27 ACT Colleges: Best Schools for 27 ACT Score

A 27 ACT Score is Highly Competitive (85th percentile). You are well above the national average (approx. 19.9). This score is the 'Sweet Spot' for most four-year public universities.

Common Data Set (CDS) Fact: According to Section C8 of the CDS, many institutions in this tier rank standardized tests as 'Considered' rather than 'Very Important.' Your GPA will carry more weight, but your 27 provides the necessary validation of your transcript.

Best Colleges for 27 ACT Score

Following is the list of best suited colleges with your 27 ACT Score.

Logo	College	State	ACT 25th Percentile	ACT 75th Percentile	Acceptance Rate	Status
Logo	College	State	ACT 25th Percentile	ACT 75th Percentile	Acceptance Rate	Status
	Virginia Wesleyan University	Virginia	27	29	81.43%	SOLID MATCH
	Pacific Lutheran University	Washington	27	30	88.9%	SOLID MATCH
	Saint Michael's College	Vermont	27	30	85.15%	SOLID MATCH
	Valparaiso University	Indiana	27	30	94.15%	SOLID MATCH
	Patrick Henry College	Virginia	27	31	75.85%	SOLID MATCH
	Champlain College	Vermont	27	31	55.68%	SOLID MATCH
	Wofford College	South Carolina	27	31	60.18%	SOLID MATCH
	Thomas Jefferson University	Pennsylvania	27	31	88.85%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Portland	Oregon	27	31	92.51%	SOLID MATCH
	Loyola University Chicago	Illinois	27	31	79.15%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Florida-Online	Florida	27	31	64.64%	SOLID MATCH
	University of San Francisco	California	27	31	71.18%	SOLID MATCH
	Lawrence University	Wisconsin	27	32	72.27%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Puget Sound	Washington	27	32	82.66%	SOLID MATCH
	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Virginia	27	32	56.98%	SOLID MATCH
	Brigham Young University	Utah	27	32	66.67%	SOLID MATCH
	The University of the South	Tennessee	27	32	52.32%	SOLID MATCH
	Furman University	South Carolina	27	32	67.02%	SOLID MATCH
	University of South Carolina-Columbia	South Carolina	27	32	64.05%	SOLID MATCH
	Bryant University	Rhode Island	27	32	68.81%	SOLID MATCH
	Drexel University	Pennsylvania	27	32	79.61%	SOLID MATCH
	The College of Wooster	Ohio	27	32	56.27%	SOLID MATCH
	School of Visual Arts	New York	27	32	87.41%	SOLID MATCH
	Hobart William Smith Colleges	New York	27	32	68.38%	SOLID MATCH
	Creighton University	Nebraska	27	32	75.69%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minnesota	27	32	74.91%	SOLID MATCH
	Centre College	Kentucky	27	32	62.85%	SOLID MATCH
	Indiana University-Bloomington	Indiana	27	32	82.41%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Georgia	Georgia	27	32	42.55%	SOLID MATCH
	Thomas Aquinas College	California	27	32	84.73%	SOLID MATCH
	United States Military Academy	New York	27	33	11.95%	ELITE REACH
	New Jersey Institute of Technology	New Jersey	27	33	65.99%	SOLID MATCH
	Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	Massachusetts	27	33	79.48%	SOLID MATCH
	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Indiana	27	33	73.02%	SOLID MATCH
	Purdue University-Main Campus	Indiana	27	34	52.7%	SOLID MATCH
	Hastings College	Nebraska	26	27	71.33%	SOLID MATCH
	Drew University	New Jersey	26	28	72.66%	SOLID MATCH
	Juniata College	Pennsylvania	26	30	76.16%	SOLID MATCH
	Miami University-Oxford	Ohio	26	30	87.92%	SOLID MATCH
	Marist College	New York	26	30	62.85%	SOLID MATCH
	Saint Anselm College	New Hampshire	26	30	82.3%	SOLID MATCH
	California Lutheran University	California	26	30	87.18%	SOLID MATCH
	Marquette University	Wisconsin	26	31	87.21%	SOLID MATCH
	Beloit College	Wisconsin	26	31	65.86%	SOLID MATCH
	Gonzaga University	Washington	26	31	69.74%	SOLID MATCH
	DigiPen Institute of Technology	Washington	26	31	66.37%	SOLID MATCH
	Texas Christian University	Texas	26	31	56.1%	SOLID MATCH
	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	Pennsylvania	26	31	55.21%	SOLID MATCH
	Saint Joseph's University	Pennsylvania	26	31	88.68%	SOLID MATCH
	Le Moyne College	New York	26	31	78.28%	SOLID MATCH
	Hofstra University	New York	26	31	69.33%	SOLID MATCH
	Pratt Institute-Main	New York	26	31	50.45%	SOLID MATCH
	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	New Hampshire	26	31	86.99%	SOLID MATCH
	Saint Louis University	Missouri	26	31	84.71%	SOLID MATCH
	Springfield College	Massachusetts	26	31	75.63%	SOLID MATCH
	Lake Forest College	Illinois	26	31	59.72%	SOLID MATCH
	Mercer University	Georgia	26	31	74.68%	SOLID MATCH
	Florida State University	Florida	26	31	25.04%	COMP. MATCH
	University of Delaware	Delaware	26	31	73.81%	SOLID MATCH
	United States Coast Guard Academy	Connecticut	26	31	23.86%	COMP. MATCH
	Chapman University	California	26	31	72.52%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Wisconsin	26	32	49.06%	SOLID MATCH
	Kalamazoo College	Michigan	26	32	79.25%	SOLID MATCH
	Saint Mary's College	Indiana	26	32	83.89%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Colorado Boulder	Colorado	26	32	80.73%	SOLID MATCH
	The University of Texas at Austin	Texas	26	33	31.35%	SOLID MATCH
	Yeshiva University	New York	26	33	63.22%	SOLID MATCH
	Loyola University Maryland	Maryland	26	33	83.48%	SOLID MATCH
	Goucher College	Maryland	26	33	80.24%	SOLID MATCH
	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide	Florida	25	28	57.67%	SOLID MATCH
	Salve Regina University	Rhode Island	25	29	69.53%	SOLID MATCH
	State University of New York at New Paltz	New York	25	29	58.27%	SOLID MATCH
	Washington College	Maryland	25	29	74.71%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Central Florida	Florida	25	29	41.04%	SOLID MATCH
	Stetson University	Florida	25	29	93.8%	SOLID MATCH
	Western Washington University	Washington	25	30	92.69%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Mary Washington	Virginia	25	30	85.79%	SOLID MATCH
	Hollins University	Virginia	25	30	72.4%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Rhode Island	Rhode Island	25	30	76.39%	SOLID MATCH
	Elizabethtown College	Pennsylvania	25	30	81.12%	SOLID MATCH
	Messiah University	Pennsylvania	25	30	79.41%	SOLID MATCH
	John Carroll University	Ohio	25	30	82.37%	SOLID MATCH
	Ohio Northern University	Ohio	25	30	54.37%	SOLID MATCH
	Elon University	North Carolina	25	30	74.46%	SOLID MATCH
	Clarkson University	New York	25	30	78.42%	SOLID MATCH
	Alfred University	New York	25	30	50.61%	SOLID MATCH
	Roberts Wesleyan University	New York	25	30	99.5%	SOLID MATCH
	Rutgers University-Camden	New Jersey	25	30	76.52%	SOLID MATCH
	Calvin University	Michigan	25	30	74.21%	SOLID MATCH
	Emmanuel College	Massachusetts	25	30	79.69%	SOLID MATCH
	Drake University	Iowa	25	30	67.23%	SOLID MATCH
	Illinois Wesleyan University	Illinois	25	30	42.22%	SOLID MATCH
	Florida Polytechnic University	Florida	25	30	56.03%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Redlands	California	25	30	81.87%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Alabama in Huntsville	Alabama	25	30	78.1%	SOLID MATCH
	George Mason University	Virginia	25	31	90%	SOLID MATCH
	Texas A & M University-College Station	Texas	25	31	62.65%	SOLID MATCH
	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Tennessee	25	31	68.41%	SOLID MATCH
	Roger Williams University	Rhode Island	25	31	90.99%	SOLID MATCH
	Duquesne University	Pennsylvania	25	31	87.49%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Scranton	Pennsylvania	25	31	84.35%	SOLID MATCH
	Warren Wilson College	North Carolina	25	31	83.98%	SOLID MATCH
	SUNY College at Geneseo	New York	25	31	74.93%	SOLID MATCH
	The King's College	New York	25	31	45.27%	SOLID MATCH
	Missouri University of Science and Technology	Missouri	25	31	81.49%	SOLID MATCH
	Gustavus Adolphus College	Minnesota	25	31	73.9%	SOLID MATCH
	Michigan State University	Michigan	25	31	87.95%	SOLID MATCH
	Wentworth Institute of Technology	Massachusetts	25	31	92.31%	SOLID MATCH
	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	Massachusetts	25	31	85.95%	SOLID MATCH
	MCPHS University	Massachusetts	25	31	88.26%	SOLID MATCH
	Grove City College	Pennsylvania	25	32	70.98%	SOLID MATCH
	Touro University	New York	25	32	71.31%	SOLID MATCH
	University at Buffalo	New York	25	32	67.71%	SOLID MATCH
	St Bonaventure University	New York	25	32	81.11%	SOLID MATCH
	United States Naval Academy	Maryland	25	32	10.75%	ELITE REACH
	University of the Pacific	California	25	33	93.23%	SOLID MATCH
	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	24	28	95.55%	SOLID MATCH
	SUNY Maritime College	New York	24	28	80.33%	SOLID MATCH
	Nazareth College	New York	24	28	83.94%	SOLID MATCH
	Niagara University	New York	24	28	89.55%	SOLID MATCH

Your best choices will be the schools and colleges where the average ACT score of the admitted students is 25 to 29. We are also showing you the 25th percentile and 75th percentile ACT Score of the admitted students so that you can have a clear understanding of how many students score what ACT Score. If your 27 ACT Score is higher than 25th percentile, it means your score is better than the quarter of the admitted students, and if it is higher than 75th percentile, then it means your ACT score of 27 is higher than 75% of the students admitted at that school.

Choose a college where your score is near to 75th percentile, this will maximize your chances of admission. You can also apply to other schools as well, but to be on safe side, you must apply to at least 2-3 such schools and colleges.

FAQ for ACT 27 Score

How does a 27 ACT score compare to the SAT?

A 27 ACT is approximately equivalent to a 1300 SAT. It’s a solid score for many colleges and universities.

What scholarships are available for a 27 ACT score?

Many schools offer merit-based scholarships for scores in the 27 range. You might also qualify for local scholarships.

Can I get into Ivy League schools with a 27 ACT score?

Ivy League schools generally require scores above 30, but your 27 will keep you competitive for mid-range colleges.

Should I retake the ACT to improve my score?

Retaking may help if you're aiming for Ivy League schools or competitive scholarships, but this score is good for most universities.

What is the national average ACT score?

The national average ACT score is around 20–21, so a 27 places you well above average and in the top 15–20% of test-takers.

Do test-optional colleges consider a 27 ACT score if submitted?

Yes, a 27 will help strengthen your application at test-optional colleges.

What GPA is a 27 ACT?

A 27 ACT typically corresponds to a GPA of around 3.0–3.3, showing that you have an average academic performance.

Can I get into NYU with a 27 ACT?

NYU generally prefers scores in the 30–33 range, but a 27 is still competitive, especially when combined with a good GPA and strong extracurriculars.

Is 27 a good ACT score for Harvard?

Harvard usually looks for scores above 30, but a 27 can still be competitive with exceptional grades and extracurriculars.

Can I get into MIT with a 27 ACT?

MIT typically admits students with scores of 34 and above. A 27 is lower than their average, but your overall application could still be strong enough for consideration.

Can I get into Princeton with a 27 ACT score?

Princeton’s average ACT is around 34, so a 27 is lower. However, you might still be considered if you have other strengths in your application.

What if you improve your ACT score by 2 points (to 29)?

Improving to 29 would make you a more competitive candidate for higher-ranked universities and more scholarship opportunities.

Best Suited Colleges for ACT Score