| Rank |
Name (*Public school) |
SAT/ACT |
| 1 |
Princeton University (NJ) |
1360- 1540 |
| 2 |
Harvard University (MA) |
1400- 1590 |
| 3 |
Yale University (CT) |
1380- 1550 |
| 4 |
California Institute of
Technology |
1450- 1580 |
| 5 |
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology |
1390- 1560 |
| 6 |
Stanford University (CA) |
1360- 1550 |
| 7 |
University of Pennsylvania |
1310- 1490 |
| 8 |
Duke University (NC) |
1300- 1500 |
| 9 |
Dartmouth College (NH) |
1350- 1530 |
| 10 |
Columbia University (NY) |
1300- 1500 |
| 11 |
Cornell University (NY) |
1270- 1460 |
| 12 |
University of Chicago |
1290- 1490 |
| 13 |
Northwestern University (IL) |
1300- 1470 |
| 14 |
Rice University (TX) |
1310- 1520 |
| 15 |
Brown University (RI) |
1290- 1490 |
| 16 |
Johns Hopkins University (MD) |
1280- 1490 |
| 17 |
Washington University in St.
Louis |
1270- 1440 |
| 18 |
Emory University (GA) |
1280- 1430 |
| 19 |
University of Notre Dame (IN) |
1260- 1430 |
| 20 |
University of California –
Berkeley * |
1200- 1430 |
| 21 |
University of Virginia * |
1210- 1410 |
| 22 |
Vanderbilt University (TN) |
1220- 1400 |
| 23 |
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) |
1270- 1460 |
| 24 |
Georgetown
University (DC) |
1250- 1450 |
| 25 |
Univ. of California – Los
Angeles * |
1170- 1400 |
| 26 |
University of Michigan – Ann
Arbor * |
26- 30 |
| 27 |
U. of North Carolina –
Chapel Hill * |
1140- 1360 |
| 28 |
Wake Forest University (NC) |
1210- 1390 |
| 29 |
Tufts University (MA) |
1250- 1430 |
| 30 |
College of William and Mary (VA)* |
1230- 1410 |
| 31 |
Brandeis University (MA) |
1220- 1420 |
| 32 |
Univ. of California – San
Diego * |
1160- 1360 |
| 33 |
New York University |
1230- 1420 |
| 34 |
University of Rochester (NY) |
1230- 1410 |
| 35 |
Georgia Institute of Technology * |
1220- 1415 |
| 36 |
Univ. of Southern California |
1160- 1370 |
| 37 |
Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison
* |
25- 29 |
| 38 |
Boston College |
1200- 1370 |
| 39 |
Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH) |
1220- 1440 |
| 40 |
Lehigh University (PA) |
1156- 1341 |
| 41 |
University of California –
Davis * |
1060- 1280 |
| 42 |
University of California –
Irvine * |
1035- 1255 |
| 43 |
U. of Illinois –
Urbana-Champaign * |
25- 28 |
| 44 |
Pennsylvania State U. –
University Park * |
1080- 1300 |
| 45 |
Tulane University (LA) |
1191- 1393 |
| 46 |
Univ. of California – Santa
Barbara * |
1080- 1290 |
| 47 |
University of Washington * |
1040- 1280 |
| 48 |
Yeshiva University (NY) |
1080- 1300 |
| 49 |
Pepperdine University (CA) |
1150- 1350 |
| 50 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY) |
1180- 1370 |
| 51 |
University of Texas – Austin
* |
1080- 1300 |
