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 |
23 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | 1,550 | 755 | 790 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 7.3% | 51.2% | $63,340 | 31,275 |
10 | Duke University Durham, NC | 1,550 | 750 | 780 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 6.3% | 55.0% | $65,805 | 18,023 |
5 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | 1,540 | 760 | 780 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 5.4% | 84.8% | $66,939 | 18,339 |
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 |
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 |
3 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | 1,540 | 755 | 780 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 5.7% | 69.2% | $59,710 | 8,842 |
8 | Yale University New Haven, CT | 1,540 | 760 | 780 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 4.6% | 67.9% | $64,700 | 14,776 |
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 |
67 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY | 1,480 | 725 | 745 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 12.4% | 30.9% | $67,024 | 3,141 |
44 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | 1,480 | 715 | 745 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 17.1% | 42.1% | $32,876 | 45,296 |
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 |
64 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY | 1,470 | 715 | 750 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 38.9% | 20.9% | $64,348 | 12,197 |
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 |
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 |
107 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | 1,460 | 705 | 735 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 44.6% | 23.1% | $40,306 | 40,792 |
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 |
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 |
77 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | 1,440 | 690 | 725 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 44.8% | 28.1% | $34,501 | 56,916 |
1 | Babson College Wellesley, MA | 1,440 | 695 | 735 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 22.3% | 38.6% | $56,032 | 3,989 |
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 |
213 | Fordham University Bronx, NY | 1,400 | 695 | 705 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 54.1% | 10.2% | $61,992 | 16,556 |
151 | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO | 1,400 | 689 | 720 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 58.0% | 23.9% | $44,376 | 7,403 |
55 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL | 1,390 | 690 | 705 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 18.9% | 25.5% | $59,926 | 19,402 |
115 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA | 1,390 | 685 | 705 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 32.6% | 27.1% | $64,772 | 3,787 |
302 | Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY | 1,410 | 680 | 730 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 49.1% | 16.8% | $30,350 | 25,710 |
212 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | 1,370 | 680 | 695 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 49.1% | 16.8% | $39,890 | 33,767 |
98 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | 1,370 | 675 | 695 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 63.5% | 19.4% | $39,293 | 32,229 |
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 |
273 | St Olaf College Northfield, MN | 1,370 | 695 | 695 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 56.4% | 27.9% | $56,970 | 3,046 |
92 | American University Washington, DC | 1,370 | 695 | 665 | 31 | 32 | 28 | 40.6% | 22.2% | $56,543 | 13,885 |
68 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | 1,370 | 675 | 700 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 66.3% | 28.2% | $36,001 | 50,637 |
71 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC | 1,360 | 670 | 700 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 47.2% | 33.5% | $31,767 | 36,700 |
76 | Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA | 1,360 | 685 | 695 | 31 | 33 | 29 | 41.3% | 17.9% | $58,974 | 10,165 |
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 |
96 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | 1,330 | 660 | 670 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 54.5% | 18.3% | $43,034 | 27,003 |
79 | Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | 1,330 | 655 | 680 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 52.7% | 26.1% | $28,794 | 51,528 |
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 |
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 |
150 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT | 1,350 | 680 | 665 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 59.8% | 16.6% | $43,890 | 14,088 |
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 |
314 | Clemson University Clemson, SC | 1,320 | 655 | 660 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 43.0% | 20.2% | $39,498 | 28,466 |
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 |
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 |
122 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | 1,330 | 655 | 675 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 79.6% | 10.0% | $60,663 | 22,344 |
88 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | 1,330 | 660 | 675 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 57.0% | 27.7% | $36,694 | 38,170 |
167 | Creighton University Omaha, NE | 1,320 | 654 | 659 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 75.7% | 17.0% | $47,000 | 8,397 |
85 | University of Georgia Athens, GA | 1,310 | 665 | 655 | 30 | 34 | 30 | 42.5% | 37.5% | $30,220 | 40,607 |
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 |
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 |