Selectivity of schools based on 2012-13 standardized test scores

College Search & Selection
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<p>source: IPEDS</p>

<p>sorted by SAT Math 25th percentile</p>

<p>state, public/private, percent of students submitting SAT, 25th Reading, 75th Reading, 25th Math, 75th Math, school name</p>

<p>CA 2 91 700 790 760 800 California Institute of Technology
CA 2 94 680 770 740 800 Harvey Mudd College
MA 2 86 670 770 740 800 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MO 2 61 700 770 720 790 Washington University in St Louis
MA 2 89 700 800 710 790 Harvard University
NJ 2 89 700 790 710 800 Princeton University
TN 2 46 690 770 710 790 Vanderbilt University
NY 2 90 700 780 700 790 Columbia University in the City of New York
IL 2 65 680 760 700 780 Northwestern University
TX 2 79 660 750 700 780 Rice University
CA 2 88 680 780 700 790 Stanford University
IL 2 74 700 780 700 790 University of Chicago
CT 2 85 700 790 700 800 Yale University
PA 2 92 630 730 690 790 Carnegie Mellon University
NC 2 80 660 750 690 780 Duke University
PA 2 86 660 760 690 780 University of Pennsylvania
NH 2 71 670 780 680 780 Dartmouth College
CA 2 82 680 770 680 760 Pomona College
MA 2 79 670 760 680 760 Tufts University
IL 1 25 550 680 680 790 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
IN 2 48 660 750 680 770 University of Notre Dame
ME 2 65 670 760 670 760 Bowdoin College
MN 2 63 670 760 670 760 Carleton College
NY 2 86 640 740 670 780 Cornell University
PA 2 85 680 780 670 770 Swarthmore College
MA 2 68 660 760 660 770 Amherst College
RI 2 82 660 760 660 770 Brown University
OH 2 66 600 720 660 760 Case Western Reserve University
CA 2 68 650 750 660 760 Claremont McKenna College
GA 2 80 620 710 660 760 Emory University
GA 1 90 600 690 660 760 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
PA 2 82 650 760 660 760 Haverford College
MD 2 84 640 740 660 770 Johns Hopkins University
NY 2 71 610 700 660 760 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
CT 2 78 640 740 660 740 Wesleyan University
DC 2 87 640 740 650 750 Georgetown University
IA 2 52 630 750 650 750 Grinnell College
NY 2 59 650 740 650 740 Hamilton College
VT 2 76 640 740 650 740 Middlebury College
MA 2 58 630 720 650 740 Northeastern University
CA 1 92 600 720 650 770 University of California-Berkeley
MI 1 35 610 700 650 760 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
CA 2 81 620 720 650 760 University of Southern California
NY 2 75 660 750 650 740 Vassar College
VA 2 55 650 740 650 740 Washington and Lee University
MA 2 86 660 770 650 760 Williams College
MA 2 79 620 710 640 740 Boston College
NY 2 68 630 730 640 720 Colgate University
NC 2 81 620 720 640 720 Davidson College
MN 2 62 630 740 640 730 Macalester College
NY 2 82 550 650 640 720 Polytechnic Institute of New York University
NJ 2 83 570 670 640 720 Stevens Institute of Technology
NY 2 72 600 700 640 740 University of Rochester
VA 1 91 620 720 640 740 University of Virginia-Main Campus
MA 2 81 650 740 640 740 Wellesley College
ME 2 71 610 710 630 720 Colby College
CO 1 45 570 675 630 710 Colorado School of Mines
PA 2 72 570 670 630 730 Lehigh University
NY 2 81 620 710 630 740 New York University
OR 2 85 670 770 630 720 Reed College
CO 1 44 600 690 630 720 United States Air Force Academy
FL 2 52 600 700 630 720 University of Miami
NY 2 79 630 730 620 710 Barnard College
MA 2 77 610 710 620 740 Brandeis University
PA 2 64 590 690 620 720 Bucknell University
VA 1 90 630 740 620 720 College of William and Mary
OH 2 74 640 740 620 720 Oberlin College
CA 2 79 640 730 620 700 Scripps College
NY 1 94 600 680 620 710 SUNY at Binghamton
LA 2 60 630 720 620 710 Tulane University of Louisiana
MN 1 14 540 690 620 740 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
VA 2 68 580 700 620 720 University of Richmond
WI 1 18 550 670 620 740 University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA 2 84 570 670 610 700 Boston University
CO 2 31 630 720 610 710 Colorado College
DC 2 72 600 690 610 690 George Washington University
PA 2 80 600 690 610 670 Gettysburg College
IL 2 21 513 630 610 710 Illinois Institute of Technology
OH 2 68 630 730 610 680 Kenyon College
PA 2 80 580 680 610 710 Lafayette College
MO 1 10 520 660 610 700 Missouri University of Science and Technology
OH 1 41 540 650 610 710 Ohio State University-Main Campus
CA 1 94 560 690 610 740 University of California-Los Angeles
MD 1 92 580 690 610 720 University of Maryland-College Park
NC 1 94 590 700 610 700 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PA 2 70 590 680 610 710 Villanova University
IL 2 58 600 720 610 700 Wheaton College
WA 2 81 610 730 610 700 Whitman College
OH 2 24 600 720 600 680 Denison University
PA 2 54 590 690 600 690 Dickinson College
MI 2 22 520 650 600 690 Kettering University
CA 2 69 600 700 600 700 Occidental College
CA 2 40 590 700 600 670 Pitzer College
CA 2 85 570 680 600 690 Santa Clara University
TX 2 67 590 680 600 690 Southern Methodist University
NY 1 90 530 640 600 700 Stony Brook University
NY 1 64 590 690 600 690 SUNY College at Geneseo
TX 1 87 560 680 600 710 The University of Texas at Dallas
CT 2 60 590 690 600 700 Trinity College
MD 1 83 560 670 600 700 United States Naval Academy
PA 1 89 570 690 600 690 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
MA 2 90 530 620 593 670 Bentley University
UT 2 28 580 690 590 690 Brigham Young University-Provo
PA 2 84 600 710 590 720 Bryn Mawr College
SC 1 64 550 650 590 680 Clemson University
NY 1 94 520 620 590 690 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
NY 2 84 570 670 590 680 Fordham University
NM 1 37 550 670 590 700 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
CA 2 91 490 640 590 700 Soka University of America
NY 1 81 560 680 590 690 United States Military Academy
CA 1 95 520 650 590 710 University of California-San Diego
FL 1 68 580 670 590 690 University of Florida
OK 2 24 570 710 590 700 University of Tulsa
CA 1 90 550 640 580 690 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
KY 2 46 560 690 580 700 Centre College
PA 2 81 540 640 580 680 Drexel University
MI 1 9 550 680 580 690 Michigan Technological University
TN 2 54 570 690 580 680 Rhodes College
TN 2 50 590 690 580 660 Sewanee-The University of the South
MN 2 37 580 700 580 700 St Olaf College
NJ 1 95 550 650 580 680 The College of New Jersey
TX 1 84 550 670 580 710 The University of Texas at Austin
TX 2 64 570 680 580 670 Trinity University
CT 1 92 550 650 580 680 University of Connecticut
MD 1 93 550 650 580 670 University of Maryland-Baltimore County
WA 2 79 570 688 580 660 University of Puget Sound
MO 2 24 470 610 580 590 William Woods University
DC 2 71 590 690 570 670 American University
TX 2 57 560 660 570 670 Austin College
TX 2 50 550 660 570 670 Baylor University
MN 2 7 570 700 570 670 Gustavus Adolphus College
IL 2 12 540 650 570 700 Illinois Wesleyan University
WI 2 8 510 610 570 680 Milwaukee School of Engineering
FL 1 88 620 740 570 670 New College of Florida
CA 2 78 550 660 570 680 Pepperdine University
NY 2 64 540 650 570 680 Rochester Institute of Technology
CA 1 95 520 640 570 690 University of California-Davis
CA 2 75 550 650 570 670 University of San Diego
WA 1 85 510 650 570 700 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
VA 1 93 540 640 570 680 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
WI 2 2 508 595 568 618 Edgewood College
PR 1 100 542 648 563 708 University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
PA 2 67 540 650 560 650 Allegheny College
WI 2 49 550 700 560 670 Beloit College
CA 2 81 550 650 560 660 Chapman University
NY 2 91 500 610 560 660 Clarkson University
NC 2 80 570 660 560 660 Elon University
MA 2 84 590 680 560 650 Emerson College
FL 1 46 560 640 560 640 Florida State University
SC 2 61 560 650 560 670 Furman University
WA 2 81 550 700 560 690 Gonzaga University
PA 2 86 560 670 560 670 Grove City College
CA 2 81 550 640 560 660 Loyola Marymount University
PA 2 70 560 680 560 680 Muhlenberg College
NC 1 93 530 620 560 660 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
PA 1 79 530 630 560 670 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
NJ 1 95 520 630 560 680 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
NY 2 78 560 670 560 670 Skidmore College
NY 1 70 540 630 560 640 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
TX 1 65 520 640 560 670 Texas A & M University-College Station
CA 2 81 620 700 560 660 Thomas Aquinas College
CA 1 94 540 650 560 680 University of California-Santa Barbara
CO 2 46 550 640 560 660 University of Denver
GA 1 88 560 650 560 660 University of Georgia
MA 1 94 530 630 560 660 University of Massachusetts Amherst
SC 1 61 540 640 560 650 University of South Carolina-Columbia
OR 2 70 560 680 560 660 Willamette University
SC 2 88 540 650 560 670 Wofford College
PR 1 100 561 658 552 690 University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
AL 1 18 530 630 550 650 Auburn University
IN 2 46 530 650 550 680 DePauw University
IA 2 12 510 640 550 660 Drake University
NY 2 72 530 620 550 630 Hofstra University
TX 2 71 510 660 550 660 LeTourneau University
WI 2 20 520 630 550 650 Marquette University
OH 1 35 530 630 550 660 Miami University-Oxford
NJ 1 96 470 600 550 660 New Jersey Institute of Technology
IN 1 70 510 620 550 680 Purdue University-Main Campus
MO 2 20 530 660 550 670 Saint Louis University-Main Campus
TX 2 87 530 660 550 650 Southwestern University
TX 2 43 530 630 550 650 Texas Christian University
MO 1 6 550 710 550 650 Truman State University
NY 1 64 500 600 550 660 University at Buffalo
FL 1 64 530 630 550 650 University of Central Florida
IA 1 8 470 630 550 690 University of Iowa
NC 1 83 540 620 550 630 University of North Carolina Wilmington
OR 2 99 540 650 550 640 University of Portland
CA 2 89 520 650 550 690 University of the Pacific
VT 1 87 540 640 550 640 University of Vermont
NY 2 71 530 680 550 680 Yeshiva University</p>

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<p>Nice to see Northeastern pass Boston College in both sections of the SAT score.</p>

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<p>What is going on with the University of Illinois SATs CR versus Math??? They are so discrepant!</p>

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<p>Most Illinois kids take ACT and SAT is mostly for OOS who go to Illinois for engineering. ACT distribution more normal. Median ACT math is about 28. Only 43% score 30+.</p>

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<p>Not to mention</p>

<p>[Inequality</a> among students rises - Business - The Boston Globe](<a href=“Wealth gap limits equality of education - The Boston Globe”>Wealth gap limits equality of education - The Boston Globe)</p>

<p><a href=“Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs”>Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs;

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<p>Indeed…this list is a bit misleading. As mentioned above Illinois has a substantial minority (only 25% of all students) submitting SAT scores. The Illinois ACT Math range is from 26 to 32 with an ACT composite range of 26 to 31. The composite ACT range for Hopkins (with a 45% submission rate) and Williams (37% submission rate) is 30 to 34. </p>

<p>*If we were to compare engineering major ACT and Math SAT scores from Hopkins and the other elite private schools to say Caltech, the discrepancy would be even smaller than what is portrayed here and much larger than state schools like Illinois.</p>

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<p>sorted by ACT 25th percentile</p>

<p>percent submitting ACT, ACT 25th, ACT 75th, name of school</p>

<p>39 33 35 California Institute of Technology
41 33 35 Harvey Mudd College
37 32 35 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
59 32 34 Washington University in St Louis
31 32 35 Harvard University
63 32 34 Vanderbilt University
30 32 35 Columbia University in the City of New York
31 31 35 Princeton University
80 31 34 Northwestern University
41 31 34 Stanford University
50 31 34 University of Chicago
35 31 35 Yale University
52 31 34 University of Notre Dame
30 31 33 Bowdoin College
54 30 34 Rice University
45 30 34 Duke University
36 30 34 University of Pennsylvania
29 30 34 Dartmouth College
47 30 33 Tufts University
37 30 33 Cornell University
39 30 33 Swarthmore College
36 30 34 Amherst College
44 30 33 Johns Hopkins University
38 30 33 Middlebury College
33 30 34 Williams College
32 30 32 Colgate University
34 29 33 Carnegie Mellon University
41 29 34 Pomona College
57 29 33 Carleton College
37 29 34 Brown University
59 29 33 Case Western Reserve University
32 29 32 Claremont McKenna College
47 29 32 Emory University
34 29 33 Haverford College
38 29 33 Wesleyan University
36 29 33 Georgetown University
48 29 33 Grinnell College
22 29 33 Hamilton College
32 29 32 Northeastern University
41 29 33 University of Southern California
25 29 32 Vassar College
45 29 32 Washington and Lee University
44 29 32 Boston College
49 29 32 Davidson College
37 29 32 Wellesley College
35 29 32 Colby College
56 29 32 United States Air Force Academy
61 29 32 Tulane University of Louisiana
42 29 32 Whitman College
56 28 32 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
79 28 32 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
58 28 32 Macalester College
37 28 32 University of Rochester
34 28 32 University of Virginia-Main Campus
28 28 31 Lehigh University
32 28 31 New York University
36 28 32 Reed College
38 28 32 University of Miami
37 28 31 Barnard College
26 28 32 Brandeis University
35 28 32 College of William and Mary
43 28 32 Oberlin College
39 28 32 Scripps College
32 28 32 University of Richmond
31 28 32 Colorado College
44 28 32 Kenyon College
30 28 31 Villanova University
31 28 32 Occidental College
38 27 33 University of California-Berkeley
24 27 31 Polytechnic Institute of New York University
88 27 31 Colorado School of Mines
41 27 31 Bucknell University
31 27 31 SUNY at Binghamton
38 27 31 George Washington University
39 27 30 Lafayette College
35 27 32 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
62 27 32 Wheaton College
37 27 31 Denison University
23 27 30 Dickinson College
59 27 31 Santa Clara University
60 27 31 Southern Methodist University
39 27 30 SUNY College at Geneseo
81 26 31 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
29 26 31 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
90 26 30 University of Wisconsin-Madison
40 26 30 Boston University
9 26 30 Gettysburg College
97 26 31 Missouri University of Science and Technology
84 26 30 Ohio State University-Main Campus
50 26 31 The University of Texas at Dallas
26 26 30 Trinity College
93 26 31 Brigham Young University-Provo
28 26 30 Bryn Mawr College
35 26 30 Fordham University
31 26 31 University of Florida
82 26 31 Centre College
72 26 31 Rhodes College
49 26 30 Sewanee-The University of the South
79 26 31 St Olaf College
36 26 31 Trinity University
26 26 30 University of Connecticut
42 26 30 University of Puget Sound
44 26 31 American University
72 26 30 Gustavus Adolphus College
58 26 31 New College of Florida
31 26 29 Emerson College
31 26 30 Skidmore College
78 26 32 Hendrix College
79 26 30 Kalamazoo College
92 25 30 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
43 25 31 University of California-Los Angeles
25 25 29 Stony Brook University
41 25 30 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
30 25 29 Bentley University
36 25 30 Clemson University
78 25 30 United States Military Academy
57 25 31 University of Tulsa
61 25 29 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
21 25 30 The College of New Jersey
54 25 31 The University of Texas at Austin
94 25 30 Illinois Wesleyan University
36 25 30 Rochester Institute of Technology
53 25 30 University of San Diego
49 25 29 Chapman University
20 25 29 Elon University
55 25 29 Florida State University
42 25 29 Furman University
14 25 29 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
45 25 28 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
27 25 29 Thomas Aquinas College
74 25 30 University of Denver
59 25 30 University of Georgia
30 25 30 Willamette University
88 25 30 Saint Louis University-Main Campus
57 25 30 Texas Christian University
31 25 30 Butler University
90 25 29 Loyola University Chicago
23 25 29 St Mary’s College of Maryland
65 25 30 The College of Wooster
44 25 28 Stetson University</p>

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<p>^Your data is wrong. </p>

<p>Just a quick inspection, Columbia is 31-34, Hopkins is 30-34, Dartmouth is 30-34.</p>

<p>See here for data from the fall 2012 class:</p>

<p><a href=“BigFuture College Search”>BigFuture College Search;

<p><a href=“BigFuture College Search”>BigFuture College Search;

<p><a href=“Registrar - Homewood Schools (KSAS & WSE) | Office of the Registrar | Johns Hopkins University”>Registrar - Homewood Schools (KSAS & WSE) | Office of the Registrar | Johns Hopkins University;

<p><a href=“BigFuture College Search”>BigFuture College Search;

<p><a href=“This Page Has Moved”>This Page Has Moved;

<p>I don’t know why you posted this stuff with the “selectivity based on test score” disclaimer anyways. Stanford has lower test scores than several of the other elite privates, yet few would argue Stanford is less selective than Caltech.</p>

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<p>WashU… DA HECK? So why do you have Tufts syndrome?</p>

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<p>WashU cares a lot more about scores than most other elite colleges, and not just for its undergrad.</p>

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<p>^that and the fact that it uses a large amount of merit scholarships along with Vandy to buy top applicants that wouldn’t have considered the school otherwise.</p>

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<p>Blah, I think you are using old numbers. According to the US Dept of Ed, for example, Columbia’s ACT range was 31-34 in 2011, not 2012. The numbers I posted are the most recent available from the US Dept of Ed as reported to them by the universities according to USDOE definitions and instructions.</p>

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<p>Interesting list although I would have sorted according to the sum of the ranges since 29-33 is better than 29-32. Same with the SAT list. I wonder if schools like NU which are climbing the rankings board are doing so by placing greater emphasis on test scores than other parts of the app. We’re actually looking for such schools since my son’s test scores are better than his gpa.</p>

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<p>collegehelp, check your numbers. The sources I provided for JHU and Dartmouth are reported from the colleges themselves in the common data set. This is what the colleges submitted to US News for the most recent fall 2012-2013 freshman class for ranking and reporting purposes.</p>

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<p>The Common Data Set might have old data, don’t know. The Dartmouth web site agrees with the ACT number I posted above. Not sure about Hopkins.</p>

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<p>^Common data set is the only reliable the source of truth.</p>

<p>I misread your dartmouth entry as 29-34 initially (saw 29% submitting as the 25th percentile)… 30-34 is correct based on common data set and other sources. But there are other errors in your list.</p>

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<p>collegedadnh- I see what you mean about adding the two scores. On the other hand, some schools are at the ceiling on SATs (800) and ACTs (35) which might place them at a disadvantage. The ACT max is 35, isn’t it?</p>

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<p>No, 36…</p>

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<p>The Math 25th percentile at Rutgers dropped by 70 points 2002-03 to 2012-13. CR was stable and Math 75th was stable. Curious.</p>

<p>And, what is going on at Northeastern??? Their SATs increased by over 100 points in the same time frame!! Is Northeastern hot or are they “cooking the books”? What are they doing to attract better students, if anything??</p>

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<p>^Those who wanna tease Northwestern would have to come up with something different. :D</p>