The 25 Colleges With The Highest SAT Scores
#25 University of Notre Dame (Tie)
#25 Haverford College (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2130
Critical Reading: 705
Math: 710
Writing: 715
Haverford College is located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia.
#24 Carleton College
Average SAT Score: 2135
Critical Reading: 715
Math: 715
Writing: 705
Carleton is located in Northfield, Minnesota, and was ranked the eighth best liberal arts college by U.S. News.
#23 Bowdoin College
Average SAT Score: 2145
Critical Reading: 715
Math: 715
Writing: 715
Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine, and was ranked the sixth best liberal arts college by U.S. News.
#21 Amherst College (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2150
Critical Reading: 720
Math: 715
Writing: 705
Amherst is ranked as the number two liberal arts college in America by U.S. News and is located in Massachusetts.
#21 Brown University (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2150
Critical Reading: 710
Math: 715
Writing: 725
Brown is an Ivy League school located in Providence, Rhode Island. Harry Potter star Emma Watson is a current student.
#20 Williams College
Average SAT Score: 2153
Critical Reading: 725
Math: 720
Writing: 707.5
Williams College, in Williamston, Massachusetts, is the top ranked liberal arts college by U.S. News.
#18 Tufts University (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2155
Critical Reading: 715
Math: 720
Writing: 720
Tufts is located in Medford, Massachusetts, outside of Boston. Jumbo the Elephant is its mascot.
#18 Rice University (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2155
Critical Reading: 705
Math: 740
Writing: 710
Rice is situated in Houston, Texas, and is known for the success of its baseball team.
#17 University of Pennsylvania
Average SAT Score: 2170
Critical Reading: 710
Math: 735
Writing: 725
Penn was founded by Benjamin Franklin and is in the city of Philadelphia.
#15 Pomona College (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2175
Critical Reading: 725
Math: 720
Writing: 730
Pomona is one of a number of colleges in Claremont, California.
#15 Swarthmore College (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2175
Critical Reading: 730
Math: 720
Writing: 725
Swarthmore is the third ranked liberal arts college and is located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
#13 Northwestern University (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2185
Critical Reading: 720
Math: 740
Writing: 725
Northwestern is in the outskirts of Chicago, in Evanston, Illinois.
#13 Duke University (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2185
Critical Reading: 715
Math: 740
Writing: 730
Duke is best known for its basketball team and Coach K, but its students score well on the SATs too.
#12 Dartmouth College
Average SAT Score: 2190
Critical Reading: 725
Math: 730
Writing: 735
Dartmouth College is a member of the Ivy League and is located in Hanover, New Hampshire.
#11 Vanderbilt University
Average SAT Score: 2200
Critical Reading: 730
Math: 750
Writing: 720
Nashville, Tennessee is home to both great music and Vanderbilt.
#8 Harvey Mudd College (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2215
Critical Reading: 725
Math: 770
Writing: 720
Harvey Mudd is the liberal arts college with the highest average SAT score and it is located in Claremont, California.
#8 Stanford University (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2215
Critical Reading: 730
Math: 745
Writing: 740
Stanford has won 103 National Championships, second most among all universities, and is located in California.
#8 Columbia University (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2215
Critical Reading: 735
Math: 745
Writing: 735
Columbia is located in New York City but has its own campus.
#7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Average SAT Score: 2220
Critical Reading: 720
Math: 770
Writing: 730
MIT is known for engineering and computer science and is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was ranked the number one college in America by Business Insider.
#6 Washington University in St. Louis
Average SAT Score: 2225
Critical Reading: 735
Math: 755
Writing: 735
WashU has a beautiful campus in St. Louis, Missouri.
#5 University of Chicago
Average SAT Score: 2235
Critical Reading: 745
Math: 750
Writing: 740
Of all schools in the mid-west, Chicago has the highest average SAT score.
#2 Princeton University (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2255
Critical Reading: 745
Math: 755
Writing: 755
Princeton is in New Jersey and is a member of the Ivy League.
#2 Yale University (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2255
Critical Reading: 750
Math: 750
Writing: 755
Yale is consistently ranked one of the best undergraduate institutions in the U.S. and it is located in New Haven, Connecticut.
#2 Harvard University (Tie)
Average SAT Score: 2255
Critical Reading: 750
Math: 750
Writing: 755
This year Harvard shares the top spot with Yale for the best undergraduate university. Harvard took the number three spot in Business Insider's list of the Best Colleges in America.
#1 California Institute of Technology
Average SAT Score: 2300
Critical Reading: 750
Math: 785
Writing: 765
Cal Tech earned the highest ranking, largely due to its high average math score.
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