Rank | | SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | |
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | |
| University of California—Berkeley Berkeley, CA | |
| California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | |
| University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA | |
| University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | |
| Purdue University—West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN | |
| Princeton University Princeton, NJ | |
| University of Texas—Austin Austin, TX | |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | |
| University of Wisconsin—Madison Madison, WI | |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | |
| Texas A&M University—College Station College Station, TX | |
| Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA | |
| Columbia University New York, NY | |
| Duke University Durham, NC | |
| Pennsylvania State University—University Park University Park, PA | |
| Rice University Houston, TX | |
| University of California—Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | |
| University of California—San Diego La Jolla, CA | |
| University of Maryland—College Park College Park, MD | |
| University of Minnesota—Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | |
| University of Washington Seattle, WA | |