Colleges That Accept a 26 ACT
A 26 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 26 ACT. You are above their typical applicant.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, NC · 25 avg ACT
- The University of Texas at San Antonio — San Antonio, TX · 22 avg ACT
- Iowa State University — Ames, IA · 25 avg ACT
- University of Kansas — Lawrence, KS · 25 avg ACT
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln — Lincoln, NE · 25 avg ACT
- University of Arkansas — Fayetteville, AR · 25 avg ACT
- Oregon State University — Corvallis, OR · 25 avg ACT
- University of Mississippi — University, MS · 25 avg ACT
- West Virginia University — Morgantown, WV · 24 avg ACT
- University of Arizona — Tucson, AZ · 25 avg ACT
- Bellarmine University — Louisville, KY · 24 avg ACT
- Missouri Southern State University — Joplin, MO · 21 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
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 26 ACT. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- Michigan State University — East Lansing, MI · 26 avg ACT
- Cornell College — Mount Vernon, IA · 27 avg ACT
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College — Baton Rouge, LA · 26 avg ACT
- University of Kentucky — Lexington, KY · 26 avg ACT
- University of Iowa — Iowa City, IA · 26 avg ACT
- University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus — Norman, OK · 26 avg ACT
- University of Utah — Salt Lake City, UT · 26 avg ACT
- Colorado State University-Fort Collins — Fort Collins, CO · 26 avg ACT
- University of Houston — Houston, TX · 26 avg ACT
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus — Cincinnati, OH · 27 avg ACT
- Western Washington University — Bellingham, WA · 26 avg ACT
- Austin College — Sherman, TX · 26 avg ACT
- University of Maine — Orono, ME · 26 avg ACT
- Le Moyne College — Syracuse, NY · 27 avg ACT
- University of South Florida — Tampa, FL · 27 avg ACT
Reach
Schools where the average admitted student is above 26 ACT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.
- The University of Texas at Austin — Austin, TX · 30 avg ACT
- University of Wisconsin-Madison — Madison, WI · 29 avg ACT
- Sewanee: The University of the South — Sewanee, TN · 28 avg ACT
- Ohio State University-Main Campus — Columbus, OH · 29 avg ACT
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick — New Brunswick, NJ · 30 avg ACT
- Purdue University-Main Campus — West Lafayette, IN · 30 avg ACT
- Indiana University-Bloomington — Bloomington, IN · 29 avg ACT
- Texas A&M University-College Station — College Station, TX · 28 avg ACT
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — Blacksburg, VA · 29 avg ACT
- Clemson University — Clemson, SC · 30 avg ACT
- Florida State University — Tallahassee, FL · 28 avg ACT
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities — Minneapolis, MN · 30 avg ACT
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh — Raleigh, NC · 30 avg ACT
- University of Colorado Boulder — Boulder, CO · 28 avg ACT
- Syracuse University — Syracuse, NY · 30 avg ACT
By state
Colleges That Accept a 26 ACT on PickACampus
