Skiena Rankings
Highest Average SAT Score1. California Institute of Technology (1557)
2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (1547)
3. University of Chicago (1528)
4. Harvey Mudd College (1526)
5. Duke University (1522)
6. Washington University in St. Louis (1520)
7. William Marsh Rice University (1520)
8. Yale University (1517)
9. Princeton University (1517)
10. Harvard University (1517)
11. Vanderbilt University (1515)
12. Johns Hopkins University (1514)
13. Carnegie Mellon University (1513)
14. University of Pennsylvania (1511)
15. Brown University (1511)
16. Columbia University (1511)
17. Northwestern University (1506)
18. Stanford University (1503)
19. Dartmouth College (1500)
20. University of Notre Dame (1490)
21. Williams College (1488)
22. Cornell University (1487)
23. Pomona College (1480)
24. Northeastern University (1478)
25. Georgetown University (1473)
26. Tufts University (1472)
27. Swarthmore College (1469)
28. Haverford College (1468)
29. Hamilton College (1462)
30. Middlebury College (1460)
31. Carleton College (1457)
32. Grinnell College (1457)
33. Colby College (1456)
34. Washington and Lee University (1453)
35. University of Southern California (1453)
36. Emory University (1453)
37. Wellesley College (1452)
38. Vassar College (1452)
39. Claremont McKenna College (1449)
40. University of California, Berkeley (1449)
41. University of Michigan (1448)
42. Barnard College (1445)
43. Tulane University (1444)
44. New York University (1443)
45. Colgate University (1437)
46. Boston College (1437)
47. University of Virginia (1436)
48. Case Western Reserve University (1436)
49. Brandeis University (1434)
50. Reed College (1433)
51. Boston University (1433)
52. Amherst College (1431)
53. Smith College (1430)
54. Stevens Institute of Technology (1429)
55. Univ. of California, Los Angeles (1429)
56. College of William & Mary (1425)
57. Villanova University (1422)
58. Scripps College (1420)
59. University of Rochester (1418)
60. Georgia Institute of Technology (1418)
61. Bryn Mawr College (1415)
62. Macalester College (1415)
63. Davidson College (1411)
64. Pitzer College (1410)
65. Southern Methodist University (1405)
66. Bowdoin College (1405)
67. Hillsdale College (1403)
68. UNC Chapel Hill (1402)
69. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1399)
70. Connecticut College (1397)
71. University of Richmond (1395)
72. Mount Holyoke College (1395)
73. Wesleyan University (1395)
74. George Washington University (1395)
75. University of Florida (1394)
76. Oberlin College (1393)
77. Wake Forest University (1390)
78. University of Maryland (1389)
79. Kenyon College (1388)
80. Occidental College (1386)
81. Colorado College (1385)
82. Trinity College (1383)
83. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1380)
84. Bates College (1380)
85. Lehigh University (1380)
86. Univ. of California, San Diego (1375)
87. The Ohio State University (1372)
88. University of Wisconsin-Madison (1371)
89. University of Miami (1371)
90. Binghamton University, SUNY (1370)
91. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (1370)
92. Santa Clara University (1368)
93. United States Air Force Academy (1368)
94. The University of Texas at Austin (1367)
95. Whitman College (1365)
96. University of Pittsburgh (1365)
97. Lafayette College (1363)
98. Babson College (1362)
99. Franklin and Marshall College (1360)
100. Fordham University (1356)
101. Furman University (1356)
102. University of Washington (1356)
103. College of the Holy Cross (1356)
104. The University of Texas at Dallas (1355)
105. Bucknell University (1355)
106. Rhodes College (1352)
107. North Carolina State University (1349)
108. Rhode Island School of Design (1349)
109. Pepperdine University (1349)
110. United States Naval Academy (1348)
111. University of Georgia (1347)
112. Missouri Univ. of Sci and Tech (1344)
113. Sarah Lawrence College (1344)
114. Colorado School of Mines (1342)
115. Cal. State, San Luis Obispo (1342)
116. Univ. of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign (1342)
117. Bennington College (1340)
118. Gettysburg College (1340)
119. Wheaton College (1337)
120. Stony Brook University (1337)
121. Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities (1337)
122. St. Olaf College (1335)
123. Clemson University (1334)
124. Union College (1333)
125. Loyola Marymount University (1331)
126. Bard College (1330)
127. Skidmore College (1330)
128. Rochester Institute of Technology (1328)
129. Denison University (1328)
130. St John's College (1327)
131. Lewis & Clark College (1326)
132. Brigham Young University (1326)
133. Centre College (1326)
134. Hendrix College (1324)
135. Lawrence University (1324)
136. Rutgers University (1322)
137. Purdue University (1321)
138. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville (1319)
139. American University (1318)
140. Baylor University (1318)
141. University of Connecticut (1312)
142. Illinois Institute of Technology (1312)
143. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz (1306)
144. University of California, Irvine (1306)
145. Dickinson College (1303)
146. Auburn University (1300)
147. University of San Diego (1299)
148. Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst (1299)
149. University of California, Davis (1298)
150. Miami University (1297)
151. Chapman University (1296)
152. Texas A&M University (1296)
153. Drexel University (1295)
154. University of Denver (1295)
155. Clark University (1293)
156. New Jersey Institute of Technology (1292)
157. Saint Louis University (1292)
158. Virginia Tech (1292)
159. Syracuse University (1291)
160. Wofford College (1290)
161. Hampshire College (1290)
162. University of South Carolina (1289)
163. Texas Christian University (1288)
164. Gonzaga University (1288)
165. University of Vermont (1287)
166. New College of Florida (1286)
167. Hobart and William Smith Colleges (1286)
168. Drake University (1285)
169. Florida State University (1284)
170. Kalamazoo College (1284)
171. United States Military Academy (1284)
172. The College of Wooster (1282)
173. St. Lawrence University (1281)
174. Michigan Technological University (1280)
175. Wheaton College, Massachusetts (1280)
176. Yeshiva University (1278)
177. Sewanee: University of the South (1278)
178. University of Colorado Boulder (1276)
179. The University of Tulsa (1276)
180. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville (1276)
181. The New School (1275)
182. Indiana University Bloomington (1274)
183. Mercer University (1274)
184. Allegheny College (1272)
185. Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore (1270)
186. Muhlenberg College (1270)
187. University of St. Thomas (1269)
188. Elon University (1265)
189. Florida Institute of Technology (1264)
190. Calvin University (1264)
191. University of Central Florida (1264)
192. University of South Florida (1263)
193. Loyola University Chicago (1263)
194. Hofstra University (1262)
195. University of Delaware (1261)
196. The University of Alabama (1261)
197. Gustavus Adolphus College (1260)
198. Augustana College (1260)
199. Transylvania University (1259)
200. Grove City College (1259)
201. Clarkson University (1258)
202. Ursinus College (1257)
203. Beloit College (1257)
204. Ithaca College (1255)
205. Knox College (1255)
206. Marquette University (1255)
207. University at Buffalo, SUNY (1254)
208. University of Arkansas (1253)
209. Belmont University (1253)
210. Creighton University (1253)
211. DePauw University (1253)
212. Seattle University (1251)
213. University of the Pacific (1251)
214. University of Missouri (1248)
215. University of Cincinnati (1247)
216. Mississippi State University (1246)
217. Earlham College (1246)
218. Seton Hall University (1246)
219. Illinois Wesleyan University (1245)
220. The University of Utah (1242)
221. Louisiana State University (1242)
222. University of Dayton (1241)
223. Cornell College (1241)
224. University of Massachusetts Lowell (1239)
225. Univ. of California, Riverside (1239)
226. Hope College (1238)
227. Temple University (1238)
228. Southwestern University (1238)
229. Marist College (1238)
230. University of Puget Sound (1237)
231. University of San Francisco (1236)
232. The University of Oklahoma (1236)
233. University of Iowa (1235)
234. Union University (1235)
235. University of Kansas (1235)
236. Lipscomb University (1234)
237. Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham (1234)
238. Austin College (1233)
239. Wabash College (1232)
240. Saint Michael's College (1231)
241. The Catholic University of America (1230)
242. Arizona State University (1230)
243. Willamette University (1230)
244. The University of Arizona (1228)
245. University of Kentucky (1227)
246. Washington & Jefferson College (1226)
247. University of Louisville (1226)
248. Mississippi College (1225)
249. Saint Anselm College (1224)
250. Michigan State University (1223)
251. Samford University (1223)
252. Oklahoma City University (1223)
253. University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1222)
254. Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington (1222)
255. George Mason University (1222)
256. Westmont College (1222)
257. San Diego State University (1221)
258. Duquesne University (1221)
259. Touro College (1220)
260. Iowa State University (1220)
261. Lake Forest College (1219)
262. University of Houston (1219)
263. Louisiana Tech University (1218)
264. SUNY College of ESF (1217)
265. Berea College (1216)
266. Andrews University (1215)
267. Saint Benedict/Saint John's Univ. (1213)
268. Drew University (1212)
269. Coe College (1211)
270. James Madison University (1211)
271. University of Oregon (1210)
272. Eckerd College (1210)
273. Oklahoma State University (1209)
274. Bellarmine University (1209)
275. Centenary College of Louisiana (1207)
276. Agnes Scott College (1207)
277. Luther College (1207)
278. Oglethorpe University (1206)
279. Simmons University (1206)
280. Howard University (1205)
281. Colorado State University (1204)
282. Harding University (1204)
283. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ. (1204)
284. University of Wyoming (1203)
285. University of Missouri-Kansas City (1203)
286. St. John's University (1202)
287. Appalachian State University (1202)
288. Oregon State University (1202)
289. Valparaiso University (1202)
290. Penn State University (1201)
291. Utah State University (1201)
292. Stonehill College (1200)
293. Hollins University (1200)
294. University of Mississippi (1200)
295. Biola University (1198)
296. Florida International University (1198)
297. Warren Wilson College (1198)
298. Juniata College (1197)
299. University of Michigan-Dearborn (1196)
300. Univ. of North Carolina,Charlotte (1196)
301. Gordon College (1195)
302. Montana State University (1194)
303. Loyola University New Orleans (1194)
304. Saint Mary's College (1193)
305. Long Island University (1192)
306. Univ. North Carolina, Asheville (1192)
307. College of Charleston (1191)
308. Quinnipiac University (1190)
309. Elizabethtown College (1188)
310. Bethel University (1188)
311. Arkansas State University (1188)
312. Tennessee Tech University (1187)
313. Virginia Military Institute (1187)
314. University of Central Arkansas (1187)
315. Georgetown College (1187)
316. Missouri State University (1186)
317. St. Norbert College (1185)
318. Hampden-Sydney College (1185)
319. The College of St. Scholastica (1185)
320. St. Mary's College of Maryland (1184)
321. St. Catherine University (1184)
322. Texas Tech University (1181)
323. Western Washington University (1181)
324. University of Missouri-St. Louis (1180)
325. Susquehanna University (1180)
326. Washington College (1180)
327. Purchase College, SUNY (1180)
328. DePaul University (1180)
329. Nova Southeastern University (1178)
330. University at Albany, SUNY (1177)
331. University of New Hampshire (1176)
332. Sacred Heart University (1175)
333. University of Nevada, Reno (1174)
334. Virginia Commonwealth University (1172)
335. Liberty University (1171)
336. Thomas Jefferson University (1171)
337. University of Tennessee at Martin (1170)
338. University of Hawaii at Manoa (1170)
339. Concordia University Wisconsin (1170)
340. The University of Texas at Tyler (1170)
341. North Dakota State University (1169)
342. Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale (1169)
343. Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette (1169)
344. University of Mary (1169)
345. University of Detroit Mercy (1168)
346. Wichita State University (1168)
347. Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1168)
348. Spelman College (1167)
349. Ohio University (1167)
350. St. John Fisher College (1166)
351. Roanoke College (1166)
352. University of North Texas (1166)
353. Wartburg College (1166)
354. University of South Alabama (1166)
355. Florida Atlantic University (1166)
356. Goucher College (1166)
357. University of Findlay (1165)
358. Carson-Newman University (1164)
359. Savannah College of Art and Design (1162)
360. Adelphi University (1161)
361. University of Illinois at Chicago (1161)
362. Grand Valley State University (1161)
363. Rowan University (1161)
364. Kansas State University (1160)
365. Western New England University (1160)
366. Ohio Wesleyan University (1160)
367. University of North Florida (1159)
368. The University of Maine (1159)
369. Wittenberg University (1158)
370. Regis University (1157)
371. University of Rhode Island (1156)
372. Pacific University (1156)
373. East Tennessee State University (1156)
374. West Virginia University (1155)
375. Georgia State University (1153)
376. George Fox University (1151)
377. University of Texas at Arlington (1151)
378. Hanover College (1151)
379. Monmouth University (1150)
380. Pace University (1150)
381. Middle Tennessee State University (1150)
382. Western Kentucky University (1150)
383. The University of Montana (1150)
384. University of Northern Iowa (1149)
385. Northern Kentucky University (1148)
386. Chatham University (1147)
387. Morehead State University (1147)
388. University of North Dakota (1147)
389. Cal. State, Long Beach (1146)
390. Kent State University (1146)
391. Azusa Pacific University (1146)
392. Kennesaw State University (1144)
393. Eastern Kentucky University (1144)
394. Cal. State, Pomona (1143)
395. Roosevelt University (1143)
396. Saint Vincent College (1143)
397. University of New England (1142)
398. University of Toledo (1142)
399. Linfield University (1140)
400. University of Hartford (1140)
401. San José State University (1139)
402. Sweet Briar College (1139)
403. Towson University (1139)
404. Ball State University (1138)
405. Maryville University (1137)
406. Southern Illinois Univ. Edwrdsvlle (1137)
407. University of Idaho (1137)
408. Boise State University (1136)
409. Univ. of Colorado Colorado Springs (1136)
410. South Dakota State University (1136)
411. Gannon University (1135)
412. Whittier College (1135)
413. Northern Arizona University (1135)
414. Oakland University (1135)
415. University of Southern Mississippi (1135)
416. University of Nebraska at Omaha (1135)
417. Seattle Pacific University (1135)
418. The University of Memphis (1134)
419. University of New Orleans (1134)
420. Wayne State University (1134)
421. Illinois State University (1132)
422. Campbell University (1132)
423. Baker University (1131)
424. Washington State University (1131)
425. Spring Hill College (1131)
426. Moravian College (1129)
427. Georgia Southern University (1129)
428. Widener University (1127)
429. Lycoming College (1126)
430. Robert Morris University (1126)
431. University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1126)
432. Univ. of Texas at San Antonio (1124)
433. University of Colorado Denver (1124)
434. Suffolk University (1123)
435. Wilkes University (1123)
436. Hartwick College (1123)
437. Simpson College (1122)
438. University of Alaska Fairbanks (1121)
439. Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock (1120)
440. University of New Mexico (1120)
441. Augusta University (1119)
442. University of Akron (1118)
443. University of South Dakota (1118)
444. Albion College (1118)
445. Lincoln Memorial University (1118)
446. Central College (1117)
447. Ripon College (1117)
448. East Carolina University (1117)
449. Lindenwood University (1116)
450. Cleveland State University (1115)
451. Cal. State, Fullerton (1113)
452. Western Michigan University (1113)
453. University of La Verne (1113)
454. Univ. of North Carolina,Greensboro (1113)
455. Brigham Young University-Idaho (1111)
456. Meredith College (1111)
457. Washburn University (1110)
458. Regent University (1109)
459. Lesley University (1109)
460. University of Massachusetts Boston (1107)
461. Central Michigan University (1106)
462. Indiana/Purdue University (1106)
463. Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi (1105)
464. University of Louisiana at Monroe (1105)
465. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1105)
466. University of Michigan-Flint (1104)
467. Shenandoah University (1103)
468. Texas State University (1102)
469. University of California, Merced (1100)
470. Wright State University (1100)
471. Portland State University (1099)
472. Benedictine University (1098)
473. Westminster College, Pennsylvania (1097)
474. University of Northern Colorado (1096)
475. University of Indianapolis (1096)
476. Stephen F. Austin State University (1093)
477. Florida A&M Univ. (1091)
478. Univ. of Massachusetts Dartmouth (1091)
479. California State University, Chico (1089)
480. Gardner-Webb University (1089)
481. Shepherd University (1088)
482. Eastern Michigan University (1088)
483. Humboldt State University (1085)
484. Montclair State University (1085)
485. Marshall University (1084)
486. Hampton University (1083)
487. Bowling Green State University (1083)
488. Old Dominion University (1081)
489. Dillard University (1075)
490. Valdosta State University (1072)
491. Sam Houston State University (1071)
492. Guilford College (1070)
493. Lehman College, CUNY (1070)
494. Southern New Hampshire University (1070)
495. Northern Illinois University (1070)
496. Fisk University (1070)
497. Fort Lewis College (1068)
498. University of Wisconsin-Superior (1065)
499. Sonoma State University (1065)
500. Texas A&M University-Commerce (1065)
501. New Mexico State University (1061)
502. Ferris State University (1058)
503. Wilmington University (1055)
504. University of the Incarnate Word (1054)
505. Husson University (1053)
506. Aurora University (1052)
507. Grand Canyon University (1050)
508. Metropolitan State University (1050)
509. University of Wisconsin-Parkside (1050)
510. Lamar University (1050)
511. North Carolina A&T State Univ. (1048)
512. San Francisco State University (1046)
513. Idaho State University (1040)
514. Univ. of Texas Rio Grande Valley (1037)
515. Texas Woman's University (1037)
516. Cal. State, Sacramento (1035)
517. The University of Texas at El Paso (1035)
518. Texas A&M University-Kingsville (1032)
519. Cal. State, Fresno (1030)
520. The Sage Colleges (1020)
521. University of West Georgia (1020)
522. Indiana State University (1019)
523. Cal. State, Northridge (1019)
524. Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1017)
525. Jackson State University (1012)
526. Barry University (1009)
527. University of Bridgeport (1008)
528. Clark Atlanta University (1006)
529. Cal. State, San Bernardino (985)
530. University of Maine at Machias (980)
531. Tennessee State University (980)
532. Tougaloo College (969)
533. Delaware State University (932)
534. Bethune-Cookman University (925)
535. Texas Southern University (921)
536. Gallaudet University (919)
537. Morgan State University (737)
Suprisingly Strong
1. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville (+246) 1319, Rank: 138, Expected: 384
2. Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham (+196) 1234, Rank: 236, Expected: 432
3. University of Massachusetts Lowell (+191) 1239, Rank: 225, Expected: 416
4. Missouri Univ. of Sci and Tech (+190) 1344, Rank: 112, Expected: 302
5. University of Central Arkansas (+184) 1187, Rank: 312, Expected: 496
6. Long Island University (+166) 1192, Rank: 306, Expected: 472
7. Univ. of North Carolina Wilmington (+162) 1222, Rank: 253, Expected: 415
8. Louisiana Tech University (+160) 1218, Rank: 263, Expected: 423
9. Penn State University (+159) 1201, Rank: 291, Expected: 450
10. Univ. of North Carolina,Charlotte (+157) 1196, Rank: 299, Expected: 456
Suprisingly Weak
1. Berklee College of Music (-421) N/A, Rank: 544, Expected: 123
2. Washington State University (-171) 1131, Rank: 424, Expected: 253
3. Albion College (-166) 1118, Rank: 444, Expected: 278
4. Thomas Jefferson University (-166) 1171, Rank: 336, Expected: 170
5. Ohio Wesleyan University (-165) 1160, Rank: 364, Expected: 199
6. University of Wisconsin-Superior (-165) 1065, Rank: 499, Expected: 334
7. Meredith College (-160) 1111, Rank: 455, Expected: 295
8. Virginia Military Institute (-155) 1187, Rank: 313, Expected: 158
9. Lesley University (-153) 1109, Rank: 459, Expected: 306
10. Washington College (-150) 1180, Rank: 325, Expected: 175
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