Fall 2024 federal data

Colleges for a 30 ACT score

A 30 ACT sits inside the middle 50% of enrolled submitters at 233 colleges, above it at 570 and below it at 76, out of 879 colleges that report ACT ranges.

233 targets76 reaches570 where it is a strength

Target colleges

Colleges where a 30 is in the middle 50%

233 colleges, highest score range first
College	State	SAT middle 50%	ACT middle 50%	Acceptance rate	Test policy (fall 2024)
Georgia Institute of Technology	GA	1370-1540	30-34	14%	Required
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	1390-1530	28-34	15%	Test-optional
University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	1380-1520	29-33	45%	Test-optional
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	1375-1510	30-34	64%	Test-optional
Macalester College	MN	1350-1510	30-34	28%	Test-optional
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	1310-1520	30-34	42%	Test-optional
Yeshiva University	NY	1340-1510	29-33	56%	Test-optional
Connecticut College	CT	1350-1500	30-33	37%	Test-optional
Reed College	OR	1290-1520	30-34	25%	Test-optional
University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	1310-1500	30-33	60%	Test-optional
Southern Methodist University	TX	1340-1490	30-34	63%	Test-optional
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	1320-1500	29-34	77%	Test-optional
Hillsdale College	MI	1320-1490	30-33	21%	Test-optional
Stony Brook University	NY	1330-1500	29-33	49%	Test-optional
Binghamton University	NY	1340-1500	30-32	39%	Test-optional
Fordham University	NY	1320-1480	30-33	59%	Test-optional
Denison University	OH	1320-1490	30-33	17%	Test-optional
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	NY	1295-1501	28-34	21%	Test-optional
Whitman College	WA	1310-1480	29-33	38%	Test-optional
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	1310-1500	28-33	58%	Test-optional
University of Tulsa	OK	1223-1530	25-34	62%	Test-optional
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	1300-1500	26-31	80%	Test-optional
Trinity College	CT	1298-1470	30-34	29%	Test-optional
University of Miami	FL	1320-1480	30-33	19%	Test-optional
Bucknell University	PA	1310-1470	30-33	29%	Test-optional
Colorado School of Mines	CO	1320-1480	29-33	61%	Test-optional
University of Florida	FL	1320-1480	29-33	24%	Required
Ohio State University	OH	1310-1480	28-32	61%	Test-optional
The University of Texas at Austin	TX	1250-1510	27-33	27%	Test-optional
Bryn Mawr College	PA	1280-1510	29-33	29%	Test-optional
Union College	NY	1310-1480	29-33	44%	Test-optional
Rhodes College	TN	1300-1486	26-32	50%	Test-optional
Dickinson College	PA	1310-1460	30-33	42%	Test-optional
St Olaf College	MN	1300-1470	28-32	48%	Test-optional
Bard College	NY	1270-1450	28-32	52%	Test-optional
Wheaton College	IL	1260-1470	28-32	87%	Test-optional
Franklin and Marshall College	PA	1310-1463	30-33	28%	Test-optional
University of Georgia	GA	1270-1480	29-34	38%	Required
Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	1300-1460	29-33	67%	Test-optional
Gettysburg College	PA	1270-1460	29-32	39%	Test-optional
American University	DC	1280-1460	29-32	62%	Test-optional
Pepperdine University	CA	1290-1450	29-32	63%	Test-optional
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	1300-1470	28-32	42%	Test-optional
Syracuse University	NY	1270-1440	29-32	46%	Test-optional
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	1280-1460	29-33	58%	Test-optional
University of Vermont	VT	1290-1440	30-32	65%	Test-optional
Willamette University	OR	1240-1440	28-33	77%	Test-optional
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	1280-1450	28-32	55%	Test-optional
Sarah Lawrence College	NY	1240-1430	28-31	62%	Test-optional
Brigham Young University	UT	1270-1460	28-32	68%	Test-optional
Centre College	KY	1160-1450	25-32	54%	Test-optional
Clark University	MA	1288-1460	30-33	40%	Test-optional
St Lawrence University	NY	1255-1420	30-33	54%	Test-optional
Purdue University	IN	1200-1480	27-34	50%	Required
Florida State University	FL	1270-1410	29-32	24%	Required
Bentley University	MA	1280-1430	28-31	45%	Test-optional
Loyola Marymount University	CA	1260-1430	28-32	45%	Test-optional
Chapman University	CA	1260-1440	28-31	65%	Test-optional
Lawrence University	WI	1200-1420	24-31	64%	Test-optional
University of the Pacific	CA	1183-1480	23-32	71%	Test-optional
University of St Thomas	MN	1260-1423	25-30	85%	Test-optional
Colorado College	CO	1230-1460	29-33	19%	Test-optional
Furman University	SC	1260-1430	28-32	43%	Test-optional
Emerson College	MA	1270-1420	29-32	51%	Test-optional
University of Connecticut	CT	1210-1440	28-33	52%	Required
University of Colorado Boulder	CO	1240-1430	29-33	78%	Test-optional
College of the Holy Cross	MA	1240-1410	27-32	18%	Test-optional
Touro University	NY	1218-1453	24-32	61%	Test-optional
Drexel University	PA	1240-1440	27-32	79%	Test-optional
University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	1210-1450	23-30	88%	Test-optional
Bennington College	VT	1291-1403	30-32	45%	Test-optional
United States Military Academy	NY	1200-1430	27-33	13%	Required
Providence College	RI	1250-1390	29-32	51%	Test-optional
New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	1210-1460	27-34	65%	Test-optional
United States Air Force Academy	CO	1230-1440	26-33	14%	Required
The College of Wooster	OH	1220-1460	27-33	60%	Test-optional
Pennsylvania State University	PA	1240-1420	27-32	61%	Test-optional
Muhlenberg College	PA	1250-1410	29-33	72%	Test-optional
The University of the South	TN	1260-1390	27-31	57%	Test-optional
University of Florida-Online	FL	1250-1410	27-31	61%	Required
Westmont College	CA	1240-1450	25-32	77%	Test-optional
Creighton University	NE	1243-1428	26-31	80%	Test-optional
Clemson University	SC	1240-1410	28-32	38%	Test-optional
University of Denver	CO	1240-1410	28-33	78%	Test-optional
United States Coast Guard Academy	CT	1240-1400	27-32	22%	Test-optional
Fairfield University	CT	1260-1390	29-32	33%	Test-optional
Lake Forest College	IL	1190-1393	28-32	57%	Test-optional
Auburn University	AL	1260-1390	26-31	46%	Test-optional
Knox College	IL	1180-1440	21-32	71%	Test-optional
University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	1240-1420	25-31	72%	Test-optional
Truman State University	MO	1170-1370	25-31	84%	Test-optional
Beloit College	WI	1200-1430	24-30	63%	Test-optional
DePauw University	IN	1200-1410	28-32	57%	Test-optional
Hofstra University	NY	1230-1400	28-32	68%	Test-optional
Seton Hall University	NJ	1220-1390	27-32	73%	Test-optional
Thomas Aquinas College	CA	1220-1400	28-33	83%	Required
Simmons University	MA	1220-1390	26-34	70%	Test-optional
University of Alabama in Huntsville	AL	1210-1410	24-31	69%	Test-optional
Ithaca College	NY	1230-1390	27-30	69%	Test-optional
Miami University-Oxford	OH	1220-1390	25-30	75%	Test-optional
New York Institute of Technology	NY	1190-1420	24-32	81%	Test-optional
Seattle University	WA	1200-1430	23-30	77%	Test-optional
Ursinus College	PA	1200-1385	28-32	92%	Test-optional
Saint Louis University	MO	1200-1410	25-31	75%	Test-optional
Baylor University	TX	1200-1400	27-32	51%	Test-optional
Hobart William Smith Colleges	NY	1190-1385	28-32	64%	Test-optional
Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	1180-1440	26-32	55%	Test-optional
SUNY at Purchase College	NY	1185-1380	27-30	74%	Test-optional
United States Naval Academy	MD	1210-1410	25-31	9.3%	Test-optional
Missouri University of Science and Technology	MO	1190-1420	25-31	73%	Test-optional
Clarkson University	NY	1200-1390	25-32	77%	Test-optional
Covenant College	GA	1160-1380	23-30	87%	Test-optional
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	MA	1220-1390	29-33	68%	Test-optional
Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	1170-1400	27-33	78%	Test-optional
University of Dayton	OH	1200-1380	25-31	66%	Test-optional
University at Buffalo	NY	1210-1380	27-32	74%	Test-optional
Gonzaga University	WA	1190-1380	27-31	82%	Test-optional
University of San Francisco	CA	1190-1390	25-30	62%	Test-optional
Marquette University	WI	1200-1360	26-31	81%	Test-optional
Oregon State University	OR	1140-1400	24-31	77%	Test-optional
Union University	TN	1160-1390	22-30	60%	Test-optional
University of Portland	OR	1160-1370	25-31	89%	Test-optional
University of Delaware	DE	1190-1370	28-32	71%	Test-optional
Marist University	NY	1190-1340	25-31	56%	Test-optional
University of Puget Sound	WA	1170-1380	27-31	72%	Test-optional
Pratt Institute-Main	NY	1150-1390	26-31	73%	Test-optional
University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	1180-1370	25-32	83%	Test-optional
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	1200-1370	25-31	42%	Required
The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	1160-1410	24-32	65%	Test-optional
Western Washington University	WA	1150-1390	24-31	93%	Test-optional
Lipscomb University	TN	1160-1380	23-30	68%	Test-optional
Wofford College	SC	1198-1343	27-31	52%	Test-optional
Houghton University	NY	1170-1375	26-31	89%	Test-optional
SUNY College at Geneseo	NY	1190-1340	26-31	67%	Test-optional
Loyola University Maryland	MD	1200-1370	28-32	76%	Test-optional
University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	1180-1360	26-32	60%	Test-optional
Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	1150-1400	25-31	57%	Test-optional
Endicott College	MA	1193-1340	25-30	71%	Test-optional
George Mason University	VA	1160-1360	25-30	88%	Test-optional
The University of Alabama	AL	1170-1400	24-31	77%	Test-optional
California Lutheran University	CA	1150-1330	24-31	76%	Test-optional
Grove City College	PA	1141-1388	23-31	72%	Test-optional
Washington College	MD	1140-1390	27-31	57%	Test-optional
Moore College of Art and Design	PA	1180-1380	26-32	56%	Test-optional
University of Mary Washington	VA	1170-1370	27-31	80%	Test-optional
Loyola University Chicago	IL	1170-1360	27-32	82%	Test-optional
Duquesne University	PA	1180-1340	26-32	84%	Test-optional
Point Loma Nazarene University	CA	1175-1365	25-32	84%	Test-optional
Michigan State University	MI	1180-1360	25-31	85%	Test-optional
Rollins College	FL	1160-1370	25-30	48%	Test-optional
Florida Polytechnic University	FL	1170-1340	24-30	57%	Required
University of Oregon	OR	1130-1360	23-30	88%	Test-optional
Belmont University	TN	1160-1350	24-30	95%	Test-optional
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach	FL	1160-1360	24-30	65%	Test-optional
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	MA	1160-1416	26-30	85%	Test-optional
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	1180-1340	24-30	73%	Test-optional
Texas Christian University	TX	1140-1350	26-31	45%	Test-optional
Allegheny College	PA	1173-1358	25-30	55%	Test-optional
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia	PA	1170-1350	28-31	89%	Test-optional
St. Mary's College of Maryland	MD	1143-1340	26-31	69%	Test-optional
Mercer University	GA	1160-1350	25-31	69%	Test-optional
Gordon College	MA	1130-1355	25-31	69%	Test-optional
Butler University	IN	1160-1350	26-31	85%	Test-optional
Transylvania University	KY	1120-1380	24-30	87%	Test-optional
Le Moyne College	NY	1160-1330	25-30	83%	Test-optional
Illinois Wesleyan University	IL	1120-1340	25-30	39%	Test-optional
John Carroll University	OH	1180-1330	25-32	81%	Test-optional
The College of New Jersey	NJ	1140-1340	26-31	62%	Test-optional
DePaul University	IL	1140-1330	25-31	76%	Test-optional
University of Illinois Chicago	IL	1130-1350	25-31	77%	Test-optional
Kettering University	MI	1160-1330	26-30	79%	Test-optional
Michigan Technological University	MI	1130-1350	25-31	92%	Test-optional
Hendrix College	AR	1123-1348	23-31	56%	Test-optional
Agnes Scott College	GA	1160-1330	25-31	62%	Test-optional
Thomas Jefferson University	PA	1160-1330	25-30	81%	Test-optional
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	PA	1090-1335	26-32	91%	Test-optional
Quinnipiac University	CT	1150-1320	25-30	72%	Test-optional
Messiah University	PA	1110-1350	26-31	79%	Test-optional
University of Scranton	PA	1160-1318	25-30	81%	Test-optional
University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	1150-1330	23-30	79%	Test-optional
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	SD	1140-1340	24-30	80%	Test-optional
Maryland Institute College of Art	MD	1078-1305	25-33	77%	Test-optional
Drew University	NJ	1103-1338	24-30	68%	Test-optional
Siena University	NY	1110-1360	27-33	69%	Test-optional
Goucher College	MD	1090-1325	27-30	78%	Test-optional
Saint Mary's College	IN	1130-1325	26-30	76%	Test-optional
Wentworth Institute of Technology	MA	1110-1320	27-31	91%	Test-optional
College of Charleston	SC	1140-1310	25-30	60%	Test-optional
Florida Southern College	FL	1150-1330	25-30	64%	Test-optional
Calvin University	MI	1083-1330	24-30	71%	Test-optional
Juniata College	PA	1130-1320	22-30	79%	Test-optional
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	PA	1120-1310	25-31	97%	Test-optional
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	PA	1120-1310	22-31	98%	Test-optional
Long Island University	NY	1110-1350	21-30	86%	Test-optional
Nazareth University	NY	1070-1320	23-32	75%	Test-optional
Hope College	MI	1100-1340	25-31	79%	Test-optional
High Point University	NC	1110-1320	24-33	75%	Test-optional
Southwestern University	TX	1130-1300	26-30	43%	Test-optional
SUNY Oneonta	NY	1120-1310	25-30	70%	Test-optional
Saint Michael's College	VT	1120-1280	26-31	85%	Test-optional
University of New Hampshire	NH	1090-1330	26-30	88%	Test-optional
University of Hartford	CT	1120-1310	24-30	96%	Test-optional
Adelphi University	NY	1120-1340	24-30	66%	Test-optional
Ramapo College of New Jersey	NJ	1130-1300	22-30	71%	Test-optional
Rider University	NJ	1100-1320	27-31	79%	Test-optional
Elizabethtown College	PA	1105-1310	26-31	78%	Test-optional
Cornell College	IA	1120-1285	23-30	80%	Test-optional
LeTourneau University	TX	990-1330	21-30	38%	Test-optional
Saint Anselm College	NH	1110-1278	24-30	78%	Test-optional
SUNY Polytechnic Institute	NY	1025-1370	22-30	81%	Test-optional
Earlham College	IN	1110-1290	24-33	73%	Test-optional
Taylor University	IN	1070-1330	24-31	74%	Test-optional
Roanoke College	VA	1090-1300	24-31	83%	Test-optional
Delaware Valley University	PA	1090-1303	23-30	93%	Test-optional
St Bonaventure University	NY	1065-1290	24-30	82%	Test-optional
Oglethorpe University	GA	1090-1310	22-31	89%	Test-optional
Virginia Military Institute	VA	1050-1270	24-31	71%	Test-optional
Chatham University	PA	1070-1295	21-30	62%	Test-optional
Bridgewater State University	MA	1060-1263	25-30	88%	Test-optional
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	1050-1270	26-30	91%	Test-optional
Christopher Newport University	VA	1060-1290	25-30	86%	Test-optional
The College of Idaho	ID	1070-1280	23-31	49%	Test-optional
Valparaiso University	IN	1060-1280	23-31	89%	Test-optional
Marywood University	PA	1060-1250	18-30	61%	Test-optional
Elmhurst University	IL	990-1260	23-30	74%	Test-optional
University of St Francis	IL	1030-1220	20-32	65%	Test-optional
Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	1010-1270	22-30	93%	Test-optional
Azusa Pacific University	CA	983-1238	25-30	88%	Test-optional
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	980-1220	23-32	75%	Test-optional
University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	930-1260	25-32	83%	Required
Grand Valley State University	MI	940-1190	22-30	83%	Test-optional
Hastings College	NE	Not reported	26-30	72%	Test-optional
Gustavus Adolphus College	MN	Not reported	24-30	61%	Test-optional

Reach colleges

Closest reaches for a 30 ACT

The 30 colleges whose 25th percentile is closest above 30
College	State	SAT middle 50%	ACT middle 50%	Acceptance rate	Test policy (fall 2024)
Scripps College	CA	1440-1540	31-34	38%	Test-optional
Georgetown University	DC	1390-1550	31-35	13%	Required
Grinnell College	IA	1410-1540	31-34	14%	Test-optional
University of Rochester	NY	1410-1540	31-34	40%	Test-optional
Rhode Island School of Design	RI	1396-1530	31-34	19%	Test-optional
Brandeis University	MA	1390-1520	31-34	41%	Test-optional
Bates College	ME	1420-1530	31-34	13%	Test-optional
Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	1400-1520	31-34	14%	Test-optional
Davidson College	NC	1400-1530	31-34	13%	Test-optional
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	1360-1530	31-34	16%	Test-optional
Babson College	MA	1390-1530	31-34	17%	Test-optional
Oberlin College	OH	1360-1520	31-34	34%	Test-optional
Occidental College	CA	1380-1520	31-34	44%	Test-optional
Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	1380-1505	31-34	48%	Test-optional
Lehigh University	PA	1370-1500	31-34	26%	Test-optional
George Washington University	DC	1350-1500	31-34	47%	Test-optional
Lafayette College	PA	1350-1500	31-33	32%	Test-optional
Kenyon College	OH	1358-1503	31-33	31%	Test-optional
Santa Clara University	CA	1350-1490	31-33	48%	Test-optional
Trinity University	TX	1340-1500	31-34	26%	Test-optional
Skidmore College	NY	1340-1480	31-33	21%	Test-optional
Simpson College	IA	Not reported	31-33	86%	Test-optional
Barnard College	NY	1470-1560	32-34	8.8%	Test-optional
Emory University	GA	1470-1550	32-35	11%	Test-optional
Emory University-Oxford College	GA	1470-1550	32-35	13%	Test-optional
Carleton College	MN	1450-1560	32-34	20%	Test-optional
Case Western Reserve University	OH	1430-1540	32-34	37%	Test-optional
Colby College	ME	1460-1550	32-34	7.1%	Test-optional
University of Southern California	CA	1450-1550	32-35	9.8%	Test-optional
Smith College	MA	1420-1540	32-35	21%	Test-optional

Score is a strength

Colleges where a 30 is above the middle 50%

The 30 colleges whose 75th percentile is closest below 30
College	State	SAT middle 50%	ACT middle 50%	Acceptance rate	Test policy (fall 2024)
Elmira College	NY	1090-1385	26-29	77%	Test-optional
Champlain College	VT	1220-1380	26-29	83%	Test-optional
Drake University	IA	1110-1350	24-29	64%	Test-optional
Benedictine College	KS	1140-1380	22-29	98%	Test-optional
DigiPen Institute of Technology	WA	1150-1400	27-29	64%	Test-optional
Kalamazoo College	MI	1170-1380	20-29	75%	Test-optional
University of Arizona	AZ	1150-1420	21-29	86%	Test-optional
University of Utah	UT	1190-1380	22-29	86%	Test-optional
University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	1230-1340	24-29	64%	Test-optional
Manhattan University	NY	1180-1358	25-29	79%	Test-optional
University of North Carolina School of the Arts	NC	1140-1370	22-29	30%	Test-optional
Biola University	CA	1160-1370	24-29	74%	Test-optional
University of Central Florida	FL	1200-1350	25-29	40%	Required
Pace University	NY	1180-1340	24-29	76%	Test-optional
University of Cincinnati	OH	1160-1370	24-29	85%	Test-optional
Ohio Northern University	OH	1175-1400	24-29	74%	Test-optional
University of North Carolina Asheville	NC	1170-1360	23-29	92%	Test-optional
State University of New York at New Paltz	NY	1170-1340	25-29	62%	Test-optional
James Madison University	VA	1170-1340	24-29	72%	Test-optional
Salisbury University	MD	1180-1320	20-29	88%	Test-optional
University of Houston	TX	1160-1340	23-29	74%	Test-optional
Eckerd College	FL	1160-1330	24-29	76%	Test-optional
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott	AZ	1140-1370	24-29	77%	Test-optional
St. John's University-New York	NY	1150-1340	24-29	83%	Test-optional
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	1140-1330	23-29	77%	Test-optional
Springfield College	MA	1080-1330	27-29	72%	Test-optional
Cedarville University	OH	1130-1360	22-29	65%	Test-optional
Susquehanna University	PA	1100-1300	21-29	81%	Test-optional
University of Dallas	TX	1120-1370	22-29	53%	Test-optional
Dordt University	IA	1070-1330	21-29	69%	Test-optional

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FAQ

Questions about a 30 ACT

What colleges can I get into with a 30 ACT?

No score guarantees admission, but a 30 falls inside the middle 50% of enrolled ACT submitters at 233 of the 879 colleges in this directory that report ACT ranges, from Georgia Institute of Technology to Gustavus Adolphus College. It is above the middle 50% at 570 colleges and below it at 76.

Should I submit a 30 ACT to a test-optional college?

A common rule of thumb is to submit when your score is at or above a college's 50th percentile and to consider withholding it when it falls below the 25th. The ranges here describe students who chose to submit, so check each college's own guidance.

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

College Scorecard data downloads (June 10, 2026 release)U.S. Department of Education
College Scorecard data dictionary and cohort mapU.S. Department of Education
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)National Center for Education Statistics

Test scores: 25th, 50th and 75th percentile SAT section scores and ACT composites of first-time students who enrolled in fall 2024 and submitted scores, as each college reported to IPEDS. Composite SAT ranges add the two section percentiles, so they are an estimate of the true composite range.

Admissions and test policy: Fall 2024 entering class, reported to IPEDS in 2024-25. Policies change; check each college's admissions site before applying.

Cost and outcomes: tuition for academic year 2024-25; average net price for academic year 2023-24; graduation rate for first-time, full-time students who started in 2018-19, graduating within 150% of normal time (6 years for a bachelor's degree); median earnings 10 years after entry, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars.

Coverage: colleges currently operating that reported SAT or ACT ranges and enrolled at least 500 undergraduates. Data released 2026-06-10, retrieved 2026-10-05. Spot an error? Email [email protected].