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 Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis — Saint Louis, MO · 24 avg ACT
- MCPHS University — Boston, MA · 27 avg ACT
- United States Merchant Marine Academy — Kings Point, NY · 27 avg ACT
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, NC · 25 avg ACT
- SUNY Maritime College — Throggs Neck, NY · 26 avg ACT
- Dominican University of California — San Rafael, CA · 23 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
- Ohio Northern University — Ada, OH · 25 avg ACT
- Virginia Military Institute — Lexington, VA · 25 avg ACT
- University of Scranton — Scranton, PA · 26 avg ACT
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach — Daytona Beach, FL · 26 avg ACT
- Saint Johns University — Collegeville, MN · 25 avg ACT
- James Madison University — Harrisonburg, VA · 27 avg ACT
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 28 ACT. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- Providence College — Providence, RI · 29 avg ACT
- Fairfield University — Fairfield, CT · 29 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
- University of Wisconsin-Madison — Madison, WI · 29 avg ACT
- Drexel University — Philadelphia, PA · 29 avg ACT
- Clarkson University — Potsdam, NY · 29 avg ACT
- University of Portland — Portland, OR · 29 avg ACT
- Marquette University — Milwaukee, WI · 28 avg ACT
- The College of New Jersey — Ewing, NJ · 29 avg ACT
- University of San Francisco — San Francisco, CA · 29 avg ACT
Reach
Schools where the average admitted student is above 28 ACT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.
- Babson College — Wellesley, MA · 32 avg ACT
- Bentley University — Waltham, MA · 30 avg ACT
- Santa Clara University — Santa Clara, CA · 32 avg ACT
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus — Atlanta, GA · 32 avg ACT
- Lehigh University — Bethlehem, PA · 32 avg ACT
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — Albany, NY · 30 avg ACT
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology — Terre Haute, IN · 31 avg ACT
- Bucknell University — Lewisburg, PA · 31 avg ACT
- College of the Holy Cross — Worcester, MA · 30 avg ACT
- Colorado School of Mines — Golden, CO · 31 avg ACT
- Lafayette College — Easton, PA · 32 avg ACT
- George Washington University — Washington, DC · 32 avg ACT
- University of Maryland-College Park — College Park, MD · 32 avg ACT
- Trinity College — Hartford, CT · 31 avg ACT
- Union College — Schenectady, NY · 30 avg ACT
By state
Colleges That Accept a 28 ACT on PickACampus
