Official college acceptance rates

The latest official acceptance rate at 149 colleges, each computed from the college’s own Common Data Set: first-year applicants admitted, divided by first-year applicants. The year is the CDS the number comes from. Pick a linked college for its early decision, waitlist, SAT and ACT numbers; a college without a link prints too few of them in its Common Data Set for a page of its own.

Acceptance rate by college, lowest first

CollegeAcceptance rateCDS yearAppliedAdmittedAdmitted applicants
Caltech3.8%2025-2611,285428How to get in
Stanford3.8%2025-2660,6462,302How to get in
Harvard4.2%2025-2647,8932,003How to get in
Princeton4.4%2025-2642,3031,868How to get in
UChicago4.5%2025-2645,5332,039How to get in
MIT4.6%2025-2629,2811,334How to get in
Yale4.7%2025-2650,2642,387How to get in
Columbia4.9%2025-2659,6112,946How to get in
UPenn4.9%2025-2672,5443,570How to get in
Duke5.2%2025-2655,5412,910How to get in
Vanderbilt5.4%2025-2648,1962,593How to get in
Northeastern5.6%2025-26105,2565,920How to get in
Dartmouth6.0%2025-2628,2301,699How to get in
Johns Hopkins6.1%2025-2650,2593,072How to get in
Brown6.3%2025-2642,7742,710How to get in
Bowdoin6.8%2025-2614,045957How to get in
Pomona7.1%2025-2612,470890How to get in
Northwestern7.5%2025-2652,6763,933How to get in
Swarthmore7.5%2025-2612,995977How to get in
Amherst7.7%2025-2615,8191,222How to get in
Rice8.0%2025-2636,7912,948How to get in
Cornell8.4%2025-2672,5236,077How to get in
Williams8.6%2025-2615,5201,336How to get in
NYU9.1%2025-26114,12510,340How to get in
Claremont McKenna9.4%2025-266,939655How to get in
UCLA9.4%2025-26145,08613,659How to get in
Barnard10.1%2025-2610,4261,048How to get in
Emory10.3%2025-2637,5613,869How to get in
Tufts10.8%2025-2633,4153,613How to get in
USC11.2%2025-2683,4889,345How to get in
UC Berkeley11.4%2025-26126,86414,524How to get in
Carnegie Mellon11.7%2026-2733,0833,859How to get in
WashU11.9%2025-2633,2833,968How to get in
Harvey Mudd12.3%2025-265,217643How to get in
Boston University12.8%2025-2676,7769,853How to get in
Middlebury12.8%2025-2611,8311,511How to get in
Georgia Tech13.3%2025-2666,8818,921How to get in
Haverford13.3%2025-266,730896How to get in
Georgetown13.5%2025-2626,8223,618How to get in
Washington and Lee13.5%2025-268,9631,214How to get in
Hamilton13.6%2025-268,9041,210How to get in
Colgate13.9%2024-2520,6822,871How to get in
Grinnell14.5%2024-259,7581,416How to get in
Tulane14.5%2025-2632,9424,763How to get in
Bates14.8%2025-269,6601,433How to get in
Wellesley14.8%2025-268,5061,258How to get in
Boston College16.2%2024-2534,7795,632How to get in
University of Michigan16.4%2025-26109,11217,915How to get in
Wesleyan16.4%2025-2614,9732,451How to get in
UNC Chapel Hill16.7%2025-2676,24712,751How to get in
University of Miami17.6%2025-2658,16710,245How to get in
Denison19.5%2025-2612,2022,385How to get in
University of Florida20.3%2025-2690,52318,403How to get in
Wake Forest20.8%2025-2619,6004,068How to get in
Vassar20.9%2025-2611,1182,327How to get in
Carleton21.8%2025-266,7961,480How to get in
Colorado College22.1%2025-268,8221,949How to get in
University of Richmond22.2%2025-2616,5603,683How to get in
UT Austin22.2%2025-2690,69020,154How to get in
Smith22.4%2025-268,1021,816How to get in
Florida State23.8%2025-2685,46920,364How to get in
Skidmore23.8%2025-2612,2732,917How to get in
Bryn Mawr28.1%2025-264,2601,199How to get in
Macalester28.1%2025-268,8192,481How to get in
Villanova28.1%2025-2625,8417,272How to get in
UC San Diego28.6%2025-26136,75039,054How to get in
UC Irvine28.9%2025-26124,23135,964How to get in
Lehigh29.0%2025-2619,3425,601How to get in
Reed29.2%2025-269,6062,804How to get in
Cal Poly SLO30.0%2025-2671,30921,367How to get in
Kenyon30.2%2025-267,0912,138How to get in
Lafayette31.2%2025-2610,5563,289How to get in
Oberlin33.0%2025-2611,7323,873How to get in
University of Georgia34.3%2025-2647,46416,257How to get in
Case Western35.3%2025-2639,33213,890How to get in
UIUC36.6%2025-2683,04530,384How to get in
William & Mary37.0%2025-2616,8956,245How to get in
Binghamton37.3%2025-2661,18822,832How to get in
San Diego State37.4%2025-2695,44435,709How to get in
UC Santa Barbara38.2%2025-26110,18742,093How to get in
Mount Holyoke38.4%2025-264,6191,774How to get in
NC State39.5%2025-2649,35119,514How to get in
Clark University40.5%2025-2610,9364,426How to get in
University of South Florida40.7%2025-2671,72229,196How to get in
University of Wisconsin-Madison40.8%2025-2673,91230,167How to get in
University of Washington41.7%2025-2672,93330,446How to get in
University of Rochester41.9%2025-2621,6099,056How to get in
Howard42.2%2025-2637,27015,724How to get in
University of Central Florida42.8%2025-2659,62925,522How to get in
Purdue43.4%2025-2687,22037,881How to get in
University of Tennessee43.6%2025-2653,84123,464How to get in
UC Davis44.3%2025-26102,98845,674How to get in
Occidental44.8%2025-267,4903,359How to get in
University of Maryland45.0%2025-2667,10130,218How to get in
Brandeis45.4%2025-269,7564,430How to get in
Cal State Long Beach45.4%2025-2688,27640,105How to get in
George Washington47.1%2025-2627,03412,741How to get in
SMU47.6%2025-2624,05311,459How to get in
Santa Clara47.9%2025-2620,0329,592How to get in
Loyola Marymount48.2%2025-2622,79810,992How to get in
Stony Brook48.2%2025-2664,19730,930How to get in
Syracuse48.8%2025-2646,64522,756How to get in
Ohio State49.2%2025-2681,39240,047How to get in
Stevens50.7%2025-2610,4995,321How to get in
Texas A&M51.7%2025-2662,96732,531How to get in
Baylor52.2%2025-2644,92423,459How to get in
University of Connecticut54.4%2025-2659,55332,369How to get in
Virginia Tech54.6%2025-2657,75531,515How to get in
Penn State55.3%2025-26106,54758,952How to get in
University of South Carolina56.5%2025-2659,63033,695How to get in
Georgia State57.2%2025-2642,32324,217How to get in
Colorado School of Mines58.0%2022-2310,8866,314How to get in
Fordham59.3%2024-2543,36425,719How to get in
University of Pittsburgh59.4%2025-2664,72438,477How to get in
UMass Amherst59.9%2025-2653,11731,813How to get in
University of San Francisco61.7%2024-2524,88815,358How to get in
WPI61.9%2025-2612,3557,647How to get in
Rutgers65.3%2023-2443,34728,326How to get in
American University65.6%2025-2620,96013,741How to get in
Rensselaer67.3%2025-2614,3569,655How to get in
UT Dallas69.1%2025-2636,35325,115How to get in
Drexel69.9%2025-2638,03026,583How to get in
RIT71.1%2025-2631,56522,439How to get in
University of Alabama71.2%2025-2661,99444,124How to get in
University of Delaware72.6%2025-2640,94329,745How to get in
Hofstra72.7%2025-2621,77115,821How to get in
UC Santa Cruz72.7%2025-2666,37448,274How to get in
University of Vermont73.0%2025-2625,43418,576How to get in
Cal Poly Pomona74.0%2025-2648,25835,688How to get in
Loyola Chicago75.1%2025-2643,95433,009How to get in
Miami University (Ohio)75.4%2024-2539,58029,843How to get in
University of Illinois Chicago75.8%2025-2629,92922,674How to get in
Indiana University75.9%2025-2674,07756,218How to get in
University of Colorado Boulder75.9%2024-2569,25052,539How to get in
Oregon State78.9%2025-2629,36223,172How to get in
University of Minnesota78.9%2025-2643,92934,648How to get in
San Jose State80.4%2025-2637,12429,845How to get in
University at Buffalo80.6%2025-2645,63736,780How to get in
Rose-Hulman80.9%2025-265,9914,847How to get in
Michigan State83.2%2025-2662,96552,411How to get in
University of Arizona83.5%2025-2656,37647,080How to get in
UC Riverside86.1%2025-2661,18452,676How to get in
Temple86.2%2025-2642,82436,922How to get in
George Mason86.5%2025-2626,01422,495How to get in
University of Oregon87.4%2025-2641,36836,148How to get in
DePaul87.8%2025-2627,46224,111How to get in
Iowa State87.9%2025-2624,62521,652How to get in
Arizona State88.4%2025-2669,61761,533How to get in
Virginia Commonwealth92.3%2024-2521,20119,572How to get in

Each college publishes its own Common Data Set, and the years differ: a few colleges have not posted a recent one, so compare the year column before comparing rates. Colleges whose Common Data Set could not be found or read are left out rather than estimated. Read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with any college listed.

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