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College Admission Statistics

College Acceptance Rates

The admissions process, while time-consuming and complex, is also fun and fascinating. Below, we’ve included some important college admissions statistics, facts, and figures that will help you understand the trends in admission over the past decade.

2022 college admission rates dropped as low as 3.19%, making it another competitive year for students applying to the most selective colleges and universities in the US. College acceptance rates over time have been dropping dramatically, making for an extremely competitive admissions process at some of the country’s top colleges and universities. Here’s a look at US college admission rates over the years.

College Acceptance Stats

School20232022202120202019201820172007
Amherst College9.00%7.25%8.7%11.8%10.8%12.8%13% 17.5%
Babson College22.35%23.4%26%26%24%24%N/A
Barnard College6.50%9.00%10.4%10.8%11.3%13.9%15.4%28%
Boston College15.00%16.70%18.9%23.8%27.1%27%32% 27.3%
Boston University10.70%14.00%18.3%18.5%18%22%25%54%
Bowdoin College7.75%9.19%8.8%9.1%8.9%10.5%13.4%18.9%
Brown University5.09%5.00%5.4%6.8%6.6%7.2%8.3% 14.9%
Bucknell University32.55%34.5%37.5%34.2%31%31%30%
California Institute of TechnologyTBA3.9%6.7%6.4%8%8%16.8%
Carleton College 21.75%16.63%17.5%20.1%18.9%19.4%20%29.8%
Carnegie Mellon University11.30%13.5%17.2%15.4%17.1%22.1%27.9%
Claremont McKenna College10.30%13%10%8.9%8.9%10.4%N/A
Colby College6.00%7.45%8%9.4%9.63%13%15.8%31.8%
Colgate University12.34%17.2%27.4%22.3%25%28%25.6%
College of William and Mary 32.00%33.50%42%42%38%36%35%33.6%
Columbia University3.90%3.74%3.66%6.1%5.1%5.5%5.8% 12%
Cornell University7.26%8.6%10.7%10.5%10.3%12.5% 21.4%
Dartmouth College6.23%6.38%6.17%8.8%7.9%8.7%10.4% 17.7%
Davidson College16.95%20.3%19%18.3%18.7%20%N/A
Duke University 6.00%6.20%7.4%7.7%7.4%8.3%9% 21%
Emory University 16.24%15.80%20.4%17.5%15.6%18.2%21.8%N/A
George Washington UniversityTBA43%38.7%41%41.8%40.8% 37%
Georgetown University13.00%12.10%12%15.5%14%14.5%15% 20.8%
Georgia Institute of Technology 16.00%17.14%21.3%20%18.8%22%23.2%63%
Hamilton College11.78%18%18.4%16.1%20.8%23.6%27.7%
Harvard University3.41%3.19%3.43%4.9%4.5%4.6%5.2% 9.8%
Harvey Mudd College13.36%13.7%17.9%13.6%14.5%13.9% N/A
Haverford College14.21%17.8%18.2%16.1%18.7%19.4%25%
Johns Hopkins University7.24%7.4%8.8%9.1%9.9%11.8%24%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology4.68%3.96%4%7.2%6.6%6.7%7.1% 12.5%
Middlebury College 11.50%15.7%24.3%15.9%18.4%19.7% 13%
New York University8.00%12.46%12.8%15.3%16%19%28% 36.7%
Northwestern University7.00%7.00%6.8%9%8.9%8.4%9% 26.8%
Pomona College7.02%6.6%7.2%6.9%6.9%8.2% 16.3%
Princeton University5.70%3.98%5.5%5.7%5.5%6.09% 10%
Rice University7.70%8.56%9.3%10%8.7%11%16%N/A
Stanford University 3.68%3.95%5.2%4.3%4.3%4.65% 10.3%
Swarthmore College6.78%6.93%8.9%8.8%8.7%9.1%10.2% 24%
Trinity University31.00%33.7%33.6%29%33%32%51.5%
Tufts University9.50%9.69%11%15%14.6%14.6%14.8%27%
Tulane University ~14.29%11.45%9.73%11%13.1%17%21.5%44%
University of California – Berkeley11.39%16.8%17.5%16.8%15.2%18.3% 23.3%
University of California – Los Angeles8.56%14%14.3%12%14.1%16.1%23.5%
University of Chicago 5.00%5.44%6.2%6.2%5.9%7.2%8.7% 34.9%
University of Michigan17.69%20.2%26.1%22.7%23.4%24% 50.3%
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill16.85%19%23.5%21.4%21.9%26.2%34.8%
University of Notre Dame11.90%12.87%14.6%16.5%15.3%17.6%18.4% 24.4%
University of Pennsylvania6.51%5.68%8%7.4%8.4%9.1% 20.5%
University of Richmond22.00%24.37%28.7%30%28.3%29.8%32.9%40%
University of Southern California9.90%11.88%12%15.8%11%12.8%16% 25.3%
University of Virginia16.30%18.68%21%20.5%24.3%26.5%27% 35.2%
Vanderbilt University5.61%6.10%6.7%11.6%7.8%9.2%10.3% 32.8%
Vassar College18.66%19%24.5%23.4%24%22.8%28.6%
Wake Forest University20.00%25.2%31.9%29%27.5%27%42.4%
Washington and Lee University16.96%18.8%24.5%18%21.1%21.9%27.4%
Washington University in St. Louis10.00%13%16%14%15%16%N/A
Wellesley College13.00%13.57%16%19%20%19%22%35.7%
Wesleyan University15.75%14.43%15.4%20%15.8%17.5%15.4% 27.4%
Williams College9.80%8.50%8%15%12.4%12.2%14.6% 17.4%
Yale University4.35%4.57%4.62%6.4%5.9%6.3%6.9% 11.4%

*Some schools have announced that they will not provide admission statistics at the time decisions are released. This means data may not be available until the publication of their Common Data Set the following year.

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