Colleges That Accept a 28 ACT
A 28 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 28 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
- Michigan State University — East Lansing, MI · 26 avg ACT
- Iowa State University — Ames, IA · 25 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 Kansas — Lawrence, KS · 25 avg ACT
- University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus — Norman, OK · 26 avg ACT
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln — Lincoln, NE · 25 avg ACT
- University of Arkansas — Fayetteville, AR · 25 avg ACT
- University of Utah — Salt Lake City, UT · 26 avg ACT
- Oregon State University — Corvallis, OR · 25 avg ACT
- University of Mississippi — University, MS · 25 avg ACT
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 28 ACT. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- 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
- 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
- Florida State University — Tallahassee, FL · 28 avg ACT
- University of Colorado Boulder — Boulder, CO · 28 avg ACT
- Brigham Young University — Provo, UT · 29 avg ACT
- Baylor University — Waco, TX · 29 avg ACT
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville — Knoxville, TN · 28 avg ACT
- University of South Carolina-Columbia — Columbia, SC · 29 avg ACT
- Hope College — Holland, MI · 28 avg ACT
- Hanover College — Hanover, IN · 28 avg ACT
- Clarkson University — Potsdam, NY · 29 avg ACT
Reach
Schools where the average admitted student is above 28 ACT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.
- University of Florida — Gainesville, FL · 31 avg ACT
- The University of Texas at Austin — Austin, TX · 30 avg ACT
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus — Atlanta, GA · 32 avg ACT
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — Champaign, IL · 32 avg ACT
- University of Maryland-College Park — College Park, MD · 32 avg ACT
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick — New Brunswick, NJ · 30 avg ACT
- Purdue University-Main Campus — West Lafayette, IN · 30 avg ACT
- University of Georgia — Athens, GA · 31 avg ACT
- Lehigh University — Bethlehem, PA · 32 avg ACT
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus — Pittsburgh, PA · 31 avg ACT
- Clemson University — Clemson, SC · 30 avg ACT
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities — Minneapolis, MN · 30 avg ACT
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh — Raleigh, NC · 30 avg ACT
- Tulane University of Louisiana — New Orleans, LA · 32 avg ACT
- University of Miami — Coral Gables, FL · 32 avg ACT
By state
Colleges That Accept a 28 ACT on PickACampus
