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Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Class of 2028 Admission Rates

Students navigating the college admissions process continue to experience unique challenges and changes, including the announcement of an entirely digital SAT, continued test-optional policies, increasing application numbers, and each student applying to more colleges on average. All of this has led to an even more competitive year at the most selective colleges in the U.S., while other schools plan to admit more students than ever before in order to manage enrollment numbers.

Class of 2028 Application Numbers

The college admissions landscape continues to be competitive at the country’s most popular universities, with many schools posting record-high application numbers for the class of 2028. Schools like Northeastern University (98,373), Yale (57,512), Virginia Tech (52,365), and Bowdoin (13,200) all reported their largest applicant pools ever, with some schools like Dartmouth College seeing record-high numbers of students applying Early Decision or Early Action. With large applicant pools, it is likely we will see admission rates at these schools remain low or even decrease. This also might lead to more waitlist decisions, as colleges continue to try to manage their yields.

Class of 2028 Admit Rates

Overall admission rates for the class of 2028 are updated once information become available. Check back for updates as colleges continue to release data!

School Class of 2028  Class of 2027  Class of 2026  Class of 2025 
American University TBA 47.38% 40.63% 64.09%
Amherst College 9.01% 9.81% 7.25% 8.74%
Auburn University 45.92% 50.47% 43.60% 71.18%
Babson College 17.00% 19.74% 22.35% 25.35%
Barnard College 8.84% 7.96% 8.79% 10.40%
Bates College 13.00% 13.06% 13.76% 17.31%
Boston College 15.87% 15.45% 16.70% 18.90%
Boston University TBA 10.85% 14.00% 18.30%
Bowdoin College 7.13% 8.02% 9.19%  8.80%
Brandeis University TBA 35.33% 39.00% 39.00%
Brown University 5.39% 5.23% 5.00%  5.50%
Bucknell University 28.93% 32.01% 32.55% 34.50%
California Institute of Technology TBA 3.14% 2.69% 3.90%
Carleton College 17.85% 22.28% 16.63% 17.55%
Carnegie Mellon University 11.50% 11.40% 11.30% 13.54%
Case Western Reserve University 36.54% 28.67% 27.41% 30.24%
Claremont McKenna College TBA 11.12% 10.35% 11.24%
Colby College 7.00% 7.00% 7.45% 8.00%
Colgate University 13.59% 11.95% 12.43% 17.20%
College of the Holy Cross 18.00% 21.10% 36.00% 43.00%
Colorado College 19.00% 20.03% 16.30% 14.25%
Columbia University 3.86% 4.00%  3.74%  3.90%
Cornell University 8.41% 7.90% 7.26%  ~8.70%
Dartmouth College 5.40% 6.23% 6.38%  6.17%
Davidson College 13.40% 14.48% 16.95% 17.80%
Denison University 17.00% 16.93% 22.00% 28.27%
DePaul University 75.98% 73.53% 70.17% 69.44%
Dickinson College TBA 43.08% 34.92% 48.08%
Duke University 5.40% 6.30%  6.20% 5.70%
Elon University 66.35% 67.31% 74.46% 77.71%
Emory University Emory: 10.28%
Oxford: 12.66%		 Emory: 10.65%
Oxford: 17.53%		 Emory: 11.35%
Both campuses: 15.80%
 Both campuses: 20.40%
Fairfield University 33.00% 44.98% 52.18% 55.81%
Florida State University 21.82% 23.77% 25.04% 37.06%
Fordham University 59.29% 56.28% 54.13%
(source: email)		 58.30%
(source: email)
Furman University 42.96% 52.57% 67.02% 71.35%
George Washington University TBA 43.54% 48.98% 49.71%
Georgetown University 12.33% 13.08%  12.10%  12.00%
Georgia Tech Overall: 13.81%
In-state: 33.00%
Out-of-state and International: 10.00%		 Overall: 16.46%
In-state: 36.60%
Out-of-state: 12.53%
International: 9.95%		 17.14% 18.30%
Gonzaga University TBA 75.96% 69.77% 76.15%
Grinnell College 14.50% 12.68% 10.76% 10.50%
Hamilton College 13.62% 11.77% 11.78% 14.10%
Harvard University 3.65% 3.45%  3.19%  3.43%
Harvey Mudd College TBA 13.10% 13.36% 9.99%
Haverford College 12.37% 12.91% 14.21% 17.84%
Howard University ~31.00% 34.81% 51.90% 35.25%
Johns Hopkins University 5.67% 7.56%  7.24% 7.40%
Lafayette College 30.60% 31.40% 33.60% 40.70%
Lehigh University 25.93% 29.26% 36.98% 45.97%
Lewis & Clark College TBA 74.53% 68.59% 79.45%
Loyola Marymount University TBA 40.29% 41.31% 45.82%
Loyola University Maryland TBA ~76.00% 83.48% 84.21%
Macalester College 28.52% 28.21% 28.42% 31.26%
Marquette University TBA 87.48% 87.21% 86.26%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.55% 4.80% 3.96%  4.00%
Miami University – Ohio 80.78% 83.35% 87.92% 88.60%
Middlebury College 11.96% 10.37% 12.69%  15.70%
Mount Holyoke College 36.00% 38.00% 39.76% 52.30%
New York University 8.00% 9.41%  12.46% 12.80%
North Carolina State University Overall: 41.74%
In-state: 46.63%
Out-of-state and international: 36.17%		 Overall: 39.55%
In-state: 49.98%
Out-of-state: 28.67%
International: 28.45%		 Overall: 47.01% Overall: 47.23%
Northeastern University 5.20% 5.65% 6.80% 18.38%
Northwestern University ~7.50% 7.22%  7.21%  6.80%
Oberlin College College of Arts and Sciences: 34.00%
Conservatory of Music: 32.00%		 32.98% 34.90% 34.34%
Occidental College 44.17% 39.89% 39.40% 38.24%
Olin College of Engineering TBA 21.66% 19.14% 17.97%
Pepperdine University 59.08% 49.85% 48.71% 52.71%
Pitzer College 25.60% 16.66% 18.40% 18.31%
Pomona College 7.09% 6.76% 7.02%  6.60%
Princeton University 4.62% 4.50% 5.70%  3.98%
Purdue University Overall: 49.79%
In-state: 74.17%
Out-of-state: 50.70%
International: 27.56%		 Overall: 50.36%
In-state: 73.99%
Out-of-state: 50.40%
International: 29.78%		 Overall: 52.72%
In-state: 72.76%
Out-of-state: 54.15%
International: 30.56%		 Overall: 68.98%
In-state: 81.04%
Out-of-state: 70.04%
International: 51.90%
Reed College 24.61% 27.16% 30.80% 43.80%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TBA 58.50% 64.51% 53.06%
Rhode Island School of Design 18.66% 13.81% 17.42% 18.68%
Rice University 8.00% 7.88% 8.68% 9.30%
Santa Clara University 47.00% 43.84% 52.11% 53.99%
Sarah Lawrence College TBA TBA 49.88% Unknown
Skidmore College 21.00% 22.92% 25.54% 30.59%
Smith College 21.00% 19.73% 22.86% 29.91%
Southern Methodist University 63.35% 61.22%  52.25% 53.13% 
Stanford University TBA 3.91% 3.68%  3.95%
Swarthmore College 7.46% 6.94% 6.93% 8.00%
Syracuse University TBA 43.12% 51.75% 59.19%
Texas A&M Overall: 55.41%
In-state: 57.65%
Out-of-state: 45.11%
International: 47.97%		 63.10% 60.34% 64.13%
Texas Christian University 44.49% 42.60% 55.76% 53.61%
Trinity College 29.00% 33.52% 36.14% 37.75%
Trinity University 25.92% 28.16% 30.51% 33.72%
Tufts University 11.49% 10.13% 9.69% 11.00%
Tulane University 13.98% 14.59% 11.45% 9.63%
University of California – Berkeley Overall: 11.03%
In-state: 14.93%
Out-of-state: 7.34%
International: 3.36%		 Overall: 11.73%
In-state: 15.13%
Out-of-state: 7.80%
International: 3.53%		 11.39% 14.53%
University of California – Davis Overall: 42.11%
In-state: 36.71%
Out-of-state: 57.72%
International: 51.48%		 Overall: 41.64%
In-state: 36.25%
Out-of-state: 60.35%
International: 49.14%		 37.34% 48.74%
University of California – Irvine Overall: 28.78%
In-state: 21.82%
Out-of-state: 49.76%
International: 43.14%		 Overall: 25.75%
In-state: 20.39%
Out-of-state: 47.25%
International: 32.56%		 21.27% 26.34%
University of California – Los Angeles Overall: 8.97%
In-state: 9.53%
Out-of-state: 9.26%
International: 6.26%		 Overall: 8.73%
In-state: 9.46%
Out-of-state: 8.62%
International: 6.09%		 8.56% 10.76%
University of California – Merced Overall: 99.60%
In-state: TBA
Out-of-state: 85.25%
International: 81.02%		 Overall: 88.60%
In-state: 91.80%
Out-of-state: 75.97%
International: 61.56%		 89.46% 86.60%
University of California – Riverside Overall: 77.20%
In-state: 75.23%
Out-of-state: 95.28%
International: 84.85%		 Overall: 70.38%
In-state: 68.50%
Out-of-state: 85.23%
International: 78.65%		 68.69% 65.37%
University of California – San Diego Overall: 26.77%
In-state: 26.00%
Out-of-state: 33.56%
International: 22.36%		 Overall: 24.76%
In-state: 24.51%
Out-of-state: 31.92%
International: 17.93%		 23.70% 34.21%
University of California – Santa Barbara Overall: 32.96%
In-state: 32.25%
Out-of-state: 38.46%
International: 30.36%		 Overall: 27.78%
In-state: 28.05%
Out-of-state: 32.63%
International: 21.48%		 25.85% 29.18%
University of California – Santa Cruz Overall: 65.57%
In-state: 62.15%
Out-of-state: 81.41%
International: 77.06%		 Overall: 61.28%
In-state: 59.56%
Out-of-state: 80.14%
International: 58.85%		 46.85% 58.66%
University of Chicago 4.48% 4.79% 5.43% 6.20%
University of Florida TBA Overall: 24.03%
In-state: 52.58%
Out-of-state: 14.25%
International: 19.60%		 Overall: 23.35% Overall: 28.98%
University of Georgia Overall: ~37.36% Overall: 37.19%
In-state: 50.24%
Out-of-state: 28.11%
International: 21.60%		 Overall: 42.23%  Overall: 38.96%
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Overall: 42.37%
In-state: 54.39%
Out-of-state: 36.20%
International: 33.52%		 Overall: 43.69%
In-state: 56.23%
Out-of-state: 35.87%
International: 34.50%		 Overall: 44.82%
In-state: 56.23%
Out-of-state: 36.52%
International: 37.37% 		 Overall: 59.66%
In-state: 67.19%
Out-of-state: 56.48%
International: 49.56% 
University of Maryland Overall: 44.88% Overall: 44.84%
In-state: 53.90%
Out-of-state and International: 41.56%		 Overall: 36.00% Overall: 43.00%
University of Miami 19.00% 18.51% 18.94% 28.49%
University of Michigan TBA 17.94% 17.69% 20.15%
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill TBA Overall: 18.74%
In-state: 41.16%
Out-of-state: 9.33%
International: 18.22%		 16.85% 19.24%
University of Notre Dame 11.27% 12.38% 12.87% 14.60%
University of Pennsylvania 5.38% 5.87% 6.50% 5.68%
University of Richmond 22.20% 23.31% 24.37% 27.33%
University of Rochester TBA Overall: 35.85%
College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering: 35.81%
Eastman School of Music: 36.89%		 38.88% 40.55%
University of San Diego 52.38% 46.81% 52.61% 52.70%
University of Southern California 9.81% 10.01% 12.02% 12.00%
University of Tennessee – Knoxville Overall: 41.60%
In-state: ~67.39%
Out-of-state and international: ~24.87%		 Overall: 45.99%
In-state: 60.40%
Out-of-state: 43.02%
International: 35.19%		 68.41% 74.94%
University of Texas at Austin 11.00% (for the 25% of the incoming class that were not directly admitted) Overall: 29.12%
In-state: 40.97%
Out-of-state: 11.76%
International: 13.24%		 31.41% 28.75%
University of Vermont TBA 60.00% 59.79% 63.51%
University of Virginia In-state: 25.93%
Out-of-state: 13.83%
International: 10.46%		 In-state: 27.58%
Out-of-state: 13.18%
International: 11.50%		 In-state: 27.58%
Out-of-state: 15.21%		 In-state: 28.16%
Out-of-state: 17.45%
University of Washington – Seattle Overall: 39.50%
In-state: 47.90%
Out-of-state and international: TBA		 Overall: 42.53%
In-state: 52.27%
Out-of-state: 38.46%
International: 45.42%		 47.52% 53.48%
University of Wisconsin – Madison Overall: 45.17%
In-state: 59.27%
Out-of-state (other): 46.45%
MN compact: 38.46%
International: 33.26%		 Overall: 43.24%
In-state: 60.67%
Out-of-state: 42.67%
International: 31.91%		 Not reported 60.31%
Vanderbilt University 5.80% 6.28% 6.10% 6.70%
Vassar College TBA 17.73% 18.66% 20.15%
Villanova University 26.20% 20.50% 23.39% 25.24%
Wake Forest University 21.74% 21.56% 21.37% 25.18%
Washington and Lee University 14.12% 17.36% 16.96% 18.87%
Washington University in St. Louis 12.06% 11.96% 11.33% 13.00%
Wellesley College 13.74% 13.91% 13.57% 16.00%
Wesleyan University 16.00% 17.10% 14.43% 19.44%
Willamette University TBA 79.08% 80.63% 79.38%
William & Mary 34.00% 32.72% 33.50% 36.50%
Williams College 7.52% 9.99% 8.50% 8.00%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 60.16% 58.50% 57.48% 60.21%
Yale University 3.90% 4.50% 4.57% 4.62%

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