Colleges for a 32 ACT score

Where a 32 ACT places you at colleges that publish their admitted-student ranges, split into safety, target and reach.

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Safety

Your ACT is above the 75th percentile of admitted students. Likely admits, though nothing is guaranteed.

Target

Your ACT sits inside the middle 50% of admitted students. A reasonable chance, decided by the rest of your application.

Reach

Your ACT is below the 25th percentile. Possible, but you would need real strength elsewhere.

Based on the 993 colleges that publish an ACT range for admitted students. A further 103 report no ACT range — many are test-optional, and some publish only the other test — so an ACT can't be placed against them.

Safety colleges for a 32 ACT

864 total

College	State	ACT 25–75	Accept rate
Denison University	OH	29–32	16.9%
College of the Holy Cross	MA	28–32	21.1%
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	FL	20–24	21.1%
Central Christian College of the Bible	MO	16–21	21.3%
Grambling State University	LA	15–19	23.7%
United States Coast Guard Academy	CT	25–30	24.3%
Alcorn State University	MS	15–24	24.7%
Florida State University	FL	27–31	25.4%
Visible Music College	TN	17–24	28.7%
Tuskegee University	AL	18–26	31.4%
Franklin and Marshall College	PA	29–32	31.8%
United States Merchant Marine Academy	NY	23–29	32.5%
Berea College	KY	24–27	32.7%
University of North Carolina School of the Arts	NC	24–27	33.1%
Spelman College	GA	21–27	34.1%
William Jewell College	MO	19–25	34.3%
Howard University	DC	22–28	34.9%
Kentucky Mountain Bible College	KY	13–22	35.7%
Trinity Bible College and Graduate School	ND	18–26	36.2%
University of Georgia	GA	25–32	37.2%
Spring Arbor University	MI	17–25	37.3%
Brigham Young University-Hawaii	HI	21–25	37.9%
Clemson University	SC	28–32	38.0%
Southwestern University	TX	24–30	39.1%
Central Christian College of Kansas	KS	17–22	39.3%

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Target colleges for a 32 ACT

91 total

College	State	ACT 25–75	Accept rate
Colby College	ME	32–34	6.8%
Barnard College	NY	32–34	8.0%
United States Naval Academy	MD	24–31	9.4%
Amherst College	MA	31–35	9.8%
University of Southern California	CA	32–35	10.0%
Boston University	MA	32–34	10.8%
Emory University	GA	32–34	11.1%
Hamilton College	NY	32–35	11.8%
Grinnell College	IA	31–34	12.7%
Bates College	ME	31–33	13.0%
Georgetown University	DC	32–34	13.1%
Rhode Island School of Design	RI	30–33	13.8%
United States Air Force Academy	CO	26–33	13.9%
United States Military Academy	NY	28–33	14.0%
Davidson College	NC	31–34	14.5%
Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	31–33	14.6%
College of the Ozarks	MO	20–25	14.9%
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	28–34	16.5%
Northeastern University Oakland	CA	31–33	16.5%
University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	32–34	16.9%
Washington and Lee University	VA	32–35	17.4%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	31–34	17.9%
University of Miami	FL	30–33	18.5%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	30–34	18.7%
Smith College	MA	32–34	19.7%

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Reach colleges for a 32 ACT

38 total

College	State	ACT 25–75	Accept rate
Jewish Theological Seminary of America	NY	33–35	45.1%
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering	MA	34–35	21.7%
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	NY	33–34	19.1%
Vassar College	NY	33–35	17.7%
Wesleyan University	CT	33–35	17.1%
Boston College	MA	33–34	15.7%
Wellesley College	MA	33–35	13.9%
Harvey Mudd College	CA	34–36	13.1%
Haverford College	PA	33–35	12.9%
University of Notre Dame	IN	33–35	12.4%
Washington University in St Louis	MO	33–35	12.0%
Colgate University	NY	33–34	11.9%
Carnegie Mellon University	PA	34–35	11.4%
Claremont McKenna College	CA	33–35	11.1%
Middlebury College	VT	33–34	10.4%
Tufts University	MA	33–35	10.1%
Williams College	MA	33–35	10.0%
New York University	NY	33–35	9.4%
Cornell University	NY	33–35	8.2%
Bowdoin College	ME	33–35	8.0%
Rice University	TX	34–36	7.9%
Johns Hopkins University	MD	34–35	7.6%
Northwestern University	IL	33–35	7.1%
Swarthmore College	PA	33–34	6.9%
Duke University	NC	34–35	6.8%

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