College Comparison XII: Standardized Tests-Focus on SAT Math

hawkette
Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:49:11 +0000

In order to assist some in their college search process, I have prepared a series of threads that will compare colleges on a variety of measurements. In making these comparisons, I have created three broad groups (private national universities, public national universities and liberal arts colleges) and provide comparisons involving 117 colleges (national universities ranked in the USNWR Top 75 and LACs ranked in the USNWR Top 40).

Following is a comparison on STANDARDIZED TESTS-FOCUS ON SAT MATH. While standardized test scores are best considered in combination with other student data that adcomms have access to (rigor of curriculum, grades in demanding courses, GPA, etc.), they are the best single source of data that outside observers have to compare the strengths of student bodies at various schools.

To aid in the comparisons, I have included the level of the highest-ranking public universities with each of the private groups for National Universities and LACs. This should help families appreciate the way that the very top scoring public compares with their private competition.

I hope that you enjoy the thread and find some helpful information. Good luck to all in your college search process!

Math 25 - Math 75 Private National University ( % submitting SAT score )

770 - 800 Caltech ( 97% )
720 - 800 MIT ( 95% )
700 - 790 Princeton ( 98% )
700 - 780 Harvard ( 98% )
700 - 780 Yale ( 92% )
700 - 780 Wash U ( 75% )
690 - 780 Northwestern ( 80% )
680 - 780 Stanford ( 93% )
680 - 780 U Penn ( 94% )
680 - 780 Columbia ( 97% )
680 - 780 U Chicago ( 79% )
680 - 780 Duke ( 91% )
680 - 760 Vanderbilt ( 63% )
670 - 780 Dartmouth ( 78% )
670 - 780 Brown ( 92% )
670 - 780 Rice ( 97% )
670 - 780 Carnegie Mellon ( 98% )
670 - 770 Cornell ( 95% )
670 - 760 Emory ( 88% )
670 - 760 Notre Dame ( 55% )
670 - 750 Tufts ( 71% )
660 - 770 Johns Hopkins ( 94% )
660 - 750 Georgetown ( 92% )
650 - 750 USC ( 84% )
650 - 750 TOP PUBLIC (U Illinois) ( 26% )
650 - 730 Brandeis ( 81% )
650 - 730 Rensselaer ( 72% )
640 - 730 Boston College ( 89% )
640 - 720 Lehigh ( 93% )
630 - 720 NYU ( 87% )
630 - 720 Worcester ( 93% )
630 - 710 Wake Forest ( 72% )
620 - 730 U Rochester ( 92% )
620 - 720 Case Western ( 80% )
620 - 700 Tulane ( 52% )
610 - 700 U Miami ( 62% )
600 - 690 George Washington ( 76% )
600 - 690 Boston University ( 90% )
590 - 680 SMU ( 69% )
570 - 680 BYU ( 33% )
570 - 660 Fordham ( 90% )
560 - 680 Pepperdine ( 81% )
550 - 650 Syracuse ( 90% )
540 - 670 Yeshiva ( 79% )

Math 25 - Math 75 State University ( % submitting SAT score )

650 - 750 U ILLINOIS ( 26% )
650 - 730 GEORGIA TECH ( 94% )
640 - 740 U MICHIGAN ( 42% )
630 - 760 UC BERKELEY ( 97% )
620 - 730 U VIRGINIA ( 97% )
620 - 730 U WISCONSIN ( 24% )
620 - 710 WILLIAM & MARY ( 96% )
620 - 700 U N CAROLINA ( 98% )
600 - 730 UCLA ( 98% )
600 - 710 UC SAN DIEGO ( 98% )
600 - 700 U MARYLAND ( 95% )
590 - 700 U FLORIDA ( 69% )
590 - 680 OHIO STATE ( 53% )
590 - 680 U PITTSBURGH ( 94% )
590 - 680 CLEMSON ( 79% )
580 - 710 U MINNESOTA ( 17% )
570 - 690 U TEXAS ( 94% )
570 - 680 U WASHINGTON ( 90% )
570 - 670 UC IRVINE ( 100% )
570 - 670 PENN STATE ( 79% )
570 - 670 VIRGINIA TECH ( 96% )
570 - 660 U GEORGIA ( 93% )
570 - 660 U CONNECTICUT ( 96% )
570 - 660 U DELAWARE ( 96% )
560 - 680 RUTGERS ( 99% )
560 - 680 U IOWA ( 9% )
560 - 670 TEXAS A&M ( 74% )
550 - 670 UC DAVIS ( 99% )
550 - 670 UC S BARBARA ( 98% )
540 - 660 PURDUE ( 79% )
540 - 660 MICHIGAN ST ( 18% )
530 - 640 INDIANA U ( 79% )
530 - 640 UC S CRUZ ( 98% )

Math 25 - Math 75 LAC ( % submitting SAT score )

750 - 800 Harvey Mudd ( 99% )
690 - 780 Pomona ( 88% )
670 - 760 Swarthmore ( 93% )
660 - 760 Williams ( 95% )
660 - 760 Amherst ( 73% )
660 - 760 Claremont McK ( 86% )
660 - 740 Wesleyan ( 79% )
660 - 740 W&L ( 61% )
650 - 750 Bowdoin ( 76% )
650 - 750 TOP PUBLIC (U Illinois) ( 26% )
650 - 740 Carleton ( 77% )
650 - 740 Haverford ( na )
650 - 720 Vassar ( 85% )
650 - 720 Hamilton ( 60% )
650 - 690 Bard ( 80% )
640 - 740 Middlebury ( 83% )
640 - 730 Davidson ( 90% )
640 - 730 Colgate ( 72% )
640 - 710 Colby ( 76% )
630 - 725 Wellesley ( 89% )
630 - 720 Oberlin ( 83% )
630 - 710 Bates ( 51% )
630 - 710 Macalester ( 70% )
630 - 710 Bucknell ( 80% )
620 - 710 Grinnell ( 53% )
620 - 710 Scripps ( 85% )
610 - 700 Colorado College ( 58% )
610 - 700 Barnard ( 90% )
610 - 700 Kenyon ( 77% )
610 - 700 Lafayette ( 93% )
610 - 700 Whitman ( 72% )
600 - 700 US Naval Acad ( 86% )
600 - 700 Trinity ( 36% )
600 - 690 Occidental ( 83% )
600 - 680 Holy Cross ( 52% )
590 - 700 Mt. Holyoke ( 60% )
590 - 680 US Military Acad ( 87% )
590 - 680 U Richmond ( 88% )
590 - 680 Furman ( 88% )
580 - 680 Bryn Mawr ( 89% )
580 - 680 Sewanee ( 60% )
570 - 680 Smith ( 90% )