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Top US Universities

Below is a table of the middle 50th percentile of SAT scores for enrolled students to some of the best US universities. The means that 50% of all enrolled students received SAT scores within the range between the 25th and 75th percentile.

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* An asterisk indicates a public school. (Data from NCES , SAT Scores for Fall of 2007)

Rank	School	Admissions Rate	SAT Total 25-75th percentile	SAT Critical Reading 25-75th percentile	SAT Math 25-75th percentile	SAT Writing 25-75th percentile
1	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	8.8%	2100 - 2380	700 - 800	700 - 790	700 - 790
2	Yale University New Haven, CT	8.9%	2080 - 2370	700 - 790	690 - 790	690 - 790
3	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	9.7%	2080 - 2360	690 - 790	700 - 790	690 - 780
4	Stanford University Stanford, CA	10.3%	2000 - 2310	660 - 760	680 - 790	660 - 760
5	Columbia University New York, NY	11.6%	1990 - 2290	660 - 760	670 - 780	660 - 750
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	12.5%	2040 - 2310	660 - 760	720 - 800	660 - 750
7	Brown University Providence, RI	14.0%	1990 - 2290	660 - 760	670 - 770	660 - 760
8	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	15.7%	2020 - 2320	670 - 770	680 - 780	670 - 770
9	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	16.0%	1990 - 2270	650 - 750	680 - 770	660 - 750
10	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	16.9%	2150 - 2350	700 - 780	770 - 800	680 - 770
11	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	17.3%	2055 - 2295	680 - 750	690 - 780	n/a - n/a
12	Georgetown University Washington, DC	20.8%	1950 - 2235	650 - 750	650 - 740	n/a - n/a
13	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	21.4%	1920 - 2220	630 - 730	660 - 770	630 - 720
14	Duke University Durham, NC	22.7%	1990 - 2290	650 - 760	680 - 780	660 - 750
15	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	23.8%	1790 - 2160	580 - 710	620 - 740	590 - 710
16	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	24.5%	1930 - 2230	640 - 750	660 - 760	630 - 720
17	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	25.0%	1910 - 2180	620 - 720	650 - 740	640 - 720
18	Rice University Houston, TX	25.1%	1950 - 2260	640 - 730	670 - 780	640 - 750
19	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	25.7%	1910 - 2220	630 - 730	650 - 760	630 - 730
20	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	25.8%	1760 - 2090	570 - 680	610 - 720	580 - 690
21	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	27.3%	1860 - 2140	610 - 710	630 - 720	620 - 710
22	Tufts University Medford, MA	27.5%	2010 - 2230	670 - 750	670 - 740	670 - 740
23	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	28.0%	1900 - 2190	610 - 710	680 - 780	610 - 700
24	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	29.6%	1980 - 2250	650 - 740	670 - 760	n/a - n/a
25	Emory University Atlanta, GA	31.9%	1950 - 2205	640 - 730	660 - 740	n/a - n/a
26	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	31.9%	1920 - 2025	600 - 640	680 - 710	n/a - n/a
27	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	32.8%	1940 - 2210	640 - 740	660 - 740	640 - 730
28	College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA	33.7%	1870 - 2160	630 - 740	620 - 710	620 - 710
29	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	34.1%	1780 - 2070	590 - 690	610 - 700	580 - 680
30	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	34.8%	1670 - 2020	550 - 670	560 - 680	560 - 670
31	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	35.2%	1800 - 2120	590 - 700	610 - 720	600 - 700
32	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	36.3%	1890 - 2190	630 - 730	630 - 730	n/a - n/a
33	New York University New York, NY	36.7%	1860 - 2140	620 - 710	620 - 720	620 - 710
34	George Washington University Washington, DC	37.8%	1770 - 2060	590 - 690	600 - 690	580 - 680
35	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	38.0%	1740 - 2020	580 - 680	600 - 690	560 - 650
36	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	38.5%	1980 - 2295	670 - 770	650 - 760	n/a - n/a
37	Northeastern University Boston, MA	39.4%	1755 - 2010	570 - 660	600 - 680	n/a - n/a
38	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	39.8%	1845 - 2130	600 - 700	630 - 720	n/a - n/a
39	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	42.1%	1710 - 2040	560 - 670	580 - 690	n/a - n/a
40	Fordham University Bronx, NY	42.1%	1695 - 1995	570 - 670	560 - 660	n/a - n/a
41	Wake Forest University Winston Salem, NC	42.4%	1860 - 2115	610 - 700	630 - 710	n/a - n/a
42	SUNY at Binghamton Binghamton, NY	43.1%	1770 - 2010	570 - 650	610 - 690	n/a - n/a
43	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	43.2%	1580 - 1890	520 - 620	560 - 660	500 - 610
44	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	43.9%	1410 - 1740	460 - 570	480 - 590	n/a - n/a
45	Baylor University Waco, TX	44.0%	1665 - 1965	550 - 650	560 - 660	n/a - n/a
46	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	44.4%	1790 - 2060	600 - 690	590 - 680	600 - 690
47	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	45.6%	1700 - 2030	540 - 660	600 - 700	560 - 670
48	Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI	47.0%	1370 - 1800	470 - 600	440 - 610	460 - 590
49	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	47.0%	1755 - 2070	570 - 680	600 - 700	n/a - n/a
50	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	48.1%	1620 - 1910	530 - 630	550 - 650	540 - 630
51	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	48.9%	1590 - 1880	530 - 620	530 - 640	530 - 620
52	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ	49.2%	1455 - 1740	470 - 560	500 - 600	n/a - n/a
53	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	49.4%	1830 - 2090	600 - 690	650 - 730	580 - 670
54	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	49.4%	1630 - 1930	530 - 630	560 - 660	540 - 640
55	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	49.7%	1510 - 1810	510 - 610	520 - 620	480 - 580
56	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	50.1%	1690 - 1980	560 - 660	570 - 670	560 - 650
57	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	50.3%	1830 - 2130	590 - 690	630 - 730	n/a - n/a
58	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	50.6%	1665 - 1995	540 - 650	570 - 680	n/a - n/a
59	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	50.7%	1600 - 1990	530 - 660	560 - 690	510 - 640
60	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	50.8%	1755 - 2040	550 - 650	620 - 710	n/a - n/a
61	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	50.8%	1575 - 1845	510 - 610	540 - 620	n/a - n/a
62	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	50.9%	1340 - 1640	460 - 540	440 - 560	440 - 540
63	University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK	51.1%	1710 - 2100	560 - 700	580 - 700	n/a - n/a
64	SUNY at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	51.7%	1560 - 1890	500 - 610	540 - 650	n/a - n/a
65	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	52.4%	1485 - 1770	490 - 590	500 - 590	n/a - n/a
66	American University Washington, DC	53.2%	1750 - 2050	590 - 690	580 - 670	580 - 690
67	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	53.4%	1570 - 1930	520 - 640	530 - 650	520 - 640
68	The New School New York, NY	53.5%	1500 - 1860	500 - 630	490 - 610	510 - 620
69	Barry University Miami, FL	53.7%	1280 - 1560	440 - 520	420 - 520	420 - 520
70	Howard University Washington, DC	53.7%	1310 - 1960	460 - 660	440 - 650	410 - 650
71	University of Hartford West Hartford, CT	53.9%	1425 - 1740	470 - 570	480 - 590	n/a - n/a
72	Clemson University Clemson, SC	54.7%	1650 - 1940	540 - 640	580 - 670	530 - 630
73	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	55.1%	1545 - 1815	510 - 600	520 - 610	n/a - n/a
74	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	55.1%	1635 - 1905	540 - 630	550 - 640	n/a - n/a
75	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	55.6%	1680 - 2040	540 - 670	580 - 690	n/a - n/a
76	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	55.7%	1400 - 1740	460 - 580	490 - 600	450 - 560
77	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	55.8%	1695 - 1980	560 - 660	570 - 660	n/a - n/a
78	SUNY at Albany Albany, NY	55.8%	1500 - 1785	490 - 580	510 - 610	n/a - n/a
79	Clark University Worcester, MA	56.0%	1644 - 1965	553 - 660	543 - 650	n/a - n/a
80	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	56.3%	1605 - 1950	520 - 630	550 - 670	n/a - n/a
81	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	56.4%	1693 - 2020	543 - 670	620 - 710	530 - 640
82	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	56.7%	1380 - 1650	460 - 550	470 - 560	450 - 540
83	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	56.8%	1680 - 2070	540 - 680	580 - 700	n/a - n/a
84	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS	57.6%	1342.5 - 1770	435 - 590	460 - 590	n/a - n/a
85	University of Georgia Athens, GA	57.9%	1680 - 1970	560 - 660	570 - 660	550 - 650
86	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	58.0%	1620 - 1920	520 - 620	560 - 660	n/a - n/a
87	Boston University Boston, MA	58.3%	1770 - 2060	580 - 680	600 - 690	590 - 690
88	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	59.0%	1695 - 1995	550 - 650	580 - 680	n/a - n/a
89	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	59.1%	1563 - 1930	510 - 630	543 - 670	510 - 630
90	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY	59.2%	1425 - 1785	470 - 580	480 - 610	n/a - n/a
91	University of Delaware Newark, DE	59.3%	1590 - 1910	520 - 630	540 - 650	530 - 630
92	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	59.3%	1515 - 1830	500 - 600	510 - 620	n/a - n/a
93	University of La Verne La Verne, CA	59.6%	1350 - 1670	450 - 550	450 - 560	450 - 560
94	Regent University Virginia Beach, VA	60.0%	1395 - 1755	485 - 620	445 - 550	n/a - n/a
95	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	60.2%	1580 - 1860	530 - 620	540 - 640	510 - 600
96	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	60.4%	1610 - 1920	520 - 620	560 - 670	530 - 630
97	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	60.4%	1621.5 - 2052	533 - 668	548 - 700	n/a - n/a
98	Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO	60.9%	1695 - 1995	530 - 640	600 - 690	n/a - n/a
99	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	61.3%	1320 - 1680	430 - 550	450 - 570	n/a - n/a
100	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	61.4%	1590 - 1880	520 - 620	560 - 660	510 - 600
101	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	61.5%	1440 - 1740	480 - 580	480 - 580	n/a - n/a
102	University of Arkansas Main Campus Fayetteville, AR	61.8%	1545 - 1920	510 - 630	520 - 650	n/a - n/a
103	Trinity International University Deerfield, IL	62.0%	1410 - 1830	480 - 630	460 - 590	n/a - n/a
104	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	62.0%	1620 - 1875	530 - 620	550 - 630	n/a - n/a
105	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	63.0%	1590 - 1890	520 - 620	540 - 640	n/a - n/a
106	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	63.0%	1820 - 2090	590 - 690	650 - 730	580 - 670
107	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	63.9%	1485 - 1845	490 - 610	500 - 620	n/a - n/a
108	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	64.1%	1500 - 1800	480 - 580	550 - 650	470 - 570
109	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	64.6%	1620 - 1980	520 - 650	560 - 670	n/a - n/a
110	University of North Texas Denton, TX	65.4%	1485 - 1800	490 - 600	500 - 600	n/a - n/a
111	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	65.6%	1720 - 2050	550 - 670	610 - 710	560 - 670
112	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	65.6%	1750 - 2040	560 - 670	630 - 710	560 - 660
113	University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	65.6%	1545 - 1860	510 - 610	520 - 630	n/a - n/a
114	Montana State University Bozeman, MT	66.0%	1470 - 1860	480 - 610	500 - 630	n/a - n/a
115	Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA	66.1%	1215 - 1455	410 - 490	400 - 480	n/a - n/a
116	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	66.2%	1380 - 1770	460 - 620	460 - 580	460 - 570
117	Widener University-Main Campus Chester, PA	66.3%	1335 - 1635	440 - 530	450 - 560	n/a - n/a
118	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	66.7%	1522 - 1840	502 - 610	510 - 620	510 - 610
119	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	67.1%	1630 - 1930	530 - 630	570 - 670	530 - 630
120	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	67.3%	1620 - 1930	540 - 630	550 - 660	530 - 640
121	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	67.8%	1530 - 1910	490 - 620	540 - 660	500 - 630
122	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	67.9%	1350 - 1710	450 - 560	450 - 580	n/a - n/a
123	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	68.2%	1485 - 1785	480 - 580	510 - 610	n/a - n/a
124	Adelphi University Garden City, NY	68.9%	1450 - 1750	480 - 580	490 - 590	480 - 580
125	University of Colorado Denver Denver, CO	68.9%	1425 - 1792.5	470 - 600	480 - 595	n/a - n/a
126	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	69.0%	1600 - 1930	520 - 640	560 - 660	520 - 630
127	Auburn University Main Campus Auburn University, AL	69.0%	1530 - 1860	500 - 610	520 - 630	n/a - n/a
128	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	69.1%	1470 - 1770	490 - 590	490 - 590	n/a - n/a
129	Yeshiva University New York, NY	69.4%	1650 - 2040	540 - 680	560 - 680	n/a - n/a
130	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	69.5%	1450 - 1800	470 - 600	510 - 620	470 - 580
131	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	69.5%	1610 - 1900	540 - 630	540 - 640	530 - 630
132	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	69.7%	1470 - 1695	480 - 520	500 - 610	n/a - n/a
133	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	69.8%	1545 - 1890	510 - 620	520 - 640	n/a - n/a
134	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN	70.3%	1230 - 1550	410 - 520	420 - 530	400 - 500
135	Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	70.6%	1305 - 1650	430 - 540	440 - 560	n/a - n/a
136	Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, IL	70.8%	1315 - 1625	440 - 535	455 - 550	420 - 540
137	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	70.8%	1500 - 1905	500 - 630	500 - 640	n/a - n/a
138	Portland State University Portland, OR	70.9%	1380 - 1755	460 - 590	460 - 580	n/a - n/a
139	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	70.9%	1395 - 1800	470 - 600	460 - 600	n/a - n/a
140	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	71.0%	1785 - 2115	550 - 670	640 - 740	n/a - n/a
141	The University of West Florida Pensacola, FL	71.0%	1440 - 1740	480 - 590	480 - 570	n/a - n/a
142	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA	71.5%	1290 - 1590	430 - 530	430 - 530	430 - 530
143	The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN	71.5%	1575 - 1905	520 - 630	530 - 640	n/a - n/a
144	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	71.5%	1290 - 1590	430 - 530	430 - 530	n/a - n/a
145	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	71.7%	1635 - 1950	530 - 630	560 - 670	n/a - n/a
146	Ball State University Muncie, IN	72.0%	1400 - 1710	470 - 570	470 - 580	460 - 560
147	Texas A & M University College Station, TX	72.1%	1580 - 1910	520 - 630	560 - 670	500 - 610
148	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	72.4%	1390 - 1700	460 - 570	480 - 570	450 - 560
149	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	73.1%	1215 - 1635	410 - 540	400 - 550	n/a - n/a
150	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	73.1%	1420 - 1700	470 - 560	490 - 590	460 - 550