.4% | $39,293 | 32,229 |
212 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | 1,370 | 680 | 695 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 49.1% | 16.8% | $39,890 | 33,767 |
69 | Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA | 1,364 | 680 | 705 | 31 | - | - | 52.1% | 18.9% | $59,241 | 9,178 |
181 | Emerson College Boston, MA | 1,360 | 690 | 650 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 42.7% | 19.4% | $55,392 | 5,891 |
113 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY | 1,360 | 670 | 690 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 67.2% | 19.9% | $57,016 | 16,615 |
119 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | 1,400 | 680 | 715 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 52.7% | 23.5% | $38,365 | 60,540 |
72 | United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO | 1,395 | 690 | 705 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 16.2% | 77.9% | - | 4,085 |
46 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | 1,390 | 690 | 705 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 23.3% | 43.9% | $28,659 | 55,211 |
68 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | 1,370 | 675 | 700 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 66.3% | 28.2% | $36,001 | 50,637 |
92 | American University Washington, DC | 1,370 | 695 | 665 | 31 | 32 | 28 | 40.6% | 22.2% | $56,543 | 13,885 |
273 | St Olaf College Northfield, MN | 1,370 | 695 | 695 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 56.4% | 27.9% | $56,970 | 3,046 |
76 | Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA | 1,360 | 685 | 695 | 31 | 33 | 29 | 41.3% | 17.9% | $58,974 | 10,165 |
71 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC | 1,360 | 670 | 700 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 47.2% | 33.5% | $31,767 | 36,700 |
381 | Clark University Worcester, MA | 1,360 | 680 | 660 | 31 | 33 | 29 | 50.3% | 15.9% | $55,160 | 3,770 |
399 | Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR | 1,340 | 685 | 645 | 31 | 32 | 27 | 68.6% | 13.7% | $62,350 | 3,595 |
79 | Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | 1,330 | 655 | 680 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 52.7% | 26.1% | $28,794 | 51,528 |
96 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | 1,330 | 660 | 670 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 54.5% | 18.3% | $43,034 | 27,003 |
131 | Baylor University Waco, TX | 1,320 | 660 | 660 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 45.9% | 17.6% | $54,844 | 20,709 |
93 | Pepperdine University Malibu, CA | 1,390 | 690 | 693 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 48.7% | 16.9% | $66,742 | 10,030 |
150 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT | 1,350 | 680 | 665 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 59.8% | 16.6% | $43,890 | 14,088 |
94 | College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA | 1,350 | 680 | 665 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 36.4% | 35.3% | $60,850 | 3,083 |
87 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | 1,350 | 670 | 675 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 51.8% | 19.1% | $63,061 | 22,698 |
106 | Bentley University Waltham, MA | 1,340 | 654 | 685 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 57.9% | 20.4% | $58,150 | 5,165 |
70 | United States Military Academy West Point, NY | 1,340 | 660 | 675 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 12.0% | 78.1% | - | 4,393 |
282 | Providence College Providence, RI | 1,320 | 675 | 665 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 52.8% | 19.7% | $60,848 | 4,473 |
145 | University of Denver Denver, CO | 1,320 | 665 | 645 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 77.7% | 10.9% | $59,340 | 13,734 |
540 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ | 1,320 | 640 | 680 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 66.0% | 18.3% | $35,934 | 12,332 |
314 | Clemson University Clemson, SC | 1,320 | 655 | 660 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 43.0% | 20.2% | $39,498 | 28,466 |
116 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL | 1,310 | 645 | 670 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 61.4% | 13.9% | $51,763 | 6,943 |
491 | Ithaca College Ithaca, NY | 1,290 | 657 | 635 | 30 | 31 | 27 | 75.2% | 14.0% | $50,510 | 5,054 |
474 | Simmons University Boston, MA | 1,270 | 655 | 640 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 76.5% | 12.8% | $45,538 | 5,710 |
816 | SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY | 1,260 | 660 | 610 | 30 | 34 | 27 | 74.7% | 16.0% | $18,863 | 3,182 |
247 | Yeshiva University New York, NY | 1,400 | 690 | 685 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 63.2% | 62.3% | $49,900 | 6,056 |
129 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | 1,378 | 685 | 710 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 74.9% | 23.6% | $36,402 | 54,955 |
40 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | 1,370 | 675 | 690 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 31.4% | 48.4% | $42,778 | 52,384 |
47 | Brigham Young University Provo, UT | 1,360 | 684 | 690 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 66.7% | 79.0% | $6,496 | 34,464 |
88 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | 1,330 | 660 | 675 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 57.0% | 27.7% | $36,694 | 38,170 |
122 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | 1,330 | 655 | 675 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 79.6% | 10.0% | $60,663 | 22,344 |
167 | Creighton University Omaha, NE | 1,320 | 654 | 659 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 75.7% | 17.0% | $47,000 | 8,397 |
759 | Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ | 1,310 | 660 | 650 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 75.1% | 7.8% | $51,370 | 9,623 |
224 | Fairfield University Fairfield, CT | 1,310 | 650 | 655 | 30 | - | - | 52.2% | 19.1% | $56,360 | 6,019 |
85 | University of Georgia Athens, GA | 1,310 | 665 | 655 | 30 | 34 | 30 | 42.5% | 37.5% | $30,220 | 40,607 |
237 | Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN | 1,290 | 640 | 650 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 82.4% | 23.6% | $40,482 | 47,005 |
2 | School of Visual Arts New York, NY | 1,290 | 650 | 665 | 30 | - | - | 87.4% | 25.6% | $49,140 | 4,127 |
375 | University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC | 1,280 | 645 | 635 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 64.1% | 24.3% | $34,934 | 35,653 |