SAT & ACT SCORES AT ALL P&Q RANKED BUSINESS SCHOOLS
The table below shows all the average standardized test scores collected during our 2026 ranking.
At some schools, more students submit SAT scores while ACT dominates at others. You can see the percentage of the incoming students who submitted either SAT or ACT scores in the corresponding columns.
2026 Rank |
School |
Average SAT |
% Reporting SAT |
Average ACT |
% Reporting ACT |
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 1525 | 52.0% | 35.0 | 18.0% |
| 2 | University of Virginia (McIntire) | 1478 | 49.9% | 33.6 | 17.6% |
| 3 | Cornell University (Dyson SC Johnson) | 1507 | 48.3% | 34.0 | 15.0% |
| 4 | University of Michigan (Ross) | 1460 | 53.0% | 33.0 | 23.0% |
| 5 | University of Southern California (Marshall) | 1505 | 48.0% | NA | NA |
| 6 | New York University (Stern) | 1551 | 40.0% | 35.2 | 10.0% |
| 7 | Georgetown University (McDonough) | 1423 | 80.0% | 32.3 | 27.0% |
| 8 | University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | 1460 | 67.4% | 32.0 | 40.6% |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) | 1453 | 34.4% | 34.0 | 28.3% |
| 10 | Emory University (Goizueta) | 1499 | 42.8% | 33.0 | 19.7% |
| 11 | Washington University in St. Louis (Olin) | 1510 | 28.0% | 34.2 | 32.0% |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | 1495 | 58.0% | 33.0 | 12.0% |
| 13 | Wake Forest University | 1455 | 27.0% | 33.0 | 23.0% |
| 14 | Villanova University | 1454 | 22.0% | 33.0 | 11.0% |
| 15 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Scheller) | 1359 | 74.0% | 29.0 | 36.0% |
| 15 | University of Illinois (Gies) | 1441 | 47.9% | 32.1 | 47.9% |
| 17 | University of Richmond (Robins) | 1440 | 19.0% | 33.0 | 14.0% |
| 18 | Boston University (Questrom) | 1456 | 37.3% | 33.0 | 8.0% |
| 19 | University of Washington (Foster) | 1444 | 32.7% | NA | NA |
| 20 | Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) | 1463 | 22.0% | 33.0 | 8.0% |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1414 | 12.5% | 29.9 | 40.4% |
| 22 | University of Miami (Herbert) | 1402 | 34.3% | 31.0 | 17.5% |
| 23 | University of Minnesota (Carlson) | 1373 | 3.9% | 28.7 | 33.9% |
| 24 | William & Mary (Mason) | 1412 | 38.0% | 33.0 | 10.0% |
| 25 | Southern Methodist University (Cox) | 1435 | 16.3% | 31.7 | 10.7% |
| 26 | University of Pittsburgh | 1347 | 36.3% | 31.0 | 7.5% |
| 27 | Binghamton University | 1438 | 42.4% | 32.0 | 10.8% |
| 28 | Texas Christian University (Neeley) | 1261 | 30.0% | 29.1 | 31.3% |
| 29 | Fordham University (Gabelli) | 1413 | 25.5% | 32.0 | 6.1% |
| 30 | Tulane University (Freeman) | 1463 | 10.2% | 33.0 | 22.9% |
| 31 | Trinity University (Neidorff) | 1400 | 39.0% | 31.0 | 14.0% |
| 32 | Purdue University (Daniels) | 1397 | 80.0% | 31.5 | 27.0% |
| 33 | Elon University (Love) | 1244 | 19.0% | 27.0 | 14.0% |
| 34 | Lehigh University | 1428 | 33.2% | 32.6 | 9.6% |
| 35 | Brigham Young University (Marriott) | NA | <1% | 27.8 | 73.0% |
| 36 | University of Georgia (Terry) | 1262 | 68.0% | 28.0 | 45.0% |
| 37 | Syracuse University (Whitman) | 1349 | 22.9% | 31.0 | 8.0% |
| 38 | Bucknell University (Freeman) | 1372 | 25.0% | 32.0 | 11.0% |
| 39 | Miami University (Farmer) | 1236 | 14.3% | 26.2 | 29.5% |
| 40 | University of Colorado Boulder (Leeds) | 1385 | 27.6% | 31.9 | 8.8% |
| 41 | Fairfield University (Dolan) | 1331 | 17.5% | 30.1 | 4.0% |
| 42 | University of Rochester (Simon) | 1471 | 15.0% | 33.0 | 7.0% |
| 43 | Providence College | 1307 | 17.0% | 30.0 | 5.0% |
| 44 | Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead) | 1481 | 52.0% | 33.0 | 24.0% |
| 45 | Marquette University | 1264 | 16.1% | 28.0 | 24.3% |
| 46 | University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Isenberg) | 1375 | 22.8% | 31.0 | 2.1% |
| 47 | University of Tennessee (Haslam) | 1322 | 30.2% | 28.3 | 72.9% |
| 48 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 49 | University of Dayton | 1233 | 7.2% | 27.6 | 18.1% |
| 50 | Loyola Marymount University | 1337 | 18.0% | 29.0 | 4.2% |
| 51 | Butler University (Lacy) | 1256 | 35.0% | 28.0 | 17.0% |
| 52 | University of Houston (Bauer) | 1296 | 36.8% | 27.6 | 4.6% |
| 53 | The Catholic University of America (Busch) | 1164 | 7.5% | 27.0 | 1.3% |
| 54 | Lipscomb University | 1256 | 12.7% | 26.4 | 43.4% |
| 55 | Rutgers Business School – New Brunswick | 1421 | 48.0% | 32.0 | 4.5% |
| 56 | Susquehanna University (Weis) | 1188 | 38.0% | 28.0 | 33.0% |
| 57 | Texas A&M University (Mays) | 1271 | 76.0% | 28.0 | 22.0% |
| 58 | Seton Hall University (Stillman) | 1282 | 26.1% | 28.0 | 3.6% |
| 59 | Bryant University | 1248 | 10.5% | 27.4 | <1% |
| 60 | North Carolina State University (Poole) | 1340 | 25.5% | 27.1 | 29.0% |
| 61 | Florida Southern College (Barnett) | 1214 | 20.0% | 26.0 | 9.0% |
| 61 | University of Missouri-Columbia (Trulaske) | 1209 | 11.3% | 25.3 | 51.9% |
| 63 | University of New Hampshire (Paul) | 1153 | 17.5% | 28.0 | 1.3% |
| 64 | University of Delaware (Lerner) | 1291 | 20.3% | 28.0 | 2.6% |
| 65 | University of Evansville (Schroeder) | 1093 | 51.0% | 23.5 | 19.6% |
| 66 | University of St. Thomas (Opus) | 1279 | 3.0% | 26.0 | 34.0% |
| 67 | The College of New Jersey | 1196 | 49.0% | 27.0 | 3.0% |
| 68 | University of South Carolina (Darla Moore) | 1308 | 36.5% | 29.0 | 1873.4% |
| 69 | University of San Diego (Knauss) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 70 | St. John’s University (Tobin) | 1233 | 38.0% | 27.0 | 3.0% |
| 71 | Rochester Institute of Technology (Saunders) | 1310 | 27.7% | 29.0 | 3.6% |
| 72 | Towson University | 1092 | 14.7% | 28.5 | 1.0% |
| 73 | Rutgers Business School – Newark | 1215 | 28.6% | 24.3 | 1.4% |
| 74 | Marian University | 976 | 41.2% | 19.8 | 5.7% |
| 75 | Seattle University (Albers) | 1268 | 20.0% | 27.0 | 3.0% |
| 76 | Christopher Newport University (Luter) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 77 | University of Connecticut | 1255 | 31.1% | 29.0 | 3.2% |
| 78 | Drexel University (LeBow) | 1296 | 24.0% | 28.5 | 3.0% |
| 79 | Saint Louis University (Chaifetz) | 1199 | 5.7% | 24.4 | 38.9% |
| 80 | Hult International Business School | 1250 | 1.0% | NA | NA |
| 81 | Duquesne University (Palumbo Donahue) | 1240 | 20.0% | 28.0 | 2.0% |
| 82 | Roger Williams University (Gabelli) | 1205 | 9.4% | 32.0 | 1.2% |
| 83 | Ohio University | 1184 | 8.9% | 24.9 | 24.0% |
| 84 | University of Denver (Daniels) | 1296 | 17.5% | 29.3 | 9.7% |
| 85 | Adelphi University (Willumstad) | 1211 | 16.0% | 27.0 | 1.0% |
| 86 | University of Oregon (Lundquist) | 1185 | 14.0% | 26.0 | 4.0% |
| 87 | Hofstra University (Zarb) | 1279 | 19.0% | 28.0 | 2.0% |
| 88 | Longwood University | 1132 | 24.0% | 17.0 | <1% |
| 89 | Texas State University (McCoy) | NA | NA | 21.8 | 1.0% |
| 90 | Bowling Green State University (Schmidthorst) | 951 | 18.0% | 22.3 | 64.0% |
| 91 | Texas Tech University (Rawls) | 1193 | 79.3% | 25.0 | 20.7% |
| 92 | University of Mary Washington | 1262 | 27.0% | 28.0 | 3.0% |
| 93 | University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Cameron) | 1279 | 3.9% | 26.0 | 9.0% |
| 94 | University of Texas at Dallas (Jindal) | 1166 | 58.0% | 26.0 | 7.0% |
| 95 | Ithaca College | 1260 | 15.0% | 32.0 | 1.0% |
| 96 | American University (Kogod) | 1338 | 15.0% | 29.0 | 5.0% |
| 97 | Iona University (LaPenta) | 1132 | 10.0% | 27.0 | 2.0% |
| 98 | University of Michigan-Dearborn | 1043 | 47.6% | 27.8 | 2.1% |
| 99 | Sacred Heart University (Jack Welch) | 1253 | 11.6% | 27.0 | 2.1% |
| 100 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Lally) | 1389 | 21.0% | 32.0 | 4.0% |
| 101 | University of Kansas | NA | NA | 23.7 | 55.7% |
| 102 | University of the Pacific (Eberhardt) | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 103 | San Diego State University (Fowler) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 104 | San Jose State University (Lucas) | 1160 | 14.2% | 21.2 | 1.1% |
| 105 | Florida International University | 1279 | 88.0% | 27.0 | 21.0% |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 1137 | 6.0% | 24.0 | 2.0% |
| 107 | Stony Brook University | 1353 | 13.6% | NA | NA |
| 108 | Northern Illinois University | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 109 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Lubar) | 1098 | 3.6% | 21.0 | 57.0% |
| 110 | Kennesaw State University (Coles) | 1079 | 41.0% | 21.0 | 11.0% |
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