Colleges That Accept a 20 ACT
A 20 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 20 ACT. You are above their typical applicant.
- 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
- Gallaudet University — Washington, DC · 17 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
- Fayetteville State University — Fayetteville, NC · 17 avg ACT
- Virginia State University — Petersburg, VA · 18 avg ACT
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 20 ACT. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- Missouri Southern State University — Joplin, MO · 21 avg ACT
- Erskine College — Due West, SC · 20 avg ACT
- University of Houston-Clear Lake — Houston, TX · 20 avg ACT
- Portland State University — Portland, OR · 21 avg ACT
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater — Whitewater, WI · 21 avg ACT
- Westfield State University — Westfield, MA · 20 avg ACT
- Sam Houston State University — Huntsville, TX · 21 avg ACT
- Saint Cloud State University — Saint Cloud, MN · 21 avg ACT
- Eastern Kentucky University — Richmond, KY · 21 avg ACT
- Radford University — Radford, VA · 21 avg ACT
- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania — Kutztown, PA · 21 avg ACT
- Troy University — Troy, AL · 21 avg ACT
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh — Oshkosh, WI · 21 avg ACT
- Wright State University-Main Campus — Dayton, OH · 21 avg ACT
- Jacksonville State University — Jacksonville, AL · 20 avg ACT
Reach
Schools where the average admitted student is above 20 ACT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.
- The University of Texas at San Antonio — San Antonio, TX · 22 avg ACT
- West Virginia University — Morgantown, WV · 24 avg ACT
- Bellarmine University — Louisville, KY · 24 avg ACT
- University of Nevada-Reno — Reno, NV · 23 avg ACT
- University of New Mexico-Main Campus — Albuquerque, NM · 23 avg ACT
- Lyon College — Batesville, AR · 24 avg ACT
- Flagler College — Saint Augustine, FL · 23 avg ACT
- University of Hawaii at Manoa — Honolulu, HI · 24 avg ACT
- Presbyterian College — Clinton, SC · 23 avg ACT
- The University of Montana — Missoula, MT · 22 avg ACT
- University of Idaho — Moscow, ID · 24 avg ACT
- University of Alaska Fairbanks — Fairbanks, AK · 22 avg ACT
- University of North Dakota — Grand Forks, ND · 23 avg ACT
- South Dakota State University — Brookings, SD · 22 avg ACT
- North Dakota State University-Main Campus — Fargo, ND · 23 avg ACT
By state
Colleges That Accept a 20 ACT on PickACampus
