Highest SAT colleges in California

24 colleges ranked by average SAT

These 24 highest-scoring colleges in California, ranked by average SAT, run from 1,093 at Pacific Union College to 1,553 at Stanford University. All 24 are private institutions.

#	College	Type	Avg SAT	Acceptance	Net price / yr
1	Stanford University Stanford, CA	Private	1,553	4%	$12,136
2	Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	Private	1,537	13%	$32,492
3	Pomona College Claremont, CA	Private	1,520	7%	$19,424
4	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	Private	1,514	11%	$27,384
5	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Private	1,501	10%	$31,927
6	Scripps College Claremont, CA	Private	1,480	34%	$38,802
7	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	Private	1,461	40%	$39,329
8	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	Private	1,417	44%	$50,959
9	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	Private	1,367	50%	$45,409
10	Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA	Private	1,367	80%	$32,926
11	Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CA	Private	1,360	70%	$21,446
12	Chapman University Orange, CA	Private	1,353	56%	$47,527
13	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	Private	1,313	51%	$39,495
14	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	Private	1,303	95%	$25,926
15	Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego, CA	Private	1,278	82%	$50,168
16	Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, CA	Private	1,277	79%	$25,032
17	Biola University La Mirada, CA	Private	1,258	60%	$28,101
18	University of Redlands Redlands, CA	Private	1,231	81%	$22,867
19	California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA	Private	1,224	89%	$26,433
20	Dominican University of California San Rafael, CA	Private	1,194	96%	$50,218
21	John Paul the Great Catholic University Escondido, CA	Private	1,181	79%	$29,124
22	Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA	Private	1,155	79%	$19,798
23	University of La Verne La Verne, CA	Private	1,116	48%	$26,925
24	Pacific Union College Angwin, CA	Private	1,093	42%	$20,979

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