Rank |
Name |
Admissions Rate |
SAT Total 25-75th percentile |
SAT Critical Reading 25-75th percentile |
SAT Math 25-75th percentile |
SAT Subject Tests Required |
Early Decision(ED) Early Action(EA) |
1 |
Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts |
7.2% |
2070 - 2350 |
690 - 780 |
690 - 790 |
2 |
EA |
1 |
Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey |
10.1% |
2090 - 2360 |
690 - 790 |
700 - 790 |
2 |
EA |
3 |
Yale University New Haven, Connecticut |
8.6% |
2100 - 2370 |
700 - 800 |
700 - 780 |
2 |
EA |
4 |
Columbia University New York, New York |
11.0% |
2050 - 2320 |
680 - 770 |
680 - 780 |
2 |
ED |
5 |
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California |
15.3% |
2140 - 2340 |
690 - 770 |
770 - 800 |
2 |
EA |
5 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts |
10.7% |
2030 - 2320 |
650 - 760 |
720 - 800 |
2 |
EA |
5 |
Stanford University Stanford, California |
8.0% |
2010 - 2300 |
660 - 760 |
680 - 780 |
Recommended |
EA |
5 |
University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois |
27.3% |
2055 - 2340 |
690 - 780 |
680 - 780 |
|
EA |
5 |
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
17.7% |
2020 - 2290 |
660 - 750 |
690 - 780 |
2 |
ED |
10 |
Duke University Durham, North Carolina |
22.4% |
2000 - 2300 |
660 - 760 |
680 - 780 |
2 |
ED |
11 |
Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire |
13.5% |
2000 - 2320 |
660 - 770 |
670 - 780 |
2 |
ED |
12 |
Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois |
26.2% |
2030 - 2280 |
670 - 750 |
690 - 780 |
Recommended |
ED |
13 |
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland |
27.8% |
1940 - 2230 |
630 - 730 |
670 - 770 |
Recommended |
ED |
14 |
Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, Missouri |
22.2% |
2085 - 2295 |
680 - 750 |
710 - 780 |
Recommended |
ED |
15 |
Brown University Providence, Rhode Island |
11.2% |
1990 - 2300 |
650 - 760 |
670 - 770 |
2 |
ED |
15 |
Cornell University Ithaca, New York |
19.1% |
1935 - 2250 |
630 - 730 |
660 - 770 |
2 |
ED |
17 |
Rice University Houston, Texas |
22.3% |
1970 - 2270 |
640 - 750 |
680 - 780 |
2 |
EA,ED |
17 |
Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee |
20.1% |
2010 - 2270 |
660 - 750 |
690 - 770 |
Recommended |
ED |
19 |
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana |
28.6% |
1995 - 2265 |
650 - 750 |
680 - 760 |
|
EA |
20 |
Emory University Atlanta, Georgia |
26.6% |
1960 - 2240 |
640 - 740 |
670 - 760 |
|
ED |
21 |
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California |
21.5% |
1800 - 2170 |
580 - 700 |
620 - 760 |
|
|
22 |
Georgetown University Washington, District of Columbia |
18.8% |
1965 - 2235 |
650 - 740 |
660 - 750 |
3 |
|
23 |
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
36.3% |
1910 - 2220 |
620 - 720 |
670 - 780 |
2 |
ED |
23 |
University of Southern California Los Angeles, California |
24.4% |
1910 - 2180 |
620 - 710 |
650 - 740 |
|
|
25 |
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California |
22.8% |
1730 - 2100 |
560 - 680 |
590 - 720 |
2 |
|
25 |
University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, Virginia |
32.1% |
1840 - 2150 |
600 - 710 |
630 - 730 |
2 |
ED |
25 |
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
35.7% |
1850 - 2090 |
650 - 710 |
630 - 710 |
|
|
28 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, Michigan |
50% |
1830 - 2130 |
590 - 690 |
640 - 740 |
|
|
29 |
Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts |
26.6% |
2040 - 2300 |
680 - 750 |
680 - 790 |
2 |
ED |
29 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
34.0% |
1800 - 2080 |
590 - 690 |
620 - 700 |
|
EA |
31 |
Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts |
30.1% |
1880 - 2150 |
610 - 700 |
640 - 730 |
2 |
EA |
31 |
Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts |
32.4% |
1930 - 2180 |
640 - 720 |
650 - 730 |
2 |
ED |
33 |
College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia |
33.5% |
1850 - 2160 |
620 - 730 |
620 - 720 |
|
ED |
33 |
New York University New York, New York |
37.8% |
1830 - 2140 |
610 - 710 |
600 - 720 |
2 |
ED |
35 |
University of Rochester Rochester, New York |
38.7% |
1820 - 2100 |
590 - 690 |
640 - 720 |
|
ED |
36 |
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta,Georgia |
51.1% |
1810 - 2100 |
600 - 690 |
650 - 730 |
|
|
37 |
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, California |
39.9% |
1700 - 2040 |
540 - 660 |
600 - 710 |
2 |
|
38 |
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland,Ohio |
70% |
1830 - 2130 |
590 - 700 |
650 - 740 |
|
|
38 |
Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
32.8% |
1815 - 2085 |
580 - 670 |
630 - 720 |
Recommended |
ED |
38 |
University of California-Davis Davis, California |
45% |
1760 - 2130 |
570 - 690 |
610 - 730 |
|
ED |
38 |
University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida |
44.4% |
1740 - 2050 |
570 - 680 |
600 - 700 |
|
EA,ED |
42 |
University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Florida |
49.2% |
1630 - 1990 |
520 - 640 |
540 - 660 |
|
EA,ED |
42 |
University of Washington Seattle,Washington |
61% |
1630 - 1970 |
530 - 650 |
570 - 680 |
|
ED |
42 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison,Wisconsin |
59.5% |
1730 - 2070 |
550 - 670 |
620 - 730 |
|
|
45 |
Penn State University Park-University Park Campus Park ,Pennsylvania |
51.2% |
1630 - 1940 |
530 - 630 |
570 - 670 |
|
|
45 |
University of California Irvine Irvine,California |
48.7% |
1620 - 1960 |
510 - 610 |
560 - 670 |
|
|
45 |
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Urbana,Illinois |
65.4% |
1710 - 2070 |
540 - 660 |
660 - 770 |
|
|
45 |
The University of Texas at Austin Austin,Texas |
45.3% |
1630 - 2020 |
530 - 660 |
570 - 690 |
|
|
45 |
Yeshiva University New York,New York |
62.6% |
1650 - 2060 |
540 - 660 |
550 - 670 |
|
|
50 |
The George Washington University Washington,Washington DC |
37.4% |
1790 - 2060 |
590 - 680 |
600 - 690 |
|
|
50 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York |
42.2% |
1850 - 2130 |
610 - 700 |
660 - 750 |
Recommended |
ED |
50 |
Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana |
26.5% |
1870 - 2110 |
620 - 700 |
620 - 700 |
|
EA,ED |