Updated: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
The first members of the college class of 2029 are in! Here’s our breakdown of the early admission rates for the class of 2029. We will continue updating this post as more information becomes available!
Early application rounds have gained popularity in recent years with both colleges and applicants. More schools are offering more early admission rounds, with some even offering three (or even four!) opportunities to apply early with Early Action (EA), Early Decision (ED) I and II, and even “hidden” Early Decision III rounds. Admission rates in early pools tend to be higher, with a smaller pool of highly qualified applicants indicating the school is their top-choice. Since colleges care about informed interest and yield rates, it’s important that these applicants are sure to attend if applying in a binding round (ED), or more likely to enroll if admitted EA.
So, how have these trends impacted college admissions rates? Some schools experience record-high application numbers, which can result in record-low acceptance rates at some of the most selective institutions. To learn about the early round acceptance rates at the colleges on your best-fit list, check out our chart below:
| School | Class of 2029 Early Admission Rate | Class of 2028 Early Admission Rate | Class of 2027 Early Admission Rate |
| American University | TBA | ED I and II: 79.75% | ED I and II: 84.69% |
| Amherst College | TBA | TBA | ED: 27.13% |
| Auburn University | TBA | TBA | EA: 44.00% |
| Babson College | TBA | ED I and II: 27.50% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 32.66% EA: 20.80% |
| Barnard College | TBA | ED: 25.62% | ED: 27.05% |
| Bates College | TBA | ED I and II: 27.13% | ED I and II: 41.73% |
| Baylor University | TBA | ED: 76.72% EA: Not announced |
ED: Not announced EA: Not announced |
| Boston College | ED I and II: ~30.00% | ED I and II: 33.00% | ED I and II: 30.11% |
| Boston University | TBA | ED I and II: 28.25% | ED I and II: 26.09% |
| Bowdoin College | ED I and II: 14.80% | ED I and II: 13.47% | ED I and II: 17.56% |
| Brandeis University | TBA | ED I and II: 42.22% | ED I and II: 48.68% |
| Brown University | ED: 17.95% | ED: 14.38% | ED: 13.03% |
| Carleton College | TBA | ED I and II: 36.58% | ED I and II: 38.78% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | TBA | TBA | ED I and II: 13.62% |
| Chapman University | TBA | ED: 51.42% EA: Not announced |
ED: 62.04% EA: Not announced |
| Colgate University | ED I and II: 35.25% | ED I and II: 19.22% | ED I and II: 22.94% |
| College of William & Mary | ED I and II: 49.73% | ED I and II: 47.04% | ED I and II: 45.48% |
| Colorado College | ED I and II: 35.00% EA: 26.00% |
ED I and II: 31.81% EA: 20.57% |
ED I and II: 35.33% EA: 23.00% |
| Columbia University | TBA | ED: 13.23% | ED: 14.65% |
| Cornell University | ED: 18.78% | ED: 11.64% | ED: 17.55% |
| Dartmouth College | TBA | ED: 17.07% | ED: 19.94% |
| Denison University | TBA | TBA | ED I and II: 21.95% |
| Duke University | ED: 11.11% | ED: 17.33% | ED: 16.48% |
| Elon University | TBA | ED: 92.23% EA: Not announced |
ED: 89.66% EA: Not announced |
| Emory University | ED I: 30.05% (rate calculated overall across both campuses) ED II: Emory College: 10.00% ED II: Oxford College: 11.00% |
ED I: 31.99% (rate calculated overall across both campuses) ED II: Emory College: 12.00% ED II: Oxford College: 11.00% |
ED I: 37.41% (rate calculated overall across both campuses) ED II: Emory College: 11.73% ED II: Oxford College: Not announced |
| Fairfield University | ED I and II: TBA EA: 28.00% |
ED I and II: 79.84% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 89.64% EA: 46.49% |
| Fordham University | TBA | ED I and II: 51.60% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 68.29% EA: Not announced |
| Furman University | TBA | ED I and II: 24.80% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 28.14% EA: 69.24% |
| George Washington University | TBA | ED I and II: 66.29% | ED I and II: 63.96% |
| Georgetown University | EA: 11.11% | EA: 10.26% | EA: ~11.76% |
| Georgia Tech | EA I (In-state): 32.65% EA II (Out-of-state and international): 8.15% |
EA I (In-state): 39.00% EA II (Out-of-state and international): 9.42% |
EA I (In-state): ~40.00% EA II (Out-of-state and international): ~10.00% |
| Grinnell College | ED I: 48.00% ED II: 18.00% |
ED I and II: 34.18% | ED I and II: 40.80% |
| Harvard University | TBA | REA: 8.74% | REA: 7.56% |
| Harvey Mudd College | TBA | ED I and II: 16.16% | ED I and II: 17.83% |
| Howard University | TBA | ED: 49.43% EA: Not announced |
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| Johns Hopkins University | TBA | TBA | ED I and II: 13.61% |
| Lafayette College | TBA | ED I and II: 42.41% | ED I and II: 43.58% |
| Lehigh University | TBA | ED I and II: 44.93% | ED I and II: 52.72% |
| Lewis & Clark College | TBA | ED: 71.43% EA: Not announced |
ED: 85.94% EA: 83.83% |
| Loyola Marymount University | TBA | ED I and II: 44.11% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 62.01% EA: Not announced |
| Macalester College | TBA | ED I and II: 39.37% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 46.32% EA: Not announced |
| Miami University | TBA | ED: 84.07% EA I and II: Not announced |
ED: 89.30% EA I and II: Not announced |
| Middlebury College | TBA | ED I and II: 30.50% | ED I and II: 34.02% |
| MIT | EA: 5.98% | EA: 5.26% | EA: 5.74% |
| Muhlenberg College | TBA | TBA | ED I and II: 74.81% EA: Not announced |
| Northeastern University | TBA | TBA | ED I and II: 38.67% EA: Not announced |
| Northwestern University | ED: ~20.00% | ED: 23.01% | ED: 22.55% |
| Oberlin College | TBA | ED I and II: 38.74% | ED I and II: 35.57% |
| Occidental College | ED I and II: 65.00% | ED I and II: 47.85% | ED I and II: 52.15% |
| Pace University | TBA | ED: 29.29% EA I and II: Not announced |
ED: 94.44% EA I and II: 86.50% |
| Pomona College | TBA | ED I and II: 12.98% | ED I and II: 12.54% |
| Providence College | TBA | ED I and II: 85.50% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 81.34% EA: 53.87% |
| Reed College | TBA | ED I and II: 15.21% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 21.72% EA: 40.48% |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | TBA | ED I and II: 57.92% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 58.55% EA: Not announced |
| Rice University | ED I: 13.20% ED II: 6.00% |
ED: 16.81% | ED: 16.46% |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | TBA | ED I and II: 72.20% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 72.78% EA: Not announced |
| Santa Clara University | ED I and EA combined: 50.00% | ED I and EA combined: 52.00% ED I and II: 80.13% |
ED I and EA combined: 49.00% ED I and II: 71.30% |
| Sarah Lawrence College | TBA | ED I and II: 49.54% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 65.57% EA: 66.53% |
| Scripps College | TBA | ED I and II: 47.04% | ED I and II: 47.41% |
| Skidmore College | TBA | ED I: 56.29% ED II: 22.96% |
ED I: 66.08% ED II: 21.60% |
| Smith College | TBA | ED I and II: 38.20% | ED I and II: 32.58% |
| Southern Methodist University | ED I and II: TBA EA: TBA |
ED I and II: 87.38% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 74.27% EA: 81.11% |
| Swarthmore College | TBA | ED I and II: 18.02% | ED I and II: 15.91% |
| Texas Christian University | TBA | ED I and II: 68.52% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 58.67% EA: 54.63% |
| Trinity College | TBA | ED I and II: 43.60% | ED I and II: Not announced |
| Trinity University | TBA | ED I and II: 48.04% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 54.21% EA: Not announced |
| Tulane University | TBA | ED I and II: 59.40% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 68.09% EA: 16.82% |
| University of Connecticut | ED: ~60.00% | No early rounds offered this year | No early rounds offered this year |
| University of Georgia | EA: Overall: ~31.46% In-state: ~41.60% Out-of-state: ~23.54% |
EA: In-state: 50.00% Out-of-state: 25.00% |
EA: 31.74% |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | TBA | EA: 64.18% | EA: 61.22% |
| University of Miami | TBA | ED I and II: 47.57% EA: Not announced |
ED I and II: 59.94% EA: Not announced |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | TBA | TBA | EA: 23.05% |
| University of Notre Dame | REA: 12.92% | REA: 14.99% | REA: 15.24% |
| University of Pennsylvania | TBA | ED: 14.22% | ED: 14.85% |
| University of Richmond | TBA | ED I and II: 33.79% EA: 23.00% |
ED I and II: 37.80% EA: 22.49% |
| University of Rochester | TBA | TBA | ED I and II: 39.22% |
| University of Southern California | EA: 8.37% | EA: 7.17% | EA: 6.12% |
| University of Vermont | TBA | ED: 93.74% EA: Not announced |
ED: 84.38% EA: Not announced |
| University of Virginia | ED: In-state: 29.52% Out-of-state: 21.00% EA: In-state: 24.80% Out-of-state: 12.92% |
ED: In-state: 30.39% Out-of-state: 18.54% EA: In-state: 28.23% Out-of-state: 13.31% |
ED: In-state: 31.11% Out-of-state: 17.06% EA: In-state: 27.47% Out-of-state: 12.37% |
| Vanderbilt University | ED I and II: 13.20% | ED I and II: 15.38% | ED I and II: 16.94% |
| Vassar College | TBA | ED I and II: 31.23% | ED I and II: 33.46% |
| Washington and Lee University | TBA | ED I and II: 33.89% | ED I and II: 34.46% |
| Washington University in St. Louis | TBA | ED I and II: 25.26% | ED I and II: 25.64% |
| Wellesley College | TBA | ED I and II: 29.82% | ED I and II: 30.23% |
| Wesleyan University | TBA | ED I and II: 38.35% | ED I and II: 40.07% |
| Williams College | ED: 26.66% | ED: 23.34% | ED: 27.04% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | TBA | ED I and II: 75.63% EA I and II: 68.89% |
ED I and II: 73.40% EA I and II: 66.74% |
| Yale University | REA: 10.82% | REA: 9.02% | REA: 10.02% |
Often, instead of an acceptance or rejection, applicants are deferred, meaning that their applications will be reviewed again in the Regular Decision round. If you were deferred, here are some additional resources on what a deferral means and how you can improve your chances of admission:
For a deeper dive into deferrals, register for our free webinar recording: What to Know About Deferrals: Understanding Deferrals and the Next Steps to Take.
At IvyWise, we work with students to help them navigate deferral decisions, including how to approach it and what their application strategy should be for the regular round. Contact us today for more information on our Deferral Consultation!
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