Updated for the 2026–2027 Admissions Cycle
College Acceptance Rates & Stats
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Chances of getting into Caltech
3% acceptance rate · 1560 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Harvard
3.5% acceptance rate · 1530 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Stanford
3.6% acceptance rate · 1520 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Columbia
4.3% acceptance rate · 1520 avg SAT
Chances of getting into MIT
4.5% acceptance rate · 1540 avg SAT
Chances of getting into UChicago
4.5% acceptance rate · 1540 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Yale
4.6% acceptance rate · 1530 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Princeton
4.6% acceptance rate · 1530 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Duke
4.8% acceptance rate · 1535 avg SAT
Chances of getting into UPenn
4.9% acceptance rate · 1520 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Brown
5.4% acceptance rate · 1540 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Northeastern
5.6% acceptance rate · 1490 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Vanderbilt
5.9% acceptance rate · 1540 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Dartmouth
6% acceptance rate · 1520 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Johns Hopkins
6.4% acceptance rate · 1540 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Barnard
6.5% acceptance rate · 1470 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Northwestern
7% acceptance rate · 1540 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Swarthmore
7% acceptance rate · 1505 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Pomona
7% acceptance rate · 1510 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Amherst
7.3% acceptance rate · 1510 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Colby
7.5% acceptance rate · 1450 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Rice
7.75% acceptance rate · 1540 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Cornell
8.4% acceptance rate · 1540 avg SAT
Chances of getting into Bowdoin
8.7% acceptance rate · 1475 avg SAT
Top public universities
University of California, Los Angeles9.4%University of California, Berkeley11.4%Georgia Institute of Technology12.7%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill15.3%
University of Virginia15.7%University of Michigan16.4%University of Florida19.8%
University of California, Irvine20.9%
University of California, San Diego23.7%
Florida State University25%
University of California, Santa Barbara25.8%
California Polytechnic State University28%
Top private universities
California Institute of Technology3%Harvard University3.5%Stanford University3.6%Columbia University4.3%Massachusetts Institute of Technology4.5%University of Chicago4.5%Yale University4.6%Princeton University4.6%Duke University4.8%University of Pennsylvania4.9%Brown University5.4%Northeastern University5.6%
All 223 schools, A to Z
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B
- Barnard CollegeNew York6.5%
- Bates CollegeMaine13.5%
- Baylor UniversityTexas45%
- Binghamton UniversityNew York38%
- Boston CollegeMassachusetts15%
- Boston UniversityMassachusetts11.1%
- Bowdoin CollegeMaine8.7%
- Bowling Green State UniversityOhio80%
- Brandeis UniversityMassachusetts30%
- Brigham Young UniversityUtah39%
- Brown UniversityRhode Island5.4%
- Bucknell UniversityPennsylvania30%
C
- California Institute of TechnologyCalifornia3%
- California Polytechnic State UniversityCalifornia28%
- University of California, BerkeleyCalifornia11.4%
- University of California, DavisCalifornia36.5%
- University of California, IrvineCalifornia20.9%
- University of California, Los AngelesCalifornia9.4%
- University of California, MercedCalifornia85%
- University of California, RiversideCalifornia66%
- University of California, San DiegoCalifornia23.7%
- University of California, Santa BarbaraCalifornia25.8%
- University of California, Santa CruzCalifornia47%
- Carleton CollegeMinnesota15%
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityPennsylvania11.7%
- Case Western Reserve UniversityOhio30%
- University of Central FloridaFlorida41%
- Chapman UniversityCalifornia52%
- College of CharlestonSouth Carolina74%
- University of ChicagoIllinois4.5%
- Christopher Newport UniversityVirginia65%
- University of CincinnatiOhio77%
- Claremont McKenna CollegeCalifornia9.5%
- Clemson UniversitySouth Carolina43%
- Coastal Carolina UniversitySouth Carolina72%
- Colby CollegeMaine7.5%
- Colgate UniversityNew York12%
- University of Colorado BoulderColorado80%
- Colorado CollegeColorado11%
- Colorado School of MinesColorado55%
- Colorado State UniversityColorado85%
- Columbia UniversityNew York4.3%
- University of ConnecticutConnecticut56%
- Connecticut CollegeConnecticut34%
- Cornell UniversityNew York8.4%
- Creighton UniversityNebraska72%
D
E
F
G
- George Mason UniversityVirginia89%
- George Washington UniversityD.C.49%
- Georgetown UniversityD.C.12%
- University of GeorgiaGeorgia39%
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia12.7%
- Georgia Southern UniversityGeorgia81%
- Georgia State UniversityGeorgia67%
- Gonzaga UniversityWashington62%
- Grand Valley State UniversityMichigan83%
- Grinnell CollegeIowa10%
H
I
L
M
- Macalester CollegeMinnesota30%
- Manhattan CollegeNew York72%
- Marist CollegeNew York50%
- Marquette UniversityWisconsin74%
- University of Maryland, College ParkMaryland44%
- University of Massachusetts AmherstMassachusetts55%
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts4.5%
- University of Massachusetts LowellMassachusetts87%
- Mercer UniversityGeorgia68%
- University of MiamiFlorida19%
- Miami UniversityOhio68%
- University of MichiganMichigan16.4%
- Michigan State UniversityMichigan83%
- Middlebury CollegeVermont13%
- University of Minnesota DuluthMinnesota78%
- University of Minnesota Twin CitiesMinnesota69%
- University of MississippiMississippi88%
- Mississippi State UniversityMississippi80%
- University of MissouriMissouri78%
- Montclair State UniversityNew Jersey78%
- Morehouse CollegeGeorgia37%
N
- University of Nebraska-LincolnNebraska80%
- University of New HampshireNew Hampshire78%
- New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNew Jersey67%
- New York UniversityNew York9.2%
- University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNorth Carolina15.3%
- North Carolina State UniversityNorth Carolina47%
- University of North DakotaNorth Dakota82%
- Northeastern UniversityMassachusetts5.6%
- Northern Illinois UniversityIllinois68%
- Northwestern UniversityIllinois7%
- University of Notre DameIndiana9%
O
P
R
- Ramapo College of New JerseyNew Jersey62%
- Reed CollegeOregon43%
- Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteNew York57%
- Rice UniversityTexas7.75%
- University of RichmondVirginia23%
- Rider UniversityNew Jersey76%
- University of RochesterNew York37%
- Rochester Institute of TechnologyNew York66%
- Rollins CollegeFlorida52%
- Rowan UniversityNew Jersey76%
- Rutgers University–New BrunswickNew Jersey66%
S
- Sacred Heart UniversityConnecticut65%
- University of San DiegoCalifornia49%
- San Diego State UniversityCalifornia33%
- University of San FranciscoCalifornia64%
- Santa Clara UniversityCalifornia42%
- Savannah College of Art and DesignGeorgia92%
- Seton Hall UniversityNew Jersey72%
- Sewanee: The University of the SouthTennessee50%
- Siena CollegeNew York68%
- University of South CarolinaSouth Carolina63%
- South Dakota State UniversitySouth Dakota88%
- University of South FloridaFlorida43%
- University of Southern CaliforniaCalifornia11.2%
- Southern Illinois University CarbondaleIllinois86%
- Southern Methodist UniversityTexas45%
- Spelman CollegeGeorgia25%
- St. John's UniversityNew York68%
- Stanford UniversityCalifornia3.6%
- Stetson UniversityFlorida62%
- Stevens Institute of TechnologyNew Jersey41%
- Stockton UniversityNew Jersey80%
- Stony Brook UniversityNew York49%
- Swarthmore CollegePennsylvania7%
- Syracuse UniversityNew York41%
T
- University of TampaFlorida53%
- Temple UniversityPennsylvania72%
- University of TennesseeTennessee80%
- Texas A&M UniversityTexas54%
- University of Texas at AustinTexas31%
- Texas Christian UniversityTexas40%
- University of ToledoOhio91%
- Towson UniversityMaryland74%
- Trinity CollegeConnecticut28%
- Tufts UniversityMassachusetts10.5%
- Tulane UniversityLouisiana13%
- University of TulsaOklahoma73%
U
V
W
- Wake Forest UniversityNorth Carolina21.7%
- University of WashingtonWashington43%
- Washington and Lee UniversityVirginia17%
- Washington State UniversityWashington83%
- Washington University in St. LouisMissouri12%
- Wellesley CollegeMassachusetts13%
- Wesleyan UniversityConnecticut14%
- Whitman CollegeWashington46%
- William & MaryVirginia34%
- Williams CollegeMassachusetts9%
- University of Wisconsin-MadisonWisconsin43%
- Wofford CollegeSouth Carolina67%
- Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMassachusetts52%
- Wright State UniversityOhio95%
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