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US College Acceptance Rates (2023-26)

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Compare Top University Acceptance Rates

Use the table below to compare the latest admissions statistics and historical acceptance rates across top universities. All data is sourced directly from official Common Data Set (CDS) reports.

Historical Acceptance Rates

#1Princeton University logoPrinceton University—4.62%4.5%5.7%
#2Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) logoMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)—4.55%4.8%3.96%
#3Harvard University logoHarvard University—3.65%3.45%3.24%
#4Stanford University logoStanford University—3.61%3.91%3.68%
#5Yale University logoYale University—3.87%4.5%4.57%
#6Johns Hopkins University logoJohns Hopkins University—6.44%7.56%7.25%
#6Northwestern University logoNorthwestern University—7.69%7.22%7.21%
#7Duke University logoDuke University—5.71%6.78%—
#7California Institute of Technology logoCalifornia Institute of Technology—2.57%3.14%2.69%
#9Brown University logoBrown University—5.39%5.23%5.06%
#10University of Pennsylvania logoUniversity of Pennsylvania—5.4%5.87%6.5%
#11University of Chicago logoUniversity of Chicago—4.48%4.79%—
#11Cornell University logoCornell University—8.41%7.9%7.26%
#12Columbia University logoColumbia University—29.65%31.69%29.56%
#15University of California, Los Angeles logoUniversity of California, Los Angeles—8.97%8.73%8.57%
#17University of California, Berkeley logoUniversity of California, Berkeley—11.04%11.73%11.33%
#18Dartmouth College logoDartmouth College—5.4%6.23%6.38%
#18Vanderbilt University logoVanderbilt University—5.86%5.61%6.67%
#18University of Notre Dame logoUniversity of Notre Dame—11.27%12.38%12.91%
#18Rice University logoRice University—8%7.88%8.68%
#21University of Michigan, Ann Arbor logoUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor————
#21Carnegie Mellon University logoCarnegie Mellon University—11.66%11.4%11.3%
#24Emory University logoEmory University—10.29%10.65%11.35%
#24University of Virginia logoUniversity of Virginia————
#24Washington University in St. Louis logoWashington University in St. Louis————
#27University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill logoUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—15.34%18.74%16.85%
#29University of California, San Diego logoUniversity of California, San Diego—26.77%24.76%23.83%
#30University of Florida logoUniversity of Florida—24.2%24.03%23.35%
#30New York University (NYU) logoNew York University (NYU)————
#32University of Texas at Austin logoUniversity of Texas at Austin—26.64%29.12%31.41%
#33Georgia Institute of Technology logoGeorgia Institute of Technology—14.07%16.46%17.13%
#33University of California, Irvine logoUniversity of California, Irvine—28.78%25.75%21.27%
#33University of California, Davis logoUniversity of California, Davis—41.83%41.64%—
#33University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign logoUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign—42.37%43.69%44.81%
#37Tufts University logoTufts University—11.53%10.13%—
#39University of Wisconsin-Madison logoUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison—45.17%43.32%49.03%
#39Boston College logoBoston College—16.19%15.65%16.66%
#39University of California, Santa Barbara logoUniversity of California, Santa Barbara—32.96%27.78%25.84%
#41Ohio State University logoOhio State University——50.82%—
#41Boston University logoBoston University—11.11%10.85%14.37%
#41Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey logoRutgers, The State University of New Jersey————
#44University of Maryland, College Park logoUniversity of Maryland, College Park—44.79%44.8%—
#46University of Washington logoUniversity of Washington————
#46University of Georgia logoUniversity of Georgia—37.92%37.19%42.51%
#46Purdue University logoPurdue University—49.87%50.28%52.69%
#47University of Rochester logoUniversity of Rochester—40.08%35.85%38.88%
#51Texas A&M University logoTexas A&M University————
#53Florida State University logoFlorida State University—24.22%—25.04%
#53Case Western Reserve University logoCase Western Reserve University—37.78%28.67%27.41%
#54University of Minnesota, Twin Cities logoUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities————
#58University of Massachusetts Amherst logoUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst—59.73%57.77%63.52%
#58Stony Brook University logoStony Brook University—49.04%49.01%49.14%
#60Michigan State University logoMichigan State University—84.8%87.05%87.95%
#60North Carolina State University logoNorth Carolina State University—41.67%39.55%47.01%
#63University of Miami logoUniversity of Miami—18.9%18.51%18.94%
#63George Washington University logoGeorge Washington University—47.09%43.54%48.98%
#63Pennsylvania State University logoPennsylvania State University————
#67Syracuse University logoSyracuse University——41.69%51.75%
#70University of Pittsburgh logoUniversity of Pittsburgh—58.08%49.7%49.14%
#70University of Connecticut logoUniversity of Connecticut—52.39%53.95%54.51%
#73Indiana University Bloomington logoIndiana University Bloomington—78.21%80.37%82.41%
#76Colorado School of Mines logoColorado School of Mines———58%
#76University of California, Riverside logoUniversity of California, Riverside—76.85%70.38%69.22%
#76University at Buffalo SUNY logoUniversity at Buffalo SUNY————
#80University of Illinois at Chicago logoUniversity of Illinois at Chicago—77.35%78.5%78.69%
#86Clemson University logoClemson University—38.34%38.05%42.98%
#86University of Delaware logoUniversity of Delaware—69.24%63.56%74.09%
#91University of South Florida logoUniversity of South Florida—43.19%40.96%43.94%
#93Auburn University logoAuburn University—45.92%50.5%43.74%
#98University of Colorado Boulder logoUniversity of Colorado Boulder—75.87%81.15%79.14%
#98University of Iowa logoUniversity of Iowa—83.62%—86%
#105Arizona State University logoArizona State University—89.89%90.19%89.75%
#109University of New Hampshire logoUniversity of New Hampshire—88.16%86.87%86.99%
#109University of Oregon logoUniversity of Oregon—88.3%85.11%86.29%
#109University of San Diego logoUniversity of San Diego—52.38%46.81%52.61%
#109University of Arizona logoUniversity of Arizona—86.14%85.66%86.74%
#115Iowa State University logoIowa State University—88.66%89.13%90.22%
#121University of Vermont logoUniversity of Vermont—65.3%60.02%59.79%
#124University of South Carolina logoUniversity of South Carolina—60.15%61.49%64.05%
#132University of Oklahoma logoUniversity of Oklahoma—76.6%77.16%72.92%
#136University of Utah logoUniversity of Utah—85.98%87.17%89.13%
#142Oregon State University logoOregon State University—77.3%78.85%82.53%
#144University of Houston logoUniversity of Houston—69.5%69.94%89.13%
#151University of Rhode Island logoUniversity of Rhode Island——77.07%76.39%
#152University of Cincinnati logoUniversity of Cincinnati—85.29%87.67%86.21%
#152University of Nebraska-Lincoln logoUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln—87.49%77.07%78.68%
#152University of Kentucky logoUniversity of Kentucky—92.94%92.38%94.92%
#152University of Kansas logoUniversity of Kansas—93.48%87.84%87.84%
#170Kansas State University logoKansas State University—81.99%79.67%95.14%
#171University of Alabama logoUniversity of Alabama—76.65%75.82%80.06%
#179University of Louisville logoUniversity of Louisville—79.41%80.54%80.23%
#189University of Arkansas logoUniversity of Arkansas—74.32%—78.94%
#231University of New Mexico logoUniversity of New Mexico—79.47%78.32%81.27%

* Acceptance rates calculated as (Total Students Admitted / Total Students Applied). Data is updated annually as new Common Data Sets are released.

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