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2026 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 (35) submitted by enrolled students and Harvard University has the second highest ACT score (35) based on academic year 2023-2024 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
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	1,560	760	790	35	36	36	4.5%	85.8%	$62,396	11,886
2	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	1,550	760	785	35	36	34	3.6%	83.6%	$61,676	30,259
18	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	1,550	755	790	35	36	35	6.4%	47.0%	$64,730	30,210
8	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	1,550	755	785	35	36	35	5.4%	68.0%	$68,686	29,109
5	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	1,550	760	785	35	36	34	4.6%	75.5%	$62,688	9,137
9	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	1,550	760	785	35	35	34	4.5%	88.3%	$69,324	18,566
15	Rice University Houston, TX	1,550	755	785	35	36	35	8.0%	44.2%	$61,247	8,961
3	Stanford University Stanford, CA	1,550	760	785	35	36	35	3.6%	81.9%	$65,910	18,625
7	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	1,550	760	785	35	34	36	4.0%	64.9%	$70,517	35,173
12	Brown University Providence, RI	1,540	760	785	35	36	34	5.4%	65.2%	$71,312	11,956
14	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	1,540	750	785	35	36	34	5.9%	61.2%	$67,498	13,575
20	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	1,540	750	785	35	35	35	11.7%	45.7%	$65,636	15,888
11	Duke University Durham, NC	1,540	755	780	35	36	34	5.7%	58.8%	$68,758	17,499
25	New York University New York, NY	1,520	740	780	35	-	-	9.2%	55.4%	$62,796	56,832
22	Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO	1,540	750	785	34	35	33	12.1%	46.7%	$65,790	16,357
6	Yale University New Haven, CT	1,540	755	765	34	35	33	3.9%	69.8%	$67,250	15,564
13	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	1,540	755	785	34	36	34	7.7%	55.3%	$68,322	23,856
10	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	1,540	760	775	34	36	34	5.4%	69.1%	$68,019	6,938
17	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	1,540	750	785	34	36	34	8.8%	63.9%	$69,314	26,793
21	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	1,520	745	763	34	-	-	11.3%	61.7%	$65,025	13,042
26	Tufts University Medford, MA	1,510	745	770	34	-	-	11.5%	45.5%	$70,704	13,599
38	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	1,500	735	755	34	35	32	16.4%	43.5%	$70,702	15,432
73	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	1,490	733	745	34	35	32	16.5%	34.8%	$70,042	4,011
27	Northeastern University Boston, MA	1,490	735	755	34	34	33	5.2%	53.8%	$66,162	32,553
67	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	1,480	725	745	34	-	-	22.2%	23.5%	$65,230	3,722
34	Emory University Atlanta, GA	1,520	740	770	34	-	-	10.6%	40.4%	$64,280	15,175
53	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	1,500	735	750	34	35	32	13.9%	28.7%	$70,306	3,211
28	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	1,500	735	765	34	34	32	9.8%	43.3%	$71,647	46,566
48	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	1,480	730	745	34	35	33	16.8%	40.0%	$61,591	26,409
84	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	1,465	720	745	34	34	32	44.8%	21.6%	$41,186	41,725
31	Barnard College New York, NY	1,520	750	765	33	34	32	8.8%	68.6%	$69,888	3,487
58	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	1,510	730	755	33	34	33	36.5%	11.9%	$66,608	12,475
16	Georgetown University Washington, DC	1,490	735	735	33	35	32	12.9%	46.7%	$68,089	20,031
37	Boston University Boston, MA	1,480	720	755	33	34	32	11.1%	37.4%	$68,102	37,737
50	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	1,470	725	740	33	35	32	21.7%	36.1%	$67,642	9,322
81	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	1,470	735	730	33	35	31	34.1%	26.6%	$51,038	9,818
59	Villanova University Villanova, PA	1,450	713	740	33	34	32	27.0%	27.7%	$67,776	10,041
74	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	1,490	715	760	33	34	33	40.1%	15.4%	$67,080	11,946
97	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	1,470	720	735	33	33	31	40.5%	17.3%	$68,080	5,205
39	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	1,465	725	735	33	33	30	14.0%	40.3%	$68,678	13,310
1	Babson College Wellesley, MA	1,460	705	755	33	34	33	17.1%	39.0%	$57,152	3,932
44	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	1,460	715	730	33	34	33	15.6%	47.3%	$63,081	52,855
45	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	1,440	705	730	33	33	31	25.9%	28.4%	$64,980	7,692
55	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	1,440	703	740	33	33	31	47.6%	20.8%	$63,462	8,469
63	George Washington University Washington, DC	1,430	715	710	33	34	30	47.1%	19.3%	$67,710	25,374
47	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	1,480	715	740	32	33	32	14.1%	45.6%	$34,484	53,363
77	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	1,450	705	738	32	-	-	63.5%	12.1%	$64,078	7,040
78	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	1,440	695	720	32	33	32	42.4%	28.8%	$40,096	59,238
98	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	1,420	705	710	32	33	30	63.3%	17.8%	$67,040	12,116
61	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	1,420	700	720	32	-	31	48.0%	17.7%	$61,293	9,728
128	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	1,420	690	715	32	32	30	59.7%	17.9%	$40,449	31,726
174	Fordham University Bronx, NY	1,410	695	705	32	34	30	59.3%	9.7%	$64,470	16,150
54	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	1,400	695	705	32	33	30	18.9%	24.3%	$62,616	19,852
72	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	1,400	690	700	32	33	30	28.9%	30.1%	$67,812	3,969
137	University of Georgia Athens, GA	1,370	685	690	32	32	30	37.7%	38.3%	$31,688	43,146
294	Clark University Worcester, MA	1,358	699	675	32	34	29	39.5%	10.7%	$58,467	3,925
70	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	1,480	720	740	31	31	30	15.3%	45.5%	$41,203	32,438
79	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	1,460	705	745	31	31	30	45.2%	28.6%	$42,103	51,044
49	Yeshiva University New York, NY	1,440	705	720	31	32	29	55.6%	61.1%	$51,800	6,965
236	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	1,420	690	725	31	32	31	49.0%	14.7%	$32,741	26,689
220	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	1,410	705	715	31	33	30	38.6%	15.9%	$30,447	18,816
91	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO	1,400	690	710	31	32	31	60.7%	23.1%	$45,824	8,044
75	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	1,400	695	705	31	32	29	24.2%	42.2%	$28,659	56,311
103	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	1,370	685	695	31	31	30	66.9%	16.3%	$59,210	17,098
209	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	1,360	695	670	31	33	29	65.3%	15.8%	$45,502	14,476
230	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	1,360	680	690	31	31	29	58.1%	13.0%	$41,430	35,724
376	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	1,340	670	665	31	31	29	78.1%	14.1%	$42,970	38,799
83	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	1,410	690	715	31	32	30	58.1%	20.5%	$37,441	52,269
85	American University Washington, DC	1,370	700	670	31	32	27	62.0%	15.6%	$58,771	12,321
80	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	1,370	680	690	31	33	30	62.9%	11.6%	$69,918	8,976
86	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	1,360	680	675	31	32	29	45.9%	18.8%	$65,528	22,589
143	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	1,350	675	665	31	31	27	24.2%	30.9%	$21,683	43,889
94	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	1,350	660	680	31	31	30	49.9%	29.2%	$28,794	58,658
233	Emerson College Boston, MA	1,340	690	655	31	32	28	51.3%	15.5%	$57,056	5,263
113	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	1,340	660	665	31	32	29	52.4%	15.4%	$43,712	28,306
127	Providence College Providence, RI	1,330	665	655	31	31	29	50.9%	19.2%	$63,550	4,666
141	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	1,330	655	680	31	30	31	65.1%	17.2%	$37,664	13,247
123	University of Denver Denver, CO	1,320	675	650	31	30	28	77.8%	9.1%	$61,398	12,813
99	Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	1,320	665	660	31	-	-	33.3%	23.7%	$58,400	6,864
175	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	1,400	680	715	30	31	29	60.6%	21.8%	$40,022	61,443
57	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	1,390	685	695	30	31	29	26.6%	47.4%	$44,908	53,864
368	St Olaf College Northfield, MN	1,380	700	685	30	32	28	48.3%	26.8%	$59,760	3,124
110	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	1,370	685	700	30	30	29	41.7%	31.8%	$32,847	38,464
104	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	1,360	675	690	30	30	29	54.8%	25.3%	$37,764	38,857
64	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	1,360	685	680	30	31	29	67.8%	77.5%	$6,688	35,873
107	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	1,350	680	665	30	32	28	45.1%	14.8%	$61,867	10,179
725	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	1,330	655	660	30	30	29	12.5%	77.9%	-	4,473
194	Clemson University Clemson, SC	1,320	660	665	30	30	29	38.3%	20.7%	$40,866	29,077
792	Simmons University Boston, MA	1,310	660	645	30	31	26	70.0%	10.8%	$46,874	4,666
513	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	1,310	660	655	30	30	28	68.1%	10.3%	$57,660	10,685
260	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	1,290	640	645	30	30	29	78.2%	18.2%	$41,891	48,424
121	University of Delaware Newark, DE	1,280	645	635	30	31	29	70.6%	15.7%	$41,400	24,412
245	Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD	1,270	655	630	30	31	27	75.5%	11.6%	$57,150	4,897
537	Siena University Loudonville, NY	1,220	615	620	30	-	-	69.0%	11.9%	$45,805	3,720
134	University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK	1,410	685	692	30	30	30	61.5%	23.3%	$49,546	3,914
68	Bentley University Waltham, MA	1,350	665	690	30	32	29	45.1%	21.3%	$61,000	5,333
148	Chapman University Orange, CA	1,350	675	675	30	32	27	65.4%	15.9%	$64,984	9,760
82	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	1,340	660	680	30	30	29	79.4%	8.1%	$62,412	21,153
51	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	1,340	670	655	30	30	27	17.6%	49.6%	$64,500	3,126
169	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	1,330	660	670	30	30	29	60.6%	17.1%	$41,790	50,737