Top Universities Rankings
Explore 101 colleges ranked across seven categories. Data sourced from official Common Data Sets, the College Scorecard, and enriched major/job outcome data.
Ranked by SAT composite score (Math + Verbal)
1208
Lowest
1465
Median
1560
Highest
87 universities ranked
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA·Technical
4.55% acceptance
GPA 4.17
Test Optional
1560
SAT Composite
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD·Research
6.44% acceptance
GPA 3.93
Test Optional
1554
SAT Composite
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL·Research
4.48% acceptance
GPA 4.97
Test Optional
1545
SAT Composite
4
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA·Technical
25.2% acceptance
GPA 3.90
Test Optional
1535
SAT Composite
5
Williams College
Williamstown, MA·Liberal Arts
8.25% acceptance
GPA 3.90
Test Optional
1534
SAT Composite
6
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA·Research
3.65% acceptance
GPA 4.21
Test Optional
1530
SAT Composite
7
Rice University
Houston, TX·Research
8% acceptance
GPA 3.92
Test Optional
1530
SAT Composite
8
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO·Research
12.06% acceptance
GPA 4.19
Test Optional
1530
SAT Composite
9
Yale University
New Haven, CT·Research
3.87% acceptance
GPA 4.10
Test Optional
1530
SAT Composite
10
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA·Research
5.4% acceptance
GPA 3.90
Test Optional
1525
SAT Composite
11
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN·Research
5.86% acceptance
GPA 3.89
Test Optional
1525
SAT Composite
12
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME·Liberal Arts
7.13% acceptance
GPA 3.89
Test Optional
1520
SAT Composite
13
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA·Technical
11.66% acceptance
GPA 3.89
Test Optional
1520
SAT Composite
14
Columbia University
New York, NY·Research
3.99% acceptance
GPA 4.15
1520
SAT Composite
15
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA·Research
12.66% acceptance
1520
SAT Composite
16
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL·Research
7.69% acceptance
GPA 4.05
Test Optional
1520
SAT Composite
17
Pomona College
Claremont, CA·Liberal Arts
7.09% acceptance
GPA 3.91
1520
SAT Composite
18
Stanford University
Stanford, CA·Research
3.61% acceptance
GPA 3.94
Test Optional
1520
SAT Composite
19
Brown University
Providence, RI·Research
5.39% acceptance
GPA 4.18
Test Optional
1515
SAT Composite
20
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ·Research
4.62% acceptance
GPA 3.95
Test Optional
1515
SAT Composite
21
Duke University
Durham, NC·Research
5.71% acceptance
GPA 3.95
Test Optional
1513
SAT Composite
22
New York University
New York, NY·Research
9.23% acceptance
GPA 3.81
Test Optional
1510
SAT Composite
23
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY·Research
8.76% acceptance
GPA 4.07
1505
SAT Composite
24
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH·Research
5.4% acceptance
GPA 4.11
Test Optional
1500
SAT Composite
25
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA·Liberal Arts
7.46% acceptance
GPA 3.88
Test Optional
1495
SAT Composite
26
Tufts University
Medford, MA·Research
11.49% acceptance
GPA 3.86
Test Optional
1495
SAT Composite
27
Northeastern University
Boston, MA·Research
5.22% acceptance
GPA 3.88
Test Optional
1490
SAT Composite
28
Barnard College
New York, NY·Research
8.84% acceptance
GPA 4.13
1488
SAT Composite
29
Emory University
Atlanta, GA·Research
10.65% acceptance
GPA 3.84
Test Optional
1480
SAT Composite
30
Georgetown University
Washington, DC·Research
12.91% acceptance
GPA 3.90
Test Optional
1480
SAT Composite
31
Haverford College
Haverford, PA·Liberal Arts
12.37% acceptance
GPA 3.86
Test Optional
1480
SAT Composite
32
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN·Research
11.27% acceptance
GPA 3.90
1480
SAT Composite
33
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY·Liberal Arts
18.57% acceptance
GPA 3.89
Test Optional
1480
SAT Composite
34
Carleton College
Northfield, MN·Liberal Arts
20.41% acceptance
GPA 3.83
Test Optional
1479
SAT Composite
35
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC·Research
21.67% acceptance
GPA 3.75
Test Optional
1476
SAT Composite
36
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA·Research
16.43% acceptance
GPA 3.82
Test Optional
1475
SAT Composite
37
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA·Liberal Arts
9.59% acceptance
GPA 3.88
Test Optional
1475
SAT Composite
38
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY·Liberal Arts
13.62% acceptance
GPA 3.84
Test Optional
1475
SAT Composite
39
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA·Research
9.81% acceptance
GPA 3.80
Test Optional
1475
SAT Composite
40
Davidson College
Davidson, NC·Liberal Arts
13.37% acceptance
GPA 3.85
Test Optional
1470
SAT Composite
41
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA·Liberal Arts
14.05% acceptance
GPA 3.87
Test Optional
1470
SAT Composite
42
Bates College
Lewiston, ME·Liberal Arts
13.32% acceptance
GPA 3.82
1468
SAT Composite
43
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI·Research
15.64% acceptance
GPA 3.90
1466
SAT Composite
44
Colby College
Waterville, ME·Liberal Arts
7.09% acceptance
GPA 3.86
Test Optional
1465
SAT Composite
45
Amherst College
Amherst, MA·Research
9.01% acceptance
1460
SAT Composite
46
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT·Liberal Arts
10.75% acceptance
GPA 3.85
Test Optional
1455
SAT Composite
47
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA·Research
40.5% acceptance
GPA 3.90
Test Optional
1450
SAT Composite
48
Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA·Research
14.51% acceptance
1450
SAT Composite
49
Smith College
Northampton, MA·Liberal Arts
21% acceptance
GPA 3.86
Test Optional
1450
SAT Composite
50
Boston University
Boston, MA·Research
11.11% acceptance
GPA 3.89
Test Optional
1440
SAT Composite
51
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA·Research
34.07% acceptance
GPA 4.36
Test Optional
1440
SAT Composite
52
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY·Technical
63.47% acceptance
GPA 3.80
1440
SAT Composite
53
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA·Research
16.81% acceptance
GPA 3.95
Test Optional
1440
SAT Composite
54
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA·Research
13.98% acceptance
GPA 3.70
Test Optional
1435
SAT Composite
55
Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN·Liberal Arts
28.52% acceptance
GPA 3.74
Test Optional
1428
SAT Composite
56
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH·Liberal Arts
31.03% acceptance
GPA 3.90
Test Optional
1420
SAT Composite
57
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL·Research
42.37% acceptance
Test Optional
1415
SAT Composite
58
University of Wisconsin Madison
Madison, WI·Research
45.2% acceptance
GPA 3.90
Test Optional
1410
SAT Composite
59
Babson College
Wellesley, MA·Research
17.09% acceptance
Test Optional
1405
SAT Composite
60
Connecticut College
New London, CT·Liberal Arts
37.04% acceptance
GPA 3.73
Test Optional
1405
SAT Composite
61
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA·Technical
14.07% acceptance
GPA 4.14
Test Optional
1405
SAT Composite
62
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA·Liberal Arts
36.03% acceptance
GPA 3.83
Test Optional
1405
SAT Composite
63
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT·Liberal Arts
16.49% acceptance
GPA 3.80
Test Optional
1405
SAT Composite
64
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH·Liberal Arts
34.18% acceptance
GPA 3.70
Test Optional
1399
SAT Composite
65
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA·Research
29.43% acceptance
GPA 3.61
Test Optional
1396
SAT Composite
66
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA·Liberal Arts
42.09% acceptance
GPA 3.62
Test Optional
1392
SAT Composite
67
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL·Research
24.2% acceptance
GPA 3.92
1385
SAT Composite
68
Bard College
Annandale-On-Hudson, NY·Liberal Arts
52.12% acceptance
GPA 3.65
Test Blind
1380
SAT Composite
69
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN·Research
76.86% acceptance
GPA 3.83
1375
SAT Composite
70
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA·Research
28.93% acceptance
GPA 3.62
Test Optional
1373
SAT Composite
71
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO·Liberal Arts
18.47% acceptance
GPA 3.95
Test Optional
1366
SAT Composite
72
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX·Research
26.64% acceptance
GPA 3.70
Test Optional
1365
SAT Composite
73
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA·Research
58.08% acceptance
GPA 3.55
Test Optional
1360
SAT Composite
74
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ·Research
58.15% acceptance
GPA 3.60
Test Optional
1355
SAT Composite
75
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY·Liberal Arts
21.05% acceptance
GPA 3.70
Test Optional
1355
SAT Composite
76
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA·Research
62.86% acceptance
GPA 3.72
Test Optional
1350
SAT Composite
77
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH·Research
60.57% acceptance
GPA 3.80
1345
SAT Composite
78
Penn State University
University Park, PA·Research
60.56% acceptance
GPA 3.84
Test Optional
1338
SAT Composite
79
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN·Research
48.32% acceptance
GPA 3.73
Test Optional
1335
SAT Composite
80
Lewis and Clark College
Portland, OR·Liberal Arts
78.49% acceptance
GPA 3.66
Test Optional
1330
SAT Composite
81
Bentley University
Waltham, MA·Research
45.05% acceptance
Test Optional
1327
SAT Composite
82
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, IN·Research
78.21% acceptance
GPA 3.80
Test Blind
1270
SAT Composite
83
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL·Research
24.22% acceptance
GPA 3.60
1260
SAT Composite
84
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC·Research
15.34% acceptance
GPA 4.49
Test Optional
1260
SAT Composite
85
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA·Research
72.25% acceptance
GPA 3.63
Test Optional
1260
SAT Composite
86
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ·Research
86.14% acceptance
GPA 3.47
1245
SAT Composite
87
Elon University
Elon, NC·Research
66.35% acceptance
GPA 3.85
Test Optional
1208
SAT Composite