US College Admissions Database

Acceptance rates, SAT and ACT score ranges and admission requirements for 3,085 US colleges and universities, with the average high school GPA of 268 of them as each college reported it.

Showing 30 of 3,085 colleges
How hard to get into, by fall 2024 acceptance rate: Very hard under 10% Hard 10–24% Moderate 25–49% Fairly easy 50–74% Easy 75% or more Open admission
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearVery hard to get into,4.5% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%740–780 R&W780–800 Math
ACT, middle 50%34–36
Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,95% admitted
Average GPA3.36As reported by the college for 2025–26
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Massasoit Community CollegeBrockton, Massachusetts Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Mayland Community CollegeSpruce Pine, North Carolina Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville, Kentucky Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Mayville State UniversityMayville, North Dakota Public, 4-yearOpen admission
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McDaniel CollegeWestminster, Maryland Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,78% admitted
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McDowell Technical Community CollegeMarion, North Carolina Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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McKendree UniversityLebanon, Illinois Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,72% admitted
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McLennan Community CollegeWaco, Texas Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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McMurry UniversityAbilene, Texas Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,57% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%490–590 R&W460–570 Math
ACT, middle 50%18–24
McNeese State UniversityLake Charles, Louisiana Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,78% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%490–610 R&W450–588 Math
ACT, middle 50%18–23
McPherson CollegeMcPherson, Kansas Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,77% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%470–620 R&W490–580 Math
ACT, middle 50%18–23
MCPHS UniversityBoston, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,85% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%570–678 R&W590–738 Math
ACT, middle 50%26–30
Medical University of South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina Public, 4-year
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Mendocino CollegeUkiah, California Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Menlo CollegeAtherton, California Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,68% admitted
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Merced CollegeMerced, California Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor, New Jersey Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,69% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%590–680 R&W570–670 Math
ACT, middle 50%25–31
Mercy College of Health SciencesDes Moines, Iowa Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,100% admitted
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Mercy College of OhioToledo, Ohio Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,93% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%410–510 R&W380–500 Math
ACT, middle 50%15–20
Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, New York Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,86% admitted
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Mercyhurst UniversityErie, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,81% admitted
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Meredith CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,74% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%588–668 R&W510–680 Math
ACT, middle 50%23–29
Meridian Community CollegeMeridian, Mississippi Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, Massachusetts Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,70% admitted
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Merritt CollegeOakland, California Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona Public, 4-yearOpen admission
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How to read the figures

  • Average GPA: shown only when a college publishes it in its own Common Data Set and we could check it, with the year and whether it's weighted. Colleges calculate GPA in different ways, so an average can't be compared directly with your own GPA.
  • How hard to get into: each college's tag, with its color and meter, comes from its acceptance rate, the share of first-year applicants it admitted for fall 2024, as it reported to the U.S. Department of Education: very hard under 10%, hard 10–24%, moderate 25–49%, fairly easy 50–74% and easy 75% or more. Colleges with open admission accept every applicant, so they don't have an acceptance rate.
  • SAT and ACT: the middle 50% of scores of the first-year students who enrolled in fall 2024 and sent scores. A quarter of them scored below the range and a quarter above it. R&W is the SAT's reading and writing section; ACT ranges are composite scores.
  • Average SAT filter: the SAT filter and sort use the College Scorecard's estimate of the average SAT score of admitted students.

Where the data comes from

Acceptance rates, test scores, admission factors, enrollment, net price and credit policies come from IPEDS, the survey that every college taking part in federal student aid programs reports to the U.S. Department of Education each year. Average GPAs come from the colleges' own Common Data Sets. Each college's page lists its sources and the year of every figure.

Admission policies change from year to year, so check anything important with the college's admissions office.

Sources

  1. IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data SystemU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (2024–25 provisional data): admissions, test scores, admission factors, enrollment, net price and credit policies.
  2. College Scorecard dataU.S. Department of Education (June 10, 2026 release): estimated average SAT score of admitted students.
  3. Common Data Set InitiativeThe standard format colleges use to publish their own admissions data, including first-year students' average high school GPA.