30 ACT Colleges: Best Schools for 30 ACT Score

30 score on the ACT puts in a good position for College and Schools admissions in the US. Here we are providing a list of schools and colleges that accept a 30 ACT score. These schools and colleges are good match for your score, as not only you will improve your chances of admissions by applying to these colleges, but also will ensure that you are placed with equally talented students. Some schools that require less than this average score might not be a good match for you as the quality of the students will be lower, though your chances of admissions will be higher at those schools.

Your best choices will be the schools and colleges where the average ACT score of the admitted students is 27 to 34. 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 30 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 30 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.

Best Schools for 30 ACT Score

Following is the list of best suited colleges with your 30 ACT Score.

College	State	ACT 25th Percentile	ACT 75th Percentile	Acceptance Rate
Boston College	Massachusetts	33	34	19.04%
Emory University	Georgia	32	34	13.05%
Colby College	Maine	32	34	8.87%
Amherst College	Massachusetts	32	34	8.74%
Barnard College	New York	32	34	11.47%
Colgate University	New York	32	34	17.19%
Jewish Theological Seminary of America	New York	32	34	50.43%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	New York	32	34	53.02%
Vassar College	New York	32	34	20.15%
Middlebury College	Vermont	32	34	13.45%
Emory University-Oxford College	Georgia	32	34	19.82%
Mount Holyoke College	Massachusetts	31	35	52.3%
Carleton College	Minnesota	31	35	17.55%
University of Rochester	New York	31	35	40.55%
Webb Institute	New York	31	35	20.45%
Scripps College	California	31	34	29.54%
Wesleyan University	Connecticut	31	34	19.44%
Boston University	Massachusetts	31	34	18.65%
Brandeis University	Massachusetts	31	34	39.14%
Smith College	Massachusetts	31	34	29.91%
Wellesley College	Massachusetts	31	34	16.18%
Stevens Institute of Technology	New Jersey	31	34	52.69%
Kenyon College	Ohio	31	34	36.55%
Villanova University	Pennsylvania	31	34	25.24%
Southern Methodist University	Texas	31	34	53.13%
William & Mary	Virginia	31	34	36.54%
George Washington University	District of Columbia	30	34	49.71%
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Georgia	30	34	15.96%
Grinnell College	Iowa	30	34	10.54%
University of Maryland-College Park	Maryland	30	34	52.03%
Hillsdale College	Michigan	30	34	23.68%
Oberlin College	Ohio	30	34	34.34%
Lehigh University	Pennsylvania	30	34	45.97%
Occidental College	California	30	33	38.24%
Santa Clara University	California	30	33	53.98%
Connecticut College	Connecticut	30	33	40.95%
University of Miami	Florida	30	33	28.49%
Tulane University of Louisiana	Louisiana	30	33	9.63%
Babson College	Massachusetts	30	33	25.35%
Fordham University	New York	30	33	58.3%
Binghamton University	New York	30	33	44.15%
Lafayette College	Pennsylvania	30	33	40.74%
Mills College	California	30	31	79.81%
United States Air Force Academy	Colorado	29	34	12.43%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	29	34	59.66%
Colorado School of Mines	Colorado	29	33	56.88%
Trinity College	Connecticut	29	33	37.75%
American University	District of Columbia	29	33	64.09%
University of Florida	Florida	29	33	30.13%
University of Georgia	Georgia	29	33	39.98%
Macalester College	Minnesota	29	33	31.26%
Skidmore College	New York	29	33	30.59%
Stony Brook University	New York	29	33	48.06%
Bucknell University	Pennsylvania	29	33	34.5%
Furman University	South Carolina	29	33	71.35%
Trinity University	Texas	29	33	33.72%
University of Vermont	Vermont	29	33	63.51%
Whitman College	Washington	29	33	58.95%
Holy Cross College	Indiana	29	32	85.94%
St Lawrence University	New York	29	32	56.55%
Sarah Lawrence College	New York	29	32	58.47%
Rhode Island School of Design	Rhode Island	28	34	18.68%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Indiana	28	33	77.4%
University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Massachusetts	28	33	65.53%
St Olaf College	Minnesota	28	33	47.43%
Rochester Institute of Technology	New York	28	33	71.36%
United States Military Academy	New York	28	33	10.66%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Pennsylvania	28	33	66.68%
Loyola Marymount University	California	28	32	45.82%
Mercer University	Georgia	28	32	75.41%
Bentley University	Massachusetts	28	32	60.94%
Emerson College	Massachusetts	28	32	45.28%
College of the Holy Cross	Massachusetts	28	32	42.87%
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	Massachusetts	28	32	82.06%
Union College	New York	28	32	47.03%
Denison University	Ohio	28	32	28.27%
Gettysburg College	Pennsylvania	28	32	56.33%
Rhodes College	Tennessee	28	32	56.88%
Rider University	New Jersey	28	31	81.95%
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	New York	28	31	71.82%
University of Connecticut	Connecticut	27	33	55.6%
Centre College	Kentucky	27	33	67.98%
New Jersey Institute of Technology	New Jersey	27	33	69.14%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Jersey	27	33	68.16%
The University of Texas at Austin	Texas	27	33	28.75%
Loyola University Chicago	Illinois	27	32	76.98%
Wheaton College	Illinois	27	32	86.25%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minnesota	27	32	73.23%
Saint Louis University	Missouri	27	32	70.05%
Pratt Institute-Main	New York	27	32	67.86%
Syracuse University	New York	27	32	59.19%
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	North Carolina	27	32	47.48%
Lewis & Clark College	Oregon	27	32	79.45%
Muhlenberg College	Pennsylvania	27	32	67.75%
Ursinus College	Pennsylvania	27	32	82.71%
Clemson University	South Carolina	27	32	49.22%
Wofford College	South Carolina	27	32	52.45%
Lawrence University	Wisconsin	27	32	74.96%
Patrick Henry College	Virginia	27	32	82.43%
University of Denver	Colorado	27	31	63.63%
Fairfield University	Connecticut	27	31	55.81%
Simmons University	Massachusetts	27	31	83.53%
Hofstra University	New York	27	31	67.76%
SUNY at Purchase College	New York	27	31	75.41%
Virginia Wesleyan University	Virginia	27	31	86.37%
Gonzaga University	Washington	27	31	76.15%
St. John's College	Maryland	27	30	53.15%
Clark University	Massachusetts	27	30	48.03%
University of Florida-Online	Florida	27	30	65.74%
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church	Pennsylvania	27	28	90.56%
Purdue University-Main Campus	Indiana	26	33	68.81%
Illinois Institute of Technology	Illinois	26	32	66.11%
Indiana University-Bloomington	Indiana	26	32	85.04%
St. Mary's College of Maryland	Maryland	26	32	77.33%
United States Naval Academy	Maryland	26	32	8.45%
Emmanuel College	Massachusetts	26	32	73.88%
Missouri University of Science and Technology	Missouri	26	32	85.4%
Seton Hall University	New Jersey	26	32	76.61%
Ohio State University-Main Campus	Ohio	26	32	57.18%
The College of Wooster	Ohio	26	32	60.63%
Drexel University	Pennsylvania	26	32	82.63%
Brigham Young University	Utah	26	32	59.18%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Virginia	26	32	56.47%
University of Puget Sound	Washington	26	32	88.3%
University of Wisconsin-Madison	Wisconsin	26	32	60.35%
Chapman University	California	26	31	60.37%
University of Redlands	California	26	31	82.97%
University of San Francisco	California	26	31	70.92%
Westmont College	California	26	31	78.97%
University of Delaware	Delaware	26	31	72.35%
Lake Forest College	Illinois	26	31	64.43%
Framingham State University	Massachusetts	26	31	83.8%
Gustavus Adolphus College	Minnesota	26	31	72.57%
Hobart William Smith Colleges	New York	26	31	67.43%
University of Portland	Oregon	26	31	81.19%
Providence College	Rhode Island	26	31	57.98%
University of South Carolina-Columbia	South Carolina	26	31	61.56%
The University of the South	Tennessee	26	31	60.26%
Texas Christian University	Texas	26	31	53.61%
University of Mary Washington	Virginia	26	31	81.92%
Florida Polytechnic University	Florida	26	31	54.57%
Florida State University	Florida	26	30	37.07%
Earlham College	Indiana	26	30	69.08%
Goucher College	Maryland	26	30	82.34%
Bryant University	Rhode Island	26	30	73.61%
Marist College	New York	26	29	59.95%
Eastern Mennonite University	Virginia	25	34	95.23%
University of Massachusetts-Lowell	Massachusetts	25	32	84.57%
The College of New Jersey	New Jersey	25	32	61.98%
Clarkson University	New York	25	32	74.58%
Molloy College	New York	25	32	79.33%
St. Thomas Aquinas College	New York	25	32	89.2%
Baylor University	Texas	25	32	56.69%
University of Colorado Boulder	Colorado	25	31	79.58%
Butler University	Indiana	25	31	80.55%
Drake University	Iowa	25	31	69.07%
Kettering University	Michigan	25	31	85.59%
Michigan Technological University	Michigan	25	31	85.75%
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	New Hampshire	25	31	86.72%
University at Buffalo	New York	25	31	70.09%
Saint Joseph's University	Pennsylvania	25	31	83.09%
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Tennessee	25	31	74.94%
Southwestern University	Texas	25	31	51.04%
Texas A & M University-College Station	Texas	25	31	64.28%
The Pennsylvania State University	Pennsylvania	25	31	92.26%
Pepperdine University	California	25	30	52.71%
Thomas Aquinas College	California	25	30	83.14%
University of Central Florida	Florida	25	30	36.37%
Florida Southern College	Florida	25	30	60.88%
Hanover College	Indiana	25	30	72.79%
University of Maryland-Baltimore County	Maryland	25	30	81.2%
Wentworth Institute of Technology	Massachusetts	25	30	89.54%
SUNY College at Geneseo	New York	25	30	73.85%
Thomas Jefferson University	Pennsylvania	25	30	78.09%
University of Rhode Island	Rhode Island	25	30	76.46%
George Mason University	Virginia	25	30	91.3%
Marquette University	Wisconsin	25	30	86.26%
St. John's College	New Mexico	25	30	62.72%
University of New Haven	Connecticut	25	29	94.13%
Le Moyne College	New York	25	29	73.4%
Christopher Newport University	Virginia	25	29	88.54%
Saint Norbert College	Wisconsin	25	29	85.15%
University of the Pacific	California	24	32	79.3%
Western New England University	Massachusetts	24	32	89.88%
Creighton University	Nebraska	24	32	77.75%
Northwest University	Washington	24	32	95.98%
University of Alabama in Huntsville	Alabama	24	31	73.67%
Hendrix College	Arkansas	24	31	68.3%
Knox College	Illinois	24	31	70.24%
DePauw University	Indiana	24	31	64.67%
Hope College	Michigan	24	31	92.38%
Canisius College	New York	24	31	81.46%
Long Island University	New York	24	31	93.32%
New York Institute of Technology	New York	24	31	80.35%
University of Dallas	Texas	24	31	58.36%
Seattle University	Washington	24	31	82.12%
United States Coast Guard Academy	Connecticut	24	30	19.28%
Florida Institute of Technology	Florida	24	30	65.88%
Berry College	Georgia	24	30	69.9%
Oglethorpe University	Georgia	24	30	81.29%
Bradley University	Illinois	24	30	75.86%
Cornell College	Iowa	24	30	81.1%
Gordon College	Massachusetts	24	30	77.43%
University of Massachusetts-Boston	Massachusetts	24	30	78.9%
Springfield College	Massachusetts	24	30	76.9%
Calvin University	Michigan	24	30	75.06%
Kalamazoo College	Michigan	24	30	79.58%
Truman State University	Missouri	24	30	60.99%
State University of New York at New Paltz	New York	24	30	46.14%
Warren Wilson College	North Carolina	24	30	77.4%
John Carroll University	Ohio	24	30	88.11%
Miami University-Oxford	Ohio	24	30	88.6%
Belmont University	Tennessee	24	30	88.08%
Milwaukee School of Engineering	Wisconsin	24	30	66.72%
The King's College	New York	24	30	43.82%
University of South Florida	Florida	24	29	49.38%
Illinois Wesleyan University	Illinois	24	29	45.23%
Lasell University	Massachusetts	24	29	85.06%
Manhattanville College	New York	24	29	82.94%
SUNY at Fredonia	New York	24	29	90.75%
State University of New York at Oswego	New York	24	29	79.65%
Appalachian State University	North Carolina	24	29	84.69%
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	Ohio	24	29	84.83%
Duquesne University	Pennsylvania	24	29	84.26%
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	South Dakota	24	29	80.48%
Westminster College	Utah	24	29	75.73%
James Madison University	Virginia	24	29	86.25%
University of Illinois Chicago	Illinois	23	31	78.8%
MCPHS University	Massachusetts	23	31	97.71%
SUNY Polytechnic Institute	New York	23	31	77.25%
Messiah University	Pennsylvania	23	31	77.38%
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Alabama	23	30	88.54%
Transylvania University	Kentucky	23	30	91.97%
Drury University	Missouri	23	30	65.42%
University of Missouri-Columbia	Missouri	23	30	76.55%
Rowan University	New Jersey	23	30	83.77%
Grove City College	Pennsylvania	23	30	72.57%
Union University	Tennessee	23	30	52.89%
Samford University	Alabama	23	29	83.87%
Colorado State University-Fort Collins	Colorado	23	29	89.64%
University of Hartford	Connecticut	23	29	78.79%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach	Florida	23	29	72.3%
Covenant College	Georgia	23	29	88.54%
Wabash College	Indiana	23	29	61.59%
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Louisiana	23	29	70.86%
Suffolk University	Massachusetts	23	29	88.03%
Michigan State University	Michigan	23	29	83.25%
Nebraska Wesleyan University	Nebraska	23	29	81.81%
Ramapo College of New Jersey	New Jersey	23	29	70.1%
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	New Mexico	23	29	96.72%
Iona University	New York	23	29	92.56%
St. John Fisher University	New York	23	29	71.1%
St. John's University-New York	New York	23	29	85.14%
Meredith College	North Carolina	23	29	69.87%
University of Dayton	Ohio	23	29	80.63%
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	Oklahoma	23	29	85.23%
DeSales University	Pennsylvania	23	29	78.22%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	23	29	89.36%
College of Charleston	South Carolina	23	29	76.11%
Austin College	Texas	23	29	42.71%
Regent University	Virginia	23	29	40.71%
New College of Florida	Florida	23	29	74.18%
DigiPen Institute of Technology	Washington	22	33	46.02%
Goshen College	Indiana	22	31	92.85%
Point Loma Nazarene University	California	22	30	83.66%
Saint Mary's College	Indiana	22	30	83.07%
Benedictine College	Kansas	22	30	98.5%
University of Maine	Maine	22	30	96.46%
School of Visual Arts	New York	22	30	71.29%
LeTourneau University	Texas	22	30	54.19%
University of Utah	Utah	22	30	94.97%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott	Arizona	22	29	73.76%
John Brown University	Arkansas	22	29	52.87%
Biola University	California	22	29	60.77%
Stetson University	Florida	22	29	91.64%
Elmhurst University	Illinois	22	29	71.29%
University of Evansville	Indiana	22	29	74.95%
University of Iowa	Iowa	22	29	86.21%
Luther College	Iowa	22	29	76.07%
University of Kentucky	Kentucky	22	29	94.01%
University of Detroit Mercy	Michigan	22	29	93.24%
University of Missouri-St Louis	Missouri	22	29	56.61%
Adelphi University	New York	22	29	77.46%
SUNY at Albany	New York	22	29	67.99%
High Point University	North Carolina	22	29	80.28%
University of North Carolina at Asheville	North Carolina	22	29	81.63%
Cedarville University	Ohio	22	29	62.24%
University of Tulsa	Oklahoma	22	29	75.24%
Lipscomb University	Tennessee	22	29	73.99%
Western Washington University	Washington	22	29	96.1%
University of Minnesota-Rochester	Minnesota	22	29	80.23%
The University of Alabama	Alabama	21	31	78.9%
Washington & Jefferson College	Pennsylvania	21	31	83.68%
The College of Idaho	Idaho	21	30	56.29%
Mississippi State University	Mississippi	21	30	76.12%
University of Missouri-Kansas City	Missouri	21	30	75.98%
University of Arizona	Arizona	21	29	87.27%
Concordia University-Irvine	California	21	29	81.38%
University of Kansas	Kansas	21	29	92.5%
Centenary College of Louisiana	Louisiana	21	29	63.13%
University of Michigan-Flint	Michigan	21	29	73.86%
Oakland University	Michigan	21	29	92.09%
University of Mississippi	Mississippi	21	29	89.66%
William Carey University	Mississippi	21	29	57.45%
Alfred University	New York	21	29	67.16%
Utah State University	Utah	21	29	92.63%
Milligan University	Tennessee	21	29	60.35%
Houghton University	New York	20	31	79.07%
Nova Southeastern University	Florida	20	30	92.5%
Otis College of Art and Design	California	20	29	79.82%
Cedar Crest College	Pennsylvania	20	29	68.78%
Virginia Commonwealth University	Virginia	20	29	92.77%
University of Connecticut-Stamford	Connecticut	20	29	75.78%
Maryville College	Tennessee	19	29	68.19%
Lindenwood University	Missouri	17	30	74.84%
Missouri Baptist University	Missouri	17	29	61.8%
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	Connecticut	17	29	82.98%
Thomas University	Georgia	11	29	28.84%
College	State	ACT 25th Percentile	ACT 75th Percentile	Acceptance Rate

Is 30 ACT Score good?

A 30 ACT Score is competitive. Your ACT score is very good and you have better chances of admissions at good schools. You have outperformed majority of the ACT test takers. Majority of the US schools will be happy to accept you as their students and you have vast variety of schools on your list. Normally 1.3 million students take ACT each year. In 2022, the average national ACT score was 19.8 or simply 20. The ACT score ranges from 1-36. You have performed really good. However, the best suited options are listed below.

What percentile is 30 ACT score?

30 ACT score is 93rd percentile in US. This means you have outperformed 93 percent of the students and 7 percent of the students performed better than you.

Top colleges for 30 ACT score

If you have scored 30 in ACT, then the best colleges for you include Boston College, Emory University, Colby College, Amherst College, Barnard College, Colgate University.

Should I retake ACT with a 30 ACT score

A 30 ACT Score is a competitive score. Your chances of admission are good at good schools. You have outperformed over 85 percent of the ACT test takers. However, if you are targetting competitve and the best schools, then you may retake ACT to improve your score. The chances of improving ACT score with a score of 30 are also high.

Best Suited Colleges for ACT Score

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