Private Universities Where 75% of Students Score 10 - 15 on the ACT
When you're considering to which private college or university to apply, sometimes it's helpful to browse through schools who have students scoring similarly on the ACT as you did. If your ACT scores are completely lower or higher than 75% of the students who were accepted to a particular school, perhaps you'd be better off searching for a school where students are more in your range, although exceptions are certainly made all the time.
This is a list of colleges and universities where 75% of the accepted students scored above or at a 10 – 15 composite score on the ACT. What does this mean? The following private schools are accepting students who are scoring well below the national average of 21 on the ACT. Yep! You can still get into a private university, even if your scores fall below the average range.
If you have scored between 10 – 15, then perhaps one of these private universities would be a good fit. Please keep in mind that this list is for the composite ACT score – you'll see ACT scores a bit lower or higher on particular sections (English, Mathematics, Reading, Science Reasoning), but the composite scores are always between 10 – 15.
Remember that the 25th percentile score reflects what 75% of students have earned who were admitted. The 75th percentile score reflects what 25% of students have earned who were admitted. Typically, you'll see higher scores in the latter category.
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Private Universities Where 75% of Students Score a 10 - 15 on the ACT
Note that these are just the private universities. If you're interested in public universities with the same scores, you can access that list, here.
1. Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, Alaska
Website: http://www.alaskapacific.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 23
2. Barclay College
Haviland, Kansas
Website: http://www.barclaycollege.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 27
3. Chowan University
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
Website: http://www.chowan.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 14
75th Percentile: 17
4. Claflin University
Orangeburg, South Carolina
Website: http://www.claflin.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 20
5. Dean College
Franklin, Massachusetts
Website: http://www.dean.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 19
6. Edward Waters College
Jacksonville, Florida
Website: http://www.ewc.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 19
7. Fisher College
Boston, Massachusetts
Website: http://www.fisher.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 20
8. Hiwassee College
Madisonville, Tennessee
Website: http://www.hiwassee.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 23
9. Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte, North Carolina
Website: http://www.jcsu.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 19
10. Lane College
Jackson, Tennessee
Website: http://www.lanecollege.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 14
75th Percentile: 17
11. Lincoln College
Lincoln, Illinois
Website: http://www.lincolncollege.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 19
12. Livingstone College
Salisbury, North Carolina
Website: http://www.livingstone.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 14
75th Percentile: 19
13. Marygrove College
Detroit, Michigan
Website: http://www.marygrove.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 14
75th Percentile: 20
14. North Carolina Wesleyan College
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Website: http://www.ncwc.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 21
15. Paine College
Augusta, Georgia
Website: http://www.paine.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 14
75th Percentile: 18
16. Post University
Waterbury, Connecticut
Website: http://www.post.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 21
17. Spartanburg Methodist College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Website: http://www.smcsc.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 20
18. Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, Mississippi
Website: http://www.tougaloo.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 20
19. Trinity Baptist College
Jacksonville, Florida
Website: http://www.tbc.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 15
75th Percentile: 20
20. Virginia Union University
Richmond, Virginia
Website: http://www.vuu.edu
ACT Composite:
25th Percentile: 14
75th Percentile: 17