Test-optional public colleges
Schools that will read your application without an SAT or ACT score. Where they publish it, you can see how much of the class actually submitted one.
30 colleges
- University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC15% admit1390–1530 SATOptional
- University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI16% admit1360–1530 SATOptional
- University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA17% admit1410–1540 SATOptional
- William & MaryWilliamsburg, VA34% admit1400–1530 SATOptional
- Clemson UniversityClemson, SC38% admit1240–1410 SATOptional
- Binghamton UniversityVestal, NY39% admit1340–1500 SATOptional
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL42% admit1310–1520 SATOptional
- University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, MD45% admit1400–1530 SATOptional
- University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI45% admit1380–1520 SATOptional
- Auburn UniversityAuburn, AL46% admit1260–1390 SATOptional
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, NY48% admit1100–1400 SATOptional
- Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY49% admit1330–1500 SATOptional
- North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, NC50% admit1020–1190 SATOptional
- University of ConnecticutStorrs, CT52% admit1210–1440 SATOptional
- CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, NY54% admit1100–1420 SATOptional
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA55% admit1280–1450 SATOptional
- Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, TX57% admit1150–1400 SATOptional
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA58% admit1280–1460 SATOptional
- Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, NJ58% admit1310–1500 SATOptional
- CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, NY58% admit950–1340 SATOptional
- University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA60% admit1310–1500 SATOptional
- CUNY City CollegeNew York, NY60% admit1070–1430 SATOptional
- College of CharlestonCharleston, SC60% admit1140–1310 SATOptional
- University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, SC60% admit1180–1360 SATOptional
- Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA61% admit1240–1420 SATOptional
- Colorado School of MinesGolden, CO61% admit1320–1480 SAT~3.85 GPAOptional
- New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, NJ65% admit1210–1460 SATOptional
- The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, TX65% admit1160–1410 SATOptional
- University of VermontBurlington, VT65% admit1290–1440 SATOptional
- University of DelawareNewark, DE71% admit1190–1370 SATOptional
Acceptance rate and cost come from U.S. Department of Education reporting. Admitted SAT, ACT and GPA come from each college’s Common Data Set, where it publishes one. Every name links to that school’s full read.
Check your own numbers
Where do you stand at these schools?
Add your GPA and scores once. You get a read on every school on this list, and on whether the list you’re building adds up. No account.
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How was test-optional public colleges built?
From published federal reporting and each college’s own Common Data Set. It’s filtered and sorted on the number the list is about. It isn’t a ranking, and nobody set the order by hand.
What should I do with a list like this?
Use it to find schools worth a look. Then check each one against your own numbers. A school being on a list says nothing about whether it fits you. Fit is the question that matters.
What Spike does with this
A list is a start, not a plan.
Spike reads your whole profile against every school on it. Then it works on the parts a list can’t show.
The full counselor launches in November.