Colleges That Accept a 18 ACT
A 18 ACT is a safety at one school and a long shot at another, so these schools are split into likely, target and reach rather than one list. Every number is the school's own average admitted ACT, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Likely
Schools where the average admitted student is below 18 ACT. You are above their typical applicant.
- Gallaudet University — Washington, DC · 17 avg ACT
- Fayetteville State University — Fayetteville, NC · 17 avg ACT
- Southern University and A & M College — Baton Rouge, LA · 17 avg ACT
- South Carolina State University — Orangeburg, SC · 17 avg ACT
- Sul Ross State University — Alpine, TX · 16 avg ACT
- Grambling State University — Grambling, LA · 17 avg ACT
- Central State University — Wilberforce, OH · 16 avg ACT
- Mississippi Valley State University — Itta Bena, MS · 16 avg ACT
- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff — Pine Bluff, AR · 16 avg ACT
- Winston-Salem State University — Winston-Salem, NC · 17 avg ACT
- Elizabeth City State University — Elizabeth City, NC · 17 avg ACT
- Livingstone College — Salisbury, NC · 14 avg ACT
- Bethune-Cookman University — Daytona Beach, FL · 17 avg ACT
- Le Moyne-Owen College — Memphis, TN · 15 avg ACT
- Huston-Tillotson University — Austin, TX · 17 avg ACT
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 18 ACT. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- Greenville University — Greenville, IL · 18 avg ACT
- Spring Hill College — Mobile, AL · 19 avg ACT
- Francis Marion University — Florence, SC · 19 avg ACT
- University of Hawaii at Hilo — Hilo, HI · 19 avg ACT
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke — Pembroke, NC · 19 avg ACT
- Northwestern State University of Louisiana — Natchitoches, LA · 19 avg ACT
- Chowan University — Murfreesboro, NC · 18 avg ACT
- North Carolina Central University — Durham, NC · 18 avg ACT
- Clark Atlanta University — Atlanta, GA · 19 avg ACT
- Morgan State University — Baltimore, MD · 18 avg ACT
- Bowie State University — Bowie, MD · 19 avg ACT
- University of Hawaii-West Oahu — Kapolei, HI · 19 avg ACT
- Virginia State University — Petersburg, VA · 18 avg ACT
- Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus — Portales, NM · 19 avg ACT
- Alabama State University — Montgomery, AL · 18 avg ACT
Reach
Schools where the average admitted student is above 18 ACT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.
- The University of Texas at San Antonio — San Antonio, TX · 22 avg ACT
- Missouri Southern State University — Joplin, MO · 21 avg ACT
- The University of Montana — Missoula, MT · 22 avg ACT
- University of Alaska Fairbanks — Fairbanks, AK · 22 avg ACT
- South Dakota State University — Brookings, SD · 22 avg ACT
- Erskine College — Due West, SC · 20 avg ACT
- Minnesota State University-Mankato — Mankato, MN · 22 avg ACT
- University of South Dakota — Vermillion, SD · 22 avg ACT
- Belmont Abbey College — Belmont, NC · 22 avg ACT
- Catawba College — Salisbury, NC · 22 avg ACT
- University of Houston-Clear Lake — Houston, TX · 20 avg ACT
- Marshall University — Huntington, WV · 22 avg ACT
- Aurora University — Aurora, IL · 22 avg ACT
- University of Nebraska at Kearney — Kearney, NE · 22 avg ACT
- Portland State University — Portland, OR · 21 avg ACT
By state
Colleges That Accept a 18 ACT on PickACampus
