Test Optional Colleges
We’ve got the rankings on the top test optional liberal arts colleges and national universities.
The National Center for Fair and Open Testing, FairTest, has compiled a ranking of the most prestigious test optional colleges in the nation. If you don’t know about test optional colleges, check out our newsletters on test optional universities and colleges with optional SAT policies. Also, check out our opinion piece on the rise of test optional colleges.
Based on the “US News & World Report” rankings (the # that precedes the name of the college in the below list), here is FairTest’s ranking of test optional colleges as reported by Daniel de Vise of “The Washington Post.”
Top Test Optional Liberal Arts Colleges:
6. Bowdoin College
14. Smith College
18. Hamilton College (Test Flexible)
21. Bates College
23. Colby College (Test Flexible)
26. Colorado College (Test Flexible)
26. Mount Holyoke College
30. Bryn Mawr (Test Flexible)
32. College of the Holy Cross
32. Sewanee—The University of the South
38. Bard College
41. Connecticut College
41. Franklin and Marshall College
41. Union College
41. Furman University
46. Pitzer College
47. Dickinson College
47. Gettysburg College
51. Denison University
55. St. Lawrence University
59. Wheaton College
67. Agnes Scott College
67. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
67. Lawrence University
71. Ursinus College
75. Knox College
75. Lewis and Clark
75. Muhlenberg College
79. Drew University
79. Gustavus Adolphus
81. Juniata College
88. Augustana College
93. St. Michael’s College
93. Washington College
Top Test Optional National Universities:
25. Wake Forest University
64. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
79. American University
120. University of Arizona
132. Kansas State University
136. DePaul University
139. New School
143. George Mason University
143. University of Mississippi
