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Colleges you can get into with a 32 ACT

910 of the 910 schools reporting ACT ranges match a 32 — sorted into targets (inside the middle 50%), safeties (at or above the 75th percentile), and reaches (just below the 25th). Ordered by Trajecta Score, a 0–100 measure built from College Scorecard and IPEDS data.

Target schools for a 32 ACT

Your 32 falls inside these schools' middle 50% — the 25th–75th percentile range of enrolled students. You'd be a typical admit by test score.

Target schools for a 32 ACT, ordered by Trajecta Score
# College Location ACT range Admit rate Score
1 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA 30–34 Highly Selective 14% 81
2 Colby College Waterville, ME 32–34 Elite 7% 81
3 Emory University Atlanta, GA 32–35 Highly Selective 11% 80
4 University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA 32–35 Highly Selective 17% 80
5 Davidson College Davidson, NC 31–34 Highly Selective 13% 80
6 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 31–34 Highly Selective 16% 80
7 Georgetown University Washington, DC 31–35 Highly Selective 13% 80
8 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 32–35 Elite 10% 79
9 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 29–33 Selective 24% 79
10 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 28–34 Highly Selective 15% 79
11 Barnard College New York, NY 32–34 Elite 9% 77
12 Boston University Boston, MA 32–34 Highly Selective 11% 77
13 Babson College Wellesley, MA 31–34 Highly Selective 17% 76
14 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY 28–34 Selective 21% 76
15 Bates College Lewiston, ME 31–34 Highly Selective 13% 76
16 University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD 32–35 Moderate 45% 75
17 Grinnell College Grinnell, IA 31–34 Highly Selective 15% 75
18 Carleton College Northfield, MN 32–34 Selective 20% 74
19 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 27–33 Selective 27% 74
20 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 32–34 Selective 22% 74
21 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 31–34 Selective 26% 73
22 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 30–34 Moderate 42% 73
23 Lafayette College Easton, PA 31–33 Selective 31% 73
24 William & Mary Williamsburg, VA 32–34 Selective 34% 73
25 Smith College Northampton, MA 32–35 Selective 21% 73
26 University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 29–33 Moderate 45% 72
27 Villanova University Villanova, PA 32–34 Selective 27% 72
28 University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 30–33 Highly Selective 19% 72
29 Scripps College Claremont, CA 31–34 Selective 38% 71
30 University of Georgia Athens, GA 29–34 Selective 38% 71
31 College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA 27–32 Highly Selective 18% 70
32 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 29–33 Moderate 49% 70
33 Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN 27–34 Moderate 50% 69
34 Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 30–33 Selective 29% 69
35 Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA 31–33 Moderate 48% 69
36 University of Rochester Rochester, NY 31–34 Moderate 40% 69
37 George Washington University Washington, DC 31–34 Moderate 47% 69
38 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 32–34 Selective 37% 69
39 Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO 29–33 Highly Selective 18% 69
40 Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA 31–34 Highly Selective 14% 69

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Safety schools for a 32 ACT

Your 32 is at or above the 75th percentile of enrolled students at these schools. (Schools admitting under 20% never appear here — no score makes a sub-20% school a safety.)

Safety schools for a 32 ACT, ordered by Trajecta Score
# College Location ACT range Admit rate Score
1 United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY 22–29 Selective 34% 74
2 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 29–32 Selective 24% 72
3 Brigham Young University Provo, UT 28–32 Open 68% 70
4 Binghamton University Vestal, NY 30–32 Selective 39% 69
5 North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC 28–32 Moderate 42% 69
6 Bentley University Waltham, MA 28–31 Moderate 45% 69
7 Clemson University Clemson, SC 28–32 Selective 38% 67
8 Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 25–31 Moderate 57% 67
9 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 28–32 Moderate 55% 67
10 Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH 28–32 Moderate 61% 66
11 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 26–32 Moderate 55% 65
12 University of South Florida Tampa, FL 24–29 Moderate 43% 65
13 University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 25–31 Open 77% 65
14 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 25–29 Moderate 40% 65
15 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, NY 23–31 Moderate 53% 64
16 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 26–31 Open 80% 64
17 Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX 26–31 Moderate 44% 64
18 Fairfield University Fairfield, CT 29–32 Selective 33% 64
19 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 29–32 Moderate 46% 64
20 Florida International University Miami, FL 21–27 Moderate 55% 64
21 Furman University Greenville, SC 28–32 Moderate 43% 64
22 University of the Pacific Stockton, CA 23–32 Open 71% 63
23 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA 28–32 Moderate 45% 63
24 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN 25–31 Moderate 42% 63
25 Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SC 22–27 Selective 23% 63
26 Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA 29–32 Selective 39% 63
27 The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 24–32 Open 65% 63
28 Auburn University Auburn, AL 26–31 Moderate 46% 63
29 University of Delaware Newark, DE 28–32 Open 71% 62
30 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 25–31 Open 72% 62
31 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM 20–29 Moderate 44% 62
32 Providence College Providence, RI 29–32 Moderate 51% 62
33 St Olaf College Northfield, MN 28–32 Moderate 48% 62
34 Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO 25–31 Open 73% 62
35 University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 27–32 Open 74% 62
36 University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL 27–31 Moderate 61% 62
37 Centre College Danville, KY 25–32 Moderate 54% 62
38 DePauw University Greencastle, IN 28–32 Moderate 57% 61
39 George Mason University Fairfax, VA 25–30 Open 87% 61
40 Wofford College Spartanburg, SC 27–31 Moderate 52% 61

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Reach schools for a 32 ACT

Your 32 is below these schools' 25th percentile, but within striking distance (3 points). A strong GPA, essays, and activities can close that gap.

Reach schools for a 32 ACT, ordered by Trajecta Score
# College Location ACT range Admit rate Score
1 Princeton University Princeton, NJ 34–35 Elite 5% 91
2 Stanford University Stanford, CA 34–35 Elite 4% 90
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 34–36 Elite 5% 89
4 Harvard University Cambridge, MA 34–36 Elite 4% 88
5 University of Chicago Chicago, IL 34–35 Elite 4% 87
6 Rice University Houston, TX 34–35 Elite 8% 87
7 Yale University New Haven, CT 33–35 Elite 4% 87
8 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 34–36 Elite 6% 86
9 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 34–35 Elite 6% 86
10 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 34–36 Elite 5% 86
11 Brown University Providence, RI 34–35 Elite 5% 85
12 Williams College Williamstown, MA 34–35 Elite 8% 85
13 Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 34–35 Elite 4% 85
14 Duke University Durham, NC 34–35 Elite 6% 85
15 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 33–35 Elite 9% 84
16 Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME 33–35 Elite 7% 83
17 Pomona College Claremont, CA 33–35 Elite 7% 83
18 Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA 33–35 Elite 10% 83
19 Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 33–35 Elite 5% 83
20 Northwestern University Evanston, IL 33–35 Elite 8% 83
21 Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO 33–35 Highly Selective 12% 82
22 Amherst College Amherst, MA 33–35 Elite 9% 82
23 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 33–35 Highly Selective 11% 82
24 Wellesley College Wellesley, MA 33–35 Highly Selective 14% 81
25 Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA 33–35 Elite 7% 81

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Ranges are the 25th–75th percentiles of enrolled students, from College Scorecard / IPEDS. Only the 910 schools reporting ACT data appear — many schools are test-optional, so a missing school isn't a rejection signal; check its data page and testing policy. Estimate your GPA with the GPA calculator, or see how the ranking works →