Programs that fit your SAT or ACT

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Good chance 108

Schools that admit at least 60% of applicants, or everyone who qualifies.

CCNY
City College of New York, New York, New York · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
60%
Middle half, SAT
1070 to 1430
Tuition for you
$15,290$7,340 in-state
Price after grants
$1,557
Scores optional.
South Carolina
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
60.2%
Middle half, SAT
1180 to 1360
Tuition for you
$37,376$12,688 in-state
Price after grants
$22,197
Scores optional.
WPI
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
60.2%
Middle half, SAT
Not reported
Tuition for you
$63,246
Price after grants
$43,885
Scores optional.
Ohio State
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
60.6%
Middle half, SAT
1310 to 1480
Tuition for you
$42,423$13,641 in-state
Price after grants
$17,269
Scores required.
Penn State
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
60.6%
Middle half, SAT
1240 to 1420
Tuition for you
$43,490$21,098 in-state
Price after grants
$33,675
Scores optional.
Mines
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
60.7%
Middle half, SAT
1320 to 1480
Tuition for you
$47,288$22,658 in-state
Price after grants
$32,901
Scores optional.
AU
American University, Washington, District of Columbia · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
62%
Middle half, SAT
1280 to 1460
Tuition for you
$62,242
Price after grants
$41,302
Scores optional.
Hampton
Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
62.3%
Middle half, SAT
790 to 1090
Tuition for you
$31,512
Price after grants
$25,683
Scores required.
Pepperdine
Pepperdine University, Malibu, California · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
62.9%
Middle half, SAT
1290 to 1450
Tuition for you
$72,672
Price after grants
$48,065
Scores optional.
SMU
Southern Methodist University, University Park, Texas · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
63.3%
Middle half, SAT
1340 to 1490
Tuition for you
$69,722
Price after grants
$39,816
Scores optional.
RPI
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
63.5%
Middle half, SAT
1375 to 1510
Tuition for you
$66,032
Price after grants
$32,758
Scores optional.
Clark Atlanta
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
64.2%
Middle half, SAT
Not reported
Tuition for you
$30,270
Price after grants
$38,626
Scores optional.
NJIT
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
65.1%
Middle half, SAT
1210 to 1460
Tuition for you
$39,912$21,162 in-state
Price after grants
$18,783
Scores recommended.
UT Dallas
The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
65.1%
Middle half, SAT
1160 to 1410
Tuition for you
$40,164$14,664 in-state
Price after grants
$15,271
Scores optional.
UVM
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
65.3%
Middle half, SAT
1290 to 1440
Tuition for you
$47,554$19,514 in-state
Price after grants
$20,277
Scores optional.
Chapman
Chapman University, Orange, California · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
65.4%
Middle half, SAT
1260 to 1440
Tuition for you
$67,894
Price after grants
$46,708
Scores optional.
Dayton
University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
65.5%
Middle half, SAT
1200 to 1380
Tuition for you
$50,610
Price after grants
$30,366
Scores optional.
UCSC
University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
65.8%
Middle half, SAT
Scores not used
Tuition for you
$54,187$16,585 in-state
Price after grants
$18,549
Scores not used.
FAU
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
66.1%
Middle half, SAT
1040 to 1200
Tuition for you
$17,324$4,879 in-state
Price after grants
$10,394
Scores required.
Elon
Elon University, Elon, North Carolina · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
66.3%
Middle half, SAT
1130 to 1280
Tuition for you
$48,723
Price after grants
$35,785
Scores optional.
RIT
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
66.9%
Middle half, SAT
1300 to 1460
Tuition for you
$61,804
Price after grants
$37,232
Scores optional.
BYU
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
67.8%
Middle half, SAT
1270 to 1460
Tuition for you
$6,888
Price after grants
$13,397
Scores optional.
XULA
Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
69%
Middle half, SAT
950 to 1113
Tuition for you
$30,298
Price after grants
$19,722
Scores optional.
UAlbany
University at Albany, Albany, New York · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
69.1%
Middle half, SAT
Not reported
Tuition for you
$32,091$10,881 in-state
Price after grants
$18,266
Scores optional.

Possible 52

Schools that admit between 25% and 60% of applicants.

Lehigh
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
25.9%
Middle half, SAT
1370 to 1500
Tuition for you
$67,920
Price after grants
$25,272
Scores optional.
UT Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
26.6%
Middle half, SAT
1250 to 1510
Tuition for you
$44,816$11,656 in-state
Price after grants
$18,554
Scores required.
UC San Diego
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
26.7%
Middle half, SAT
Scores not used
Tuition for you
$54,939$17,337 in-state
Price after grants
$14,794
Scores not used.
Villanova
Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
27%
Middle half, SAT
1395 to 1510
Tuition for you
$70,826
Price after grants
$41,536
Scores optional.
UC Irvine
University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
28.6%
Middle half, SAT
Scores not used
Tuition for you
$53,837$16,235 in-state
Price after grants
$13,866
Scores not used.
Bucknell
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
28.9%
Middle half, SAT
1310 to 1470
Tuition for you
$70,576
Price after grants
$50,021
Scores optional.
Cal Poly
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
31.3%
Middle half, SAT
Scores not used
Tuition for you
$37,005$15,039 in-state
Price after grants
$18,832
Scores not used.
UCSB
UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
33%
Middle half, SAT
Scores not used
Tuition for you
$54,591$16,989 in-state
Price after grants
$16,807
Scores not used.
W&M
William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
34.1%
Middle half, SAT
1400 to 1530
Tuition for you
$52,725$26,456 in-state
Price after grants
$18,880
Scores optional.
SDSU
San Diego State University, San Diego, California · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
36.2%
Middle half, SAT
Scores not used
Tuition for you
$25,500$9,180 in-state
Price after grants
$13,243
Scores not used.
Case Western
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
36.5%
Middle half, SAT
1430 to 1540
Tuition for you
$69,270
Price after grants
$44,622
Scores optional.
UGA
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
37.7%
Middle half, SAT
1270 to 1480
Tuition for you
$32,336$11,492 in-state
Price after grants
$13,636
Scores required.
Clemson
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
38.3%
Middle half, SAT
1240 to 1410
Tuition for you
$42,378$15,854 in-state
Price after grants
$22,032
Scores optional.
Binghamton
Binghamton University, Vestal, New York · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
38.6%
Middle half, SAT
1340 to 1500
Tuition for you
$32,467$10,567 in-state
Price after grants
$20,907
Scores optional.
UW
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
39.1%
Middle half, SAT
Not reported
Tuition for you
$44,640$13,406 in-state
Price after grants
$13,663
Scores optional.
UCF
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
40.1%
Middle half, SAT
1200 to 1350
Tuition for you
$24,076$6,368 in-state
Price after grants
$11,516
Scores required.
Rochester
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
40.1%
Middle half, SAT
1410 to 1540
Tuition for you
$70,306
Price after grants
$34,347
Scores optional.
Brandeis
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
40.5%
Middle half, SAT
1390 to 1520
Tuition for you
$70,957
Price after grants
$30,606
Scores optional.
Howard
Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
41.3%
Middle half, SAT
1090 to 1320
Tuition for you
$38,936
Price after grants
$33,002
Scores optional.
Tennessee
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
41.6%
Middle half, SAT
1200 to 1370
Tuition for you
$33,256$13,812 in-state
Price after grants
$18,314
Scores required.
NC State
NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
41.7%
Middle half, SAT
1300 to 1470
Tuition for you
$33,780$8,815 in-state
Price after grants
$16,486
Scores optional.
UC Davis
University of California, Davis, Davis, California · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
41.8%
Middle half, SAT
Scores not used
Tuition for you
$54,948$17,346 in-state
Price after grants
$14,318
Scores not used.
Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
42.4%
Middle half, SAT
1310 to 1520
Tuition for you
$36,706$16,354 in-state
Price after grants
$13,042
Scores optional.
USF
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
43.2%
Middle half, SAT
1130 to 1320
Tuition for you
$18,416$6,410 in-state
Price after grants
$8,648
Scores required.

Reach 55

Schools that admit fewer than 25% of applicants.

Caltech
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
2.6%
Middle half, SAT
Not reported
Tuition for you
$68,208
Price after grants
$8,509
Scores required.
Harvard
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
3.6%
Middle half, SAT
1510 to 1580
Tuition for you
$64,796
Price after grants
$19,148
Scores required.
Stanford
Stanford University, Stanford, California · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
3.6%
Middle half, SAT
1510 to 1580
Tuition for you
$68,544
Price after grants
$12,307
Scores required.
Yale
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
3.9%
Middle half, SAT
1470 to 1570
Tuition for you
$69,900
Price after grants
$11,340
Scores required.
Columbia
Columbia University, New York, New York · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
4%
Middle half, SAT
1510 to 1580
Tuition for you
$74,180
Price after grants
$15,370
Scores optional.
UChicago
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
4.5%
Middle half, SAT
1510 to 1580
Tuition for you
$73,962
Price after grants
$16,776
Scores optional.
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
4.5%
Middle half, SAT
1520 to 1580
Tuition for you
$64,730
Price after grants
$14,815
Scores required.
Princeton
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
4.6%
Middle half, SAT
1510 to 1580
Tuition for you
$65,510
Price after grants
$7,815
Scores optional.
Northeastern
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
5.2%
Middle half, SAT
1440 to 1540
Tuition for you
$69,289
Price after grants
$29,060
Scores optional.
Brown
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
5.4%
Middle half, SAT
1510 to 1580
Tuition for you
$74,650
Price after grants
$26,976
Scores required.
Dartmouth
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
5.4%
Middle half, SAT
1500 to 1570
Tuition for you
$71,525
Price after grants
$26,707
Scores required.
Penn
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
5.4%
Middle half, SAT
1510 to 1570
Tuition for you
$71,236
Price after grants
$29,577
Scores required.
Duke
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
5.7%
Middle half, SAT
1500 to 1570
Tuition for you
$72,795
Price after grants
$23,706
Scores optional.
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
5.9%
Middle half, SAT
1500 to 1570
Tuition for you
$71,226
Price after grants
$15,497
Scores optional.
Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
6.4%
Middle half, SAT
1520 to 1570
Tuition for you
$67,170
Price after grants
$18,431
Scores required.
Bowdoin
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
7.1%
Middle half, SAT
1470 to 1550
Tuition for you
$71,740
Price after grants
$15,595
Scores optional.
Pomona
Pomona College, Claremont, California · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
7.1%
Middle half, SAT
1490 to 1560
Tuition for you
$68,670
Price after grants
$18,978
Scores optional.
Swarthmore
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
7.5%
Middle half, SAT
1490 to 1560
Tuition for you
$69,226
Price after grants
$17,392
Scores optional.
Northwestern
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
7.7%
Middle half, SAT
1510 to 1570
Tuition for you
$70,589
Price after grants
$34,420
Scores optional.
Rice
Rice University, Houston, Texas · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
8%
Middle half, SAT
1510 to 1570
Tuition for you
$67,857
Price after grants
$11,164
Scores recommended.
Williams
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
8.2%
Middle half, SAT
1490 to 1570
Tuition for you
$72,510
Price after grants
$15,157
Scores optional.
Cornell
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
8.8%
Middle half, SAT
1500 to 1570
Tuition for you
$72,270
Price after grants
$33,934
Scores required.
Amherst
Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts · Private · its page
Acceptance rate
9%
Middle half, SAT
1490 to 1580
Tuition for you
$73,830
Price after grants
$19,536
Scores optional.
UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California · Public · its page
Acceptance rate
9%
Middle half, SAT
Scores not used
Tuition for you
$53,331$15,729 in-state
Price after grants
$14,659
Scores not used.

How this works

Each school publishes the SAT and ACT scores of the middle half of the students it admitted (fall 2024, College Scorecard, US Department of Education), and how many applicants it admits. Your score is placed against that range. Below a 20% acceptance rate a school is a reach for everyone, because most applicants with top scores are turned down too.

It is a guide, not a prediction. Grades, the courses you took, essays and recommendations count for more than scores at most schools, and no school publishes the high school grades of the students it admits in a way that can be compared, so they are not used here. Test policies are for students applying in 2026-27, read on each school's own page on 23 October 2026 (FairTest's list for the 21 schools whose pages could not be read). Tuition is for one year, before grants; the price after grants is the average for students who get federal aid.