| Rank | Name |
Admissions Rate |
SAT Total 25-75th percentile |
SAT Critical Reading 25-75th percentile |
SAT Math 25-75th percentile |
SAT Subject Tests Required |
Early Decision(ED) Early Action(EA) |
| 1 | Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts |
7.2% | 2070 - 2350 | 690 - 780 | 690 - 790 | 2 | EA |
| 2 | Stanford University Stanford, California |
8.0% | 2010 - 2300 | 660 - 760 | 680 - 780 | Recommended | EA |
| 3 | Yale University New Haven, Connecticut |
8.6% | 2100 - 2370 | 700 - 800 | 700 - 780 | 2 | EA |
| 4 | Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey |
10.1% | 2090 - 2360 | 690 - 790 | 700 - 790 | 2 | EA |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts |
10.7% | 2030 - 2320 | 650 - 760 | 720 - 800 | 2 | EA |
| 6 | Columbia University New York, New York |
11.0% | 2050 - 2320 | 680 - 770 | 680 - 780 | 2 | ED |
| 7 | Brown University Providence, Rhode Island |
11.2% | 1990 - 2300 | 650 - 760 | 670 - 770 | 2 | ED |
| 8 | Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire |
13.5% | 2000 - 2320 | 660 - 770 | 670 - 780 | 2 | ED |
| 9 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California |
15.3% | 2140 - 2340 | 690 - 770 | 770 - 800 | 2 | EA |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
17.7% | 2020 - 2290 | 660 - 750 | 690 - 780 | 2 | ED |
| 11 | Georgetown University Washington, District of Columbia |
18.8% | 1965 - 2235 | 650 - 740 | 660 - 750 | 3 | |
| 12 | Cornell University Ithaca, New York |
19.1% | 1935 - 2250 | 630 - 730 | 660 - 770 | 2 | ED |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee |
20.1% | 2010 - 2270 | 660 - 750 | 690 - 770 | Recommended | ED |
| 14 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California |
21.5% | 1800 - 2170 | 580 - 700 | 620 - 760 | 2 | |
| 15 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, Missouri |
22.2% | 2085 - 2295 | 680 - 750 | 710 - 780 | Recommended | ED |
| 16 | Rice University Houston, Texas |
22.3% | 1970 - 2270 | 640 - 750 | 680 - 780 | 2 | EA,ED |
| 17 | Duke University Durham, North Carolina |
22.4% | 2000 - 2300 | 660 - 760 | 680 - 780 | 2 | ED |
| 18 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California |
22.8% | 1730 - 2100 | 560 - 680 | 590 - 720 | 2 | |
| 19 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, California |
24.4% | 1910 - 2180 | 620 - 710 | 650 - 740 | Recommended | |
| 20 | Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois |
26.2% | 2030 - 2280 | 670 - 750 | 690 - 780 | Recommended | ED |
| 21 | Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana |
26.5% | 1870 - 2110 | 620 - 700 | 620 - 700 | EA,ED |
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| 22 | Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts |
26.6% | 2040 - 2300 | 680 - 750 | 680 - 790 | 2 | ED |
| 23 | Emory University Atlanta, Georgia |
26.6% | 1960 - 2240 | 640 - 740 | 670 - 760 | ED |
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| 24 | University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois |
27.3% | 2055 - 2340 | 690 - 780 | 680 - 780 | EA |
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| 25 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland |
27.8% | 1940 - 2230 | 630 - 730 | 670 - 770 | Recommended | ED |
| 26 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana |
28.6% | 1995 - 2265 | 650 - 750 | 680 - 760 | EA |
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| 27 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts |
30.1% | 1880 - 2150 | 610 - 700 | 640 - 730 | 2 | EA |
| 28 | San Diego State University San Diego, California |
31.2% | 1395 - 1755 | 460 - 570 | 470 - 600 | EA |
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| 29 | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, Virginia |
32.1% | 1840 - 2150 | 600 - 710 | 630 - 730 | 2 | ED |
| 30 | Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts |
32.4% | 1930 - 2180 | 640 - 720 | 650 - 730 | 2 | ED |
