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College Acceptance Rates & Stats

Explore admission statistics for the most selective colleges in America. Click any school to see detailed stats, tips, and how to assess your chances.

#6

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California • Private

3% accept1560 SAT3.98 GPA
#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts • Private

3.5% accept1530 SAT3.95 GPA
#3

Stanford University

Stanford, California • Private

3.6% accept1520 SAT3.96 GPA
#12

Columbia University

New York City, New York • Private

4.3% accept1520 SAT3.93 GPA
#2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts • Private

4.5% accept1540 SAT3.96 GPA
#6

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois • Private

4.5% accept1540 SAT3.97 GPA
#5

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut • Private

4.6% accept1530 SAT3.94 GPA
#4

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey • Private

4.6% accept1530 SAT3.95 GPA
#7

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina • Private

4.8% accept1535 SAT3.94 GPA
#6

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Private

4.9% accept1520 SAT3.93 GPA
#13

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island • Private

5.4% accept1540 SAT3.95 GPA
#43

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts • Private

5.6% accept1490 SAT3.9 GPA
#17

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee • Private

5.9% accept1540 SAT3.89 GPA
#13

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire • Private

6% accept1520 SAT3.94 GPA
#7

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland • Private

6.4% accept1540 SAT3.93 GPA
#9

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois • Private

7% accept1540 SAT3.92 GPA
#17

Rice University

Houston, Texas • Private

7.75% accept1540 SAT3.94 GPA
#12

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York • Private

8.4% accept1540 SAT3.94 GPA
#18

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana • Private

9% accept1510 SAT3.94 GPA
#35

New York University

New York City, New York • Private

9.2% accept1520 SAT3.71 GPA
#17

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California • Public

9.4% accept0 SAT3.97 GPA
#24

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia • Private

10.3% accept1510 SAT3.84 GPA
#40

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts • Private

10.5% accept1510 SAT3.92 GPA
#42

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts • Private

11.1% accept1470 SAT3.9 GPA
#28

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California • Private

11.2% accept1520 SAT3.8 GPA
#15

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California • Public

11.4% accept0 SAT3.94 GPA
#20

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Private

11.7% accept1540 SAT3.91 GPA
#24

Georgetown University

Washington, D.C. • Private

12% accept1490 SAT3.93 GPA
#24

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri • Private

12% accept1520 SAT3.94 GPA
#32

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia • Public

12.7% accept1460 SAT3.97 GPA
#43

Tulane University

New Orleans, Louisiana • Private

13% accept1473 SAT3.8 GPA
#39

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts • Private

15% accept1490 SAT3.91 GPA
#26

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina • Public

15.3% accept1470 SAT3.97 GPA
#26

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia • Public

15.7% accept1470 SAT3.97 GPA
#20

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan • Public

16.4% accept1460 SAT3.93 GPA
#67

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida • Private

19% accept1430 SAT3.8 GPA
#30

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida • Public

19.8% accept1400 SAT3.95 GPA
#33

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, California • Public

20.9% accept0 SAT4.05 GPA
#51

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina • Private

21.7% accept1460 SAT3.88 GPA
#51

Villanova University

Villanova, Pennsylvania • Private

22% accept1460 SAT3.85 GPA
#28

University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, California • Public

23.7% accept0 SAT4.1 GPA
#53

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida • Public

25% accept1340 SAT3.75 GPA
#35

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California • Public

25.8% accept0 SAT4.07 GPA
#44

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio • Private

30% accept1470 SAT3.85 GPA
#32

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas • Public

31% accept1400 SAT3.82 GPA
#51

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania • Private

32% accept1430 SAT3.78 GPA
#41

William & Mary

Williamsburg, Virginia • Public

34% accept1460 SAT3.88 GPA
#55

Pepperdine University

Malibu, California • Private

36% accept1390 SAT3.75 GPA
#28

University of California, Davis

Davis, California • Public

36.5% accept0 SAT4 GPA
#47

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia • Public

39% accept1390 SAT3.82 GPA
#62

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York • Private

41% accept1350 SAT3.62 GPA
#55

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, California • Private

42% accept1420 SAT3.76 GPA
#43

Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana • Public

43% accept1380 SAT3.75 GPA
#40

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington • Public

43% accept1420 SAT3.85 GPA
#35

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois • Public

43% accept1420 SAT3.8 GPA
#60

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina • Public

43% accept1340 SAT3.7 GPA
#35

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin • Public

43% accept1420 SAT3.82 GPA
#46

University of Maryland, College Park

College Park, Maryland • Public

44% accept1440 SAT3.78 GPA
#77

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama • Public

44% accept1280 SAT3.65 GPA
#55

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas • Private

45% accept1410 SAT3.7 GPA
#67

Fordham University

New York City, New York • Private

46% accept1380 SAT3.68 GPA
#43

Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio • Public

53% accept1370 SAT3.75 GPA
#47

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas • Public

54% accept1310 SAT3.68 GPA
#60

Penn State University

University Park, Pennsylvania • Public

54% accept1310 SAT3.62 GPA
#51

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York • Private

57% accept1430 SAT3.8 GPA
#47

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia • Public

57% accept1340 SAT3.72 GPA
#67

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Public

57% accept1360 SAT3.65 GPA
#40

Rutgers University–New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey • Public

66% accept1350 SAT3.6 GPA
#53

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota • Public

69% accept1360 SAT3.65 GPA
#86

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana • Public

71% accept1210 SAT3.5 GPA
#86

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado • Public

80% accept1290 SAT3.55 GPA
#67

Indiana University Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana • Public

80% accept1270 SAT3.55 GPA
#77

University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama • Public

80% accept1250 SAT3.55 GPA
#77

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan • Public

83% accept1250 SAT3.55 GPA
#97

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona • Public

87% accept1200 SAT3.4 GPA
#105

Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona • Public

88% accept1230 SAT3.45 GPA

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