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Big Ten ACT scores soar

Rich getting richer

ACT scores have risen substantially at a number of Big Ten schools as a growing pool of talented students has made it more difficult to get into the region's best public universities. Toggle between the schools to see how the average composite scores of incoming freshmen have changed since 2001.



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Note: Newest Big Ten members Rutgers and Maryland do not report ACT scores. The SAT is more prevalent on the East Coast.

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