ACT Scores for Admission to Undergraduate Engineering Colleges

What ACT scores do you need to get into one of the country's top 10 undergraduate engineering colleges? Here's a side-by-side comparison of scores for the middle 50% of enrolled students. If your scores fall within or above these ranges, you're on target for admission to one of these highly regarded colleges.

Realize, of course, that ACT scores are just one part of the application. Admissions officers will also be looking for a strong high school record, a well-crafted admissions essay, good letters of recommendations, and meaningful extracurricular activities.

The engineering colleges listed below offer a bachelor's or master's as the highest degree. For Information on PhD-granting institutions such as MIT, Stanford and Caltech, view this article.

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data from National Center for Educational Statistics

Undergraduate Engineering ACT Scores (mid 50%) (Learn what these numbers mean)
	Composite		English		Math
	25%	75%	25%	75%	25%	75%
Air Force Academy	28	32	28	33	28	33
Annapolis	-	-	25	32	26	32
Cal Poly Pomona	21	27	20	26	22	28
Cal Poly	24	29	24	30	25	31
Cooper Union	29	33	29	33	29	33
Embry-Riddle	21	28	20	27	22	28
Harvey Mudd	32	35	31	35	33	35
MSOE	24	29	23	29	25	31
Olin College	32	34	32	35	33	35
Rose-Hulman	27	32	25	32	28	34
see the SAT version of this table