Top US UniversitiesBelow is a table of the middle 50 th 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 25 th and 75 th percentile . View Research Universities | View Liberal Arts Colleges * An asterisk indicates a public school . ( Data from NCES , SAT Scores for Fall of 2007 ) RankSchoolAdmissions Rate SAT Total 25 - 75 th percentile SAT Critical Reading 25 - 75 th percentile SAT Math 25 - 75 th percentile SAT Writing 25 - 75 th 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