Highest SAT colleges in the U.S., by state

We rank 872 colleges by average SAT across 37 states and 9 regions. Pick a state or region to see highest SAT colleges near you.

Top 50 nationwide

#	College	Type	Avg SAT
1	University of Chicago · Chicago, IL	Private	1,554
2	Harvard University · Cambridge, MA	Private	1,553
3	Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD	Private	1,553
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA	Private	1,553
5	Rice University · Houston, TX	Private	1,553
6	Stanford University · Stanford, CA	Private	1,553
7	Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN	Private	1,550
8	Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY	Private	1,547
9	Brown University · Providence, RI	Private	1,546
10	Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA	Private	1,545
11	University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA	Private	1,545
12	Franklin W Olin College of Engineering · Needham, MA	Private	1,540
13	Duke University · Durham, NC	Private	1,539
14	Harvey Mudd College · Claremont, CA	Private	1,537
15	Princeton University · Princeton, NJ	Private	1,535
16	Yale University · New Haven, CT	Private	1,534
17	Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH	Private	1,533
18	Washington University in St Louis · St. Louis, MO	Private	1,530
19	New York University · New York, NY	Private	1,527
20	Swarthmore College · Swarthmore, PA	Private	1,527
21	Williams College · Williamstown, MA	Private	1,527
22	Northwestern University · Evanston, IL	Private	1,526
23	Cornell University · Ithaca, NY	Private	1,520
24	Pomona College · Claremont, CA	Private	1,520
25	Bowdoin College · Brunswick, ME	Private	1,514
26	Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA	Private	1,514
27	Tufts University · Medford, MA	Private	1,513
28	Vassar College · Poughkeepsie, NY	Private	1,513
29	Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA	Private	1,513
30	Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT	Private	1,513
31	University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN	Private	1,510
32	Emory University · Atlanta, GA	Private	1,507
33	Northeastern University · Boston, MA	Private	1,505
34	Washington and Lee University · Lexington, VA	Private	1,504
35	Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA	Private	1,501
36	Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH	Private	1,501
37	University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA	Private	1,501
38	Barnard College · New York, NY	Private	1,500
39	Colby College · Waterville, ME	Private	1,500
40	Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT	Private	1,500
41	Haverford College · Haverford, PA	Private	1,498
42	Amherst College · Amherst, MA	Private	1,494
43	Georgetown University · Washington, DC	Private	1,494
44	Carleton College · Northfield, MN	Private	1,491
45	University of Virginia-Main Campus · Charlottesville, VA	Public	1,488
46	Hamilton College · Clinton, NY	Private	1,487
47	Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA	Private	1,486
48	Colgate University · Hamilton, NY	Private	1,480
49	Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI	Private	1,480
50	Scripps College · Claremont, CA	Private	1,480