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 Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis — Saint Louis, MO · 24 avg ACT
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, NC · 25 avg ACT
- Dominican University of California — San Rafael, CA · 23 avg ACT
- Ohio Northern University — Ada, OH · 25 avg ACT
- Virginia Military Institute — Lexington, VA · 25 avg ACT
- Saint Johns University — Collegeville, MN · 25 avg ACT
- University of St Thomas — Saint Paul, MN · 25 avg ACT
- Bellin College — Green Bay, WI · 22 avg ACT
- Immaculata University — Immaculata, PA · 25 avg ACT
- College of Saint Benedict — Saint Joseph, MN · 24 avg ACT
- Rutgers University-Newark — Newark, NJ · 25 avg ACT
- Rutgers University-Camden — Camden, NJ · 21 avg ACT
- Iowa State University — Ames, IA · 25 avg ACT
- University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus — Hartford, CT · 19 avg ACT
- Rockhurst University — Kansas City, MO · 23 avg ACT
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 26 ACT. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- MCPHS University — Boston, MA · 27 avg ACT
- United States Merchant Marine Academy — Kings Point, NY · 27 avg ACT
- SUNY Maritime College — Throggs Neck, NY · 26 avg ACT
- Milwaukee School of Engineering — Milwaukee, WI · 27 avg ACT
- University of Dayton — Dayton, OH · 26 avg ACT
- Saint Anselm College — Manchester, NH · 27 avg ACT
- University of Scranton — Scranton, PA · 26 avg ACT
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach — Daytona Beach, FL · 26 avg ACT
- James Madison University — Harrisonburg, VA · 27 avg ACT
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott — Prescott, AZ · 26 avg ACT
- Duquesne University — Pittsburgh, PA · 27 avg ACT
- Wabash College — Crawfordsville, IN · 26 avg ACT
- Michigan State University — East Lansing, MI · 26 avg ACT
- Illinois Wesleyan University — Bloomington, IL · 27 avg ACT
- Soka University of America — Aliso Viejo, CA · 26 avg ACT
Reach
Schools where the average admitted student is above 26 ACT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.
- Bentley University — Waltham, MA · 30 avg ACT
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — Albany, NY · 30 avg ACT
- College of the Holy Cross — Worcester, MA · 30 avg ACT
- Providence College — Providence, RI · 29 avg ACT
- Fairfield University — Fairfield, CT · 29 avg ACT
- Union College — Schenectady, NY · 30 avg ACT
- Bryant University — Smithfield, RI · 28 avg ACT
- Kettering University — Flint, MI · 28 avg ACT
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — Blacksburg, VA · 29 avg ACT
- Gonzaga University — Spokane, WA · 29 avg ACT
- Pepperdine University — Malibu, CA · 28 avg ACT
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia — Philadelphia, PA · 28 avg ACT
- The University of Texas at Austin — Austin, TX · 30 avg ACT
- University of Wisconsin-Madison — Madison, WI · 29 avg ACT
- Drexel University — Philadelphia, PA · 29 avg ACT
By state
Colleges That Accept a 26 ACT on PickACampus
