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
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ

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28
The College of New Jersey

Ewing, NJ

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28
SUNY at Geneseo

Geneseo, NY

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28
Miami University

Oxford, OH

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28
Penn State Harrisburg

Middletown, PA

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28
University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

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28
The University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

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28
Texas A&M University College Station

College Station, TX

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28
The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX

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28
The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

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27
United States Coast Guard Academy

New London, Connecticut

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27
University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

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27
Ball State University

Muncie, IN

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27
Salisbury University

Salisbury, MD

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27
St Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, MD

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27
United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, Maryland

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27
University of Massachusetts Boston

Boston, MA

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27
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY

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27