United States Public Colleges Ranked by Highest ACT Score

List of Public Colleges by ACT Score

Below is a list of the 464 public colleges in the United States with the highest ACT Score for incoming freshmen. University of Maryland College Park tops the list with an average ACT Score of 33. Alternatively, check out the SAT version of these rankings.

List of United States Public Colleges Ranked by Highest ACT Score
School Average ACT Score
Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

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29
Indiana University Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

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29
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

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29
University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

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29
SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase, NY

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29
Penn State Main Campus

University Park, PA

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29
University of South Carolina Columbia

Columbia, SC

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29
Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

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29
University of Alabama at Huntsville

Huntsville, AL

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28
Auburn University

Auburn University, AL

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28
University of Georgia

Athens, GA

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28
University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL

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28
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lowell, MA

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28
Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

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28
Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

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28
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, MO

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28
University of New Hampshire Main Campus

Durham, NH

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28
Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ

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28