ITT – Jonathan Wai, an associate professor at the University of Arkansas, provides the Business Insider with the data for the top 50 universities that have the brightest students in US, based on average SAT score and ACT of schools.
Two standardized tests are given as a “measure” of the rankings because they are an objective tool for assessing students’ cognitive abilities and thinking. ACT score has been converted to SAT for ease of measurement.
Top 50 have the brightest students in US has made many of us uncomfortable. Whether Harvard, Stanford or MIT – the big names that regularly lead the world’s best university rankings, California Institute of Technology holds the top spot for the smartest student in the nation with scores SAT is amazing.
No. 1: California Institute of Technology (California)
SAT score: 1.544
California Institute of Technology is a world-class school in the field of Science and Engineering.
No. 2: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts)
SAT score: 1.507
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has long been known for its world-class scientific and technological research.
No. 3: University of Chicago (Illinois)
SAT score: 1.506
University of Chicago is lawyer John Ashcroft and economist Milton Friedman who have learnt at.
No. 4: Franklin W.Olin Technical College (Massachusetts)
SAT score: 1.506
This college employs less than 100 students for a bachelor’s degree, for specializations: engineering, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering.
No. 5: Vanderbilt University (Tennessee)
SAT score: 1.498
Dubbed a high-quality US education center with bachelor’s degree majors, Vanderbilt was educated by novelist James Patterson and the first female CEO of Time Ann Moore.
No. 6: Yale University (Connecticut)
SAT score: 1.498
Yale is on the list of Ivy League schools, former President George W. Bush studied here.
No. 7: Harvard University (Massachusetts)
SAT score: 1.497
A well-known school located in the Ivy League, Harvard was the home of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.
No. 8: Princeton University (New Jersey)
SAT score: 1.490
Princeton is home to former US President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady Michelle Obama, also on the list of Ivy League schools.
No. 9: Harvey Mudd University (California)
SAT score: 1.484
Harvey Mudd is part of the Claremont School Group (including Scripps, Claremont McKenna, Pomona, Pitzer, Claremont Graduate, and Keck Graduate).
No. 10: Rice University (Texas)
SAT score: 1.482
Rice is one of the pioneering and focused universities in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) and be the last in top 50 has the brightest students in US.