Top 50 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ========================= Top 50 Research University = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ========================= Name Admissions Rate SAT Total 25 - 75 th percentile SAT Critical Reading 25 - 75 th percentile SAT Math 25 - 75 th percentile SAT Subject Tests Required Early Decision ( ED ) Early Action ( EA ) My Chances 1 Harvard University Cambridge , MA 8 . 8 % 2100 - 2380 700 - 800 700 - 790 3 My Chances ( 63 ) 2 Yale University New Haven , CT 8 . 9 % 2080 - 2370 700 - 790 690 - 790 2 EA My Chances ( 36 ) 3 Princeton University Princeton , NJ 9 . 7 % 2080 - 2360 690 - 790 700 - 790 3 My Chances ( 23 ) 4 Stanford University Stanford , CA 10 . 3 % 2000 - 2310 660 - 760 680 - 790 Recommended EA My Chances ( 45 ) 5 Columbia University New York , NY 11 . 6 % 1990 - 2290 660 - 760 670 - 780 2 ED My Chances ( 16 ) 6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge , MA 12 . 5 % 2040 - 2310 660 - 760 720 - 800 2 EA My Chances ( 19 ) 7 Brown University Providence , RI 14 . 0 % 1990 - 2290 660 - 760 670 - 770 2 ED My Chances ( 27 ) 8 Dartmouth College Hanover , NH 15 . 7 % 2020 - 2320 670 - 770 680 - 780 2 ED My Chances ( 12 ) 9 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia , PA 16 . 0 % 1990 - 2270 650 - 750 680 - 770 2 ED My Chances ( 29 ) 10 California Institute of Technology Pasadena , CA 16 . 9 % 2150 - 2350 700 - 780 770 - 800 2 EA My Chances ( 2 ) 11 Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis , MO 17 . 3 % 2055 - 2295 680 - 750 690 - 780 Recommended ED My Chances ( 4 ) 12 Georgetown University Washington , DC 20 . 8 % 1950 - 2235 650 - 750 650 - 740 3 My Chances ( 8 ) 13 Cornell University Ithaca , NY 21 . 4 % 1920 - 2220 630 - 730 660 - 770 2 ED My Chances ( 28 ) 14 Duke University Durham , NC 22 . 7 % 1990 - 2290 650 - 760 680 - 780 2 ED My Chances ( 10 ) 15 University of California - Berkeley Berkeley , CA 23 . 8 % 1790 - 2160 580 - 710 620 - 740 2 My Chances ( 23 ) 16 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame , IN 24 . 5 % 1930 - 2230 640 - 750 660 - 760 EA My Chances ( 7 ) 17 University of Southern California Los Angeles , CA 25 . 0 % 1910 - 2180 620 - 720 650 - 740 Recommended My Chances ( 9 ) 18 Rice University Houston , TX 25 . 1 % 1950 - 2260 640 - 730 670 - 780 2 EA , ED My Chances ( 5 ) 19 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore , MD 25 . 7 % 1910 - 2220 630 - 730 650 - 760 Recommended ED My Chances ( 12 ) 20 University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles , CA 25 . 8 % 1760 - 2090 570 - 680 610 - 720 2 My Chances ( 9 ) 21 Boston College Chestnut Hill , MA 27 . 3 % 1860 - 2140 610 - 710 630 - 720 2 EA My Chances ( 11 ) 22 Tufts University Medford , MA 27 . 5 % 2010 - 2230 670 - 750 670 - 740 2 ED My Chances ( 4 ) 23 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh , PA 28 . 0 % 1900 - 2190 610 - 710 680 - 780 2 ED My Chances ( 8 ) 24 Northwestern University Evanston , IL 29 . 6 % 1980 - 2250 650 - 740 670 - 760 Recommended ED My Chances ( 10 ) 25 Emory University Atlanta , GA 31 . 9 % 1950 - 2205 640 - 730 660 - 740 ED My Chances ( 8 ) 26 Lehigh University Bethlehem , PA 31 . 9 % 1920 - 2025 600 - 640 680 - 710 Recommended ED My Chances ( 3 ) 27 Vanderbilt University Nashville , TN 32 . 8 % 1940 - 2210 640 - 740 660 - 740 Recommended ED My Chances ( 2 ) 28 College of William and Mary Williamsburg , VA 33 . 7 % 1870 - 2160 630 - 740 620 - 710 ED My Chances ( 5 ) 29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill , NC 34 . 1 % 1780 - 2070 590 - 690 610 - 700 EA My Chances ( 14 ) 30 Pepperdine University Malibu , CA 34 . 8 % 1670 - 2020 550 - 670 560 - 680 EA My Chances ( 1 ) 31 University of Virginia - Main Campus Charlottesville , VA 35 . 2 % 1800 - 2120 590 - 700 610 - 720 2 ED My Chances ( 12 ) 32 Brandeis University Waltham , MA 36 . 3 % 1890 - 2190 630 - 730 630 - 730 2 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 33 New York University New York , NY 36 . 7 % 1860 - 2140 620 - 710 620 - 720 2 ED My Chances ( 19 ) 34 George Washington University Washington , DC 37 . 8 % 1770 - 2060 590 - 690 600 - 690 ED My Chances ( 3 ) 35 University of Miami Coral Gables , FL 38 . 0 % 1740 - 2020 580 - 680 600 - 690 EA , ED My Chances ( 7 ) 36 University of Chicago Chicago , IL 38 . 5 % 1980 - 2295 670 - 770 650 - 760 EA My Chances ( 3 ) 37 Northeastern University Boston , MA 39 . 4 % 1755 - 2010 570 - 660 600 - 680 My Chances ( 15 ) 38 University of Rochester Rochester , NY 39 . 8 % 1845 - 2130 600 - 700 630 - 720 ED 39 University of Florida Gainesville , FL 42 . 1 % 1710 - 2040 560 - 670 580 - 690 ED My Chances ( 11 ) 40 Fordham University Bronx , NY 42 . 1 % 1695 - 1995 570 - 670 560 - 660 EA My Chances ( 1 ) 41 Wake Forest University Winston Salem , NC 42 . 4 % 1860 - 2115 610 - 700 630 - 710 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 42 SUNY at Binghamton Binghamton , NY 43 . 1 % 1770 - 2010 570 - 650 610 - 690 EA My Chances ( 1 ) 43 Stony Brook University Stony Brook , NY 43 . 2 % 1580 - 1890 520 - 620 560 - 660 My Chances ( 3 ) 44 Spalding University Louisville , KY 43 . 5 % 1193 - 1359 400 - 401 393 - 468 45 San Diego State University San Diego , CA 43 . 9 % 1410 - 1740 460 - 570 480 - 590 EA My Chances ( 6 ) 46 Baylor University Waco , TX 44 . 0 % 1665 - 1965 550 - 650 560 - 660 My Chances ( 3 ) 47 Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans , LA 44 . 4 % 1790 - 2060 600 - 690 590 - 680 EA , ED 48 University of California - San Diego La Jolla , CA 45 . 6 % 1700 - 2030 540 - 660 600 - 700 2 My Chances ( 9 ) 49 Andrews University Berrien Springs , MI 47 . 0 % 1370 - 1800 470 - 600 440 - 610 My Chances ( 1 ) 50 University of Maryland - College Park College Park , MD 47 . 0 % 1755 - 2070 570 - 680 600 - 700 EA My Chances ( 13 ) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ========================= Liberal Arts Colleges = ========================= Name Admissions Rate SAT Total 25 - 75 th percentile SAT Critical Reading 25 - 75 th percentile SAT Math 25 - 75 th percentile SAT Subject Tests Required Early Decision ( ED ) Early Action ( EA ) My Chances 1 Amherst College Amherst , MA 17 . 6 % 2000 - 2290 670 - 770 660 - 760 2 ED My Chances ( 4 ) 2 Swarthmore College Swarthmore , PA 17 . 7 % 2040 - 2300 680 - 780 680 - 760 2 ED My Chances ( 8 ) 3 Bowdoin College Brunswick , ME 19 . 0 % 1950 - 2200 650 - 740 650 - 730 ED My Chances ( 3 ) 4 Williams College Williamstown , MA 19 . 1 % 1980 - 2280 660 - 760 660 - 760 2 ED My Chances ( 3 ) 5 Middlebury College Middlebury , VT 21 . 6 % 1900 - 2220 630 - 740 640 - 740 ED My Chances ( 5 ) 6 Haverford College Haverford , PA 25 . 1 % 1940 - 2240 650 - 750 640 - 740 2 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 7 Washington and Lee University Lexington , VA 27 . 4 % 1960 - 2190 660 - 740 650 - 720 2 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 8 Wesleyan University Middletown , CT 27 . 8 % 1930 - 2210 640 - 750 650 - 730 My Chances ( 5 ) 9 Harvey Mudd College Claremont , CA 28 . 1 % 2110 - 2320 690 - 760 740 - 800 2 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 10 Davidson College Davidson , NC 28 . 2 % 1905 - 2154 630 - 723 640 - 713 ED 11 Barnard College New York , NY 28 . 7 % 1910 - 2170 640 - 740 620 - 700 2 ED My Chances ( 2 ) 12 Kenyon College Gambier , OH 29 . 2 % 1870 - 2130 630 - 730 610 - 690 ED 13 Bucknell University Lewisburg , PA 29 . 9 % 1830 - 2090 600 - 690 630 - 710 ED My Chances ( 3 ) 14 Carleton College Northfield , MN 30 . 0 % 1960 - 2220 650 - 750 660 - 740 Recommended ED 15 Vassar College Poughkeepsie , NY 30 . 1 % 1950 - 2190 660 - 740 640 - 710 2 ED My Chances ( 6 ) 16 Oberlin College Oberlin , OH 31 . 3 % 1880 - 2190 640 - 750 610 - 710 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 17 Colorado College Colorado Springs , CO 31 . 7 % 1830 - 2090 610 - 700 620 - 690 EA 18 Colby College Waterville , ME 31 . 8 % 1910 - 2150 640 - 720 640 - 720 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 19 Trinity College Hartford , CT 34 . 2 % 1818 - 2080 600 - 690 610 - 690 EA , ED My Chances ( 1 ) 20 Reed College Portland , OR 34 . 3 % 1960 - 2200 680 - 760 630 - 710 ED My Chances ( 2 ) 21 Lafayette College Easton , PA 34 . 9 % 1750 - 2070 570 - 680 610 - 710 Recommended ED 22 Gettysburg College Gettysburg , PA 35 . 6 % 1830 - 2040 610 - 690 610 - 670 ED 23 Wellesley College Wellesley , MA 35 . 7 % 1960 - 2210 660 - 750 640 - 730 2 ED 24 Fisk University Nashville , TN 35 . 7 % 1360 - 1670 460 - 580 440 - 540 25 Spelman College Atlanta , GA 37 . 1 % 1470 - 1740 500 - 590 480 - 570 EA My Chances ( 1 ) 26 Muhlenberg College Allentown , PA 37 . 2 % 1670 - 1970 550 - 650 560 - 660 ED 27 Connecticut College New London , CT 38 . 0 % 1845 - 2130 620 - 720 610 - 700 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 28 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs , NY 38 . 8 % 1740 - 2025 580 - 680 580 - 670 Recommended ED 29 Denison University Granville , OH 39 . 1 % 1740 - 2040 580 - 690 580 - 670 ED 30 University of Richmond Richmond , VA 40 . 0 % 1783 - 2068 583 - 688 610 - 690 ED 31 Macalester College Saint Paul , MN 40 . 6 % 1870 - 2160 630 - 730 620 - 710 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 32 Dickinson College Carlisle , PA 41 . 8 % 1785 - 2055 600 - 690 590 - 680 EA , ED 33 Scripps College Claremont , CA 42 . 9 % 1920 - 2160 650 - 740 630 - 700 Recommended ED 34 Occidental College Los Angeles , CA 44 . 1 % 1775 - 2080 590 - 700 600 - 690 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 35 Grinnell College Grinnell , IA 45 . 1 % 1875 - 2190 630 - 740 620 - 720 ED My Chances ( 3 ) 36 Agnes Scott College Decatur , GA 45 . 2 % 1600 - 1950 550 - 680 500 - 610 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 37 Cornell College Mount Vernon , IA 45 . 5 % 1590 - 1970 540 - 680 530 - 650 My Chances ( 1 ) 38 Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr , PA 45 . 5 % 1820 - 2140 620 - 730 580 - 690 2 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 39 Wabash College Crawfordsville , IN 47 . 2 % 1554 - 1903 518 - 630 538 - 660 EA , ED 40 San Diego Christian College El Cajon , CA 47 . 3 % 1260 - 1635 430 - 565 400 - 540 41 Bennett College for Women Greensboro , NC 47 . 8 % 1065 - 1335 360 - 450 350 - 440 42 Whitman College Walla Walla , WA 47 . 9 % 1860 - 2145 620 - 730 620 - 700 ED 43 The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Pomona , NJ 49 . 6 % 1530 - 1755 500 - 580 520 - 590 44 Rhodes College Memphis , TN 51 . 2 % 1740 - 2040 580 - 680 580 - 680 45 Smith College Northampton , MA 51 . 8 % 1740 - 2080 590 - 710 560 - 670 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 46 Wesleyan College Macon , GA 52 . 5 % 1455 - 1830 490 - 640 480 - 580 2 EA , ED 47 Ursinus College Collegeville , PA 52 . 7 % 1665 - 1980 550 - 660 560 - 660 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 48 Siena College Loudonville , NY 54 . 2 % 1510 - 1800 500 - 590 520 - 620 EA , ED 49 Virginia Military Institute Lexington , VA 54 . 3 % 1545 - 1845 510 - 610 520 - 620 ED My Chances ( 1 ) 50 St . 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