| Name | Admissions Rate |
ACT Composite
25-75th percentile |
ACT English
25-75th percentile |
ACT Math
25-75th percentile |
% Submitting ACT
25-75th percentile |
SAT Subject Tests Required |
Early Decision (ED) Early Action(EA) |
|
| 1 |
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
8.8% | 31 - 35 | 32 - 35 | 30 - 35 | 21% | 3 | |
| 2 |
Yale University
New Haven, CT |
8.9% | 29 - 34 | - | - | 21% | 2 | EA |
| 3 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
9.7% | 30 - 34 | 30 - 35 | 30 - 35 | 14% | 3 | |
| 4 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
10.3% | 29 - 33 | 28 - 33 | 29 - 34 | 30% | Recommended | EA |
| 5 |
Columbia University
New York, NY |
11.6% | 28 - 33 | 28 - 34 | 27 - 34 | 17% | 2 | ED |
| 6 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
12.5% | 31 - 34 | 30 - 35 | 32 - 35 | 29% | 2 | EA |
| 7 |
Brown University
Providence, RI |
14.0% | 28 - 33 | 28 - 34 | 27 - 34 | 27% | 2 | ED |
| 8 |
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH |
15.7% | 28 - 34 | - | - | 14% | 2 | ED |
| 9 |
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
16.0% | 29 - 33 | 29 - 34 | 28 - 34 | 30% | 2 | ED |
| 10 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
16.9% | 32 - 35 | 31 - 35 | 34 - 36 | 29% | 2 | EA |
| 11 |
Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO |
17.3% | 30 - 33 | 31 - 34 | 30 - 35 | 56% | Recommended | ED |
| 12 |
Georgetown University
Washington, DC |
20.8% | 29 - 33 | 29 - 34 | 28 - 34 | 23% | 3 | |
| 13 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
21.4% | 28 - 32 | 28 - 34 | 27 - 33 | 21% | 2 | ED |
| 14 |
Duke University
Durham, NC |
22.7% | 29 - 34 | - | - | 32% | 2 | ED |
| 15 |
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
23.8% | 23 - 30 | 23 - 31 | 25 - 32 | 26% | 2 | |
| 16 |
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN |
24.5% | 31 - 34 | - | - | 42% | EA | |
| 17 |
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA |
25.0% | 28 - 32 | 27 - 33 | 28 - 33 | 35% | Recommended | |
| 18 |
Rice University
Houston, TX |
25.1% | 29 - 34 | - | - | 35% | 2 | EA,ED |
| 19 |
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD |
25.7% | 28 - 33 | 27 - 31 | 28 - 34 | 25% | Recommended | ED |
| 20 |
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA |
25.8% | 24 - 30 | 24 - 31 | 25 - 31 | 30% | 2 | |
| 21 |
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA |
27.3% | 28 - 31 | 27 - 33 | 27 - 32 | 26% | 2 | EA |
| 22 |
Tufts University
Medford, MA |
27.5% | 30 - 33 | - | - | 17% | 2 | ED |
| 23 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
28.0% | 28 - 32 | 27 - 33 | 27 - 33 | 20% | 2 | ED |
| 24 |
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL |
29.6% | 29 - 33 | 29 - 34 | 28 - 34 | 51% | Recommended | ED |
| 25 |
Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
31.9% | 29 - 33 | - | - | 42% | ED | |
| 26 |
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA |
31.9% | - | - | - | % | Recommended | ED |
| 27 |
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
32.8% | 29 - 33 | 28 - 33 | 29 - 34 | 47% | Recommended | ED |
| 28 |
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA |
33.7% | 27 - 32 | 27 - 33 | 26 - 30 | 4% | ED | |
| 29 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC |
34.1% | 25 - 30 | 24 - 31 | 25 - 30 | 23% | EA | |
| 30 |
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA |
34.8% | - | - | - | % | EA | |
| 31 |
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA |
35.2% | - | - | - | % | 2 | ED |
| 32 |
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA |
36.3% | 27 - 32 | 27 - 32 | 27 - 34 | 23% | 2 | ED |
| 33 |
New York University
New York, NY |
36.7% | 28 - 31 | - | - | 10% | 2 | ED |
| 34 |
George Washington University
Washington, DC |
37.8% | - | - | - | % | ED | |
| 35 |
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL |
38.0% | 27 - 31 | 27 - 32 | 26 - 31 | 27% | EA,ED | |
| 36 |
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
38.5% | 28 - 33 | 29 - 33 | 27 - 33 | 42% | EA | |
| 37 |
Northeastern University
Boston, MA |
39.4% | 25 - 29 | - | - | 26% | ||
| 38 |
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY |
39.8% | 27 - 31 | 26 - 32 | 27 - 32 | 37% | ED | |
| 39 |
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL |
42.1% | 25 - 29 | - | - | 25% | ED | |
| 40 |
Fordham University
Bronx, NY |
42.1% | 25 - 29 | - | - | 22% | EA | |
| 41 |
Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, NC |
42.4% | 27 - 31 | - | - | 20% | ED | |
| 42 |
SUNY at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY |
43.1% | 25 - 29 | - | - | 16% | EA | |
| 43 |
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY |
43.2% | - | - | - | % | ||
| 44 |
Spalding University
Louisville, KY |
43.5% | 15 - 20 | 13 - 20 | 16 - 19 | 75% | ||
| 45 |
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA |
43.9% | 19 - 24 | 18 - 25 | 19 - 25 | 33% | EA | |
| 46 |
Baylor University
Waco, TX |
44.0% | 23 - 28 | 23 - 29 | 23 - 27 | 34% | ||
| 47 |
Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA |
44.4% | 27 - 31 | 27 - 32 | 25 - 30 | 46% | EA,ED | |
| 48 |
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA |
45.6% | 23 - 29 | 22 - 29 | 25 - 30 | 33% | 2 | |
| 49 |
Andrews University
Berrien Springs, MI |
47.0% | 20 - 26 | 19 - 26 | 18 - 25 | 68% | ||
| 50 |
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD |
47.0% | - | - | - | % | EA |