Top Ranked Universities in Massachusetts - Highest ACT 75th Percentile Scores

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Top Ranked Universities in Massachusetts - Highest ACT 75th Percentile Scores

Rank in Massachusetts			Highest ACT 75th Percentile Scores
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1	1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	36	35 (↑2.9%)
2 ↑	5	Franklin W Olin College of Engineering	35	34 (↑2.9%)
3	3	Williams College	35	34 (↑2.9%)
4 ↓	2	Harvard University	35	No Change
5 ↑	8	Boston College	34	33 (↑3.0%)
6 ↑	7	Northeastern University	34	33 (↑3.0%)
7 ↓	6	Wellesley College	34	33 (↑3.0%)
8 ↑	9	Tufts University	34	33 (↑3.0%)
9 ↓	4	Amherst College	34	No Change
10	10	Brandeis University	33	32 (↑3.1%)
11	11	Boston University	33	30 (↑10.0%)
12	12	Babson College	32	30 (↑6.7%)
13 ↑	14	Bentley University	32	30 (↑6.7%)
14 ↑	175	Mount Holyoke College	32	Not Available
15 ↓	13	Emerson College	31	30 (↑3.3%)
16	16	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	31	29 (↑6.9%)
17 ↑	92	Wheaton College	31	Not Available
18 ↑	19	Simmons University	30	28 (↑7.1%)
19 ↓	15	Gordon College	30	29 (↑3.4%)
20 ↓	17	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	29	28 (↑3.6%)

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