25 Colleges With the Highest SAT Scores

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"SAT scores can be important in college admissions decisions.

With multiple standardized test sessions canceled due to safety concerns prompted by the novel coronavirus, college admissions looks a little different this year. One major change has been numerous schools going test-optional, despite the fact that standardized test scores historically have been an important factor in college admissions decisions. While the national average SAT score for the class of 2020 was 1051, per the College Board, applicants admitted to these schools earned much higher marks. Among ranked colleges and universities, the following 25 schools boasted the highest combined average SAT reading and math scores for fall 2019. Prospective students can use tools like U.S. News College Compass to check out the average SAT scores and breakdowns at schools they’re researching and the free U.S. News College Admissions erage SAT scores and breakdowns at schools they’re researching and the free U.S. News College Admissions Calculator to see how they stack up." …

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/colleges-with-the-highest-sat-scores

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University of Chicago listed as #1. With being test optional for a few years, wouldn’t that skew the actual SAT score reporting?

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This shows the quality of the information from US News. Caltech has always had the highest SAT scores by significant margin consistently among all colleges for decades.

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As part of putting my D’s college list together, I collected CDS and IPEDS data for SAT scores. While Chicago hides from CDS, they have to report IPEDS data, and it doesn’t match this list. I can check when I get home, but they were 3rd at the highest. Yes, test optional would skew averages to the high side.

And yes, Caltech is significantly higher than any of these - why does USNews not recognize that it exists?

Fwiw, the various data sources have variances that make the small differences among several of the schools ranked here not meaningful.