Ivy League and Top College Acceptance Rates and Admissions Statistics
Top Tier Admissions provides you with the latest college admissions statistics, from Ivy League admissions stats to college acceptance rates for top liberal arts schools and universities. With early admissions stats for the Class of 2028 and Class of 2028 regular decision Ivy League admissions data as well as stats from previous years, our college acceptance rate data and summaries will help you understand trends in college admissions.
Comparing early decision statistics can help college applicants like you better understand your chances for admission to Ivy League schools and highly selective colleges and universities, from Brown or Dartmouth to U Penn or MIT. All schools have gotten more competitive given the trickle down effect, so stay tuned as we update admissions data to give you information on acceptance rates at competitive schools from Northwestern and Middlebury to Davidson and Duke.
*Note: When ‘total number of students’ is referenced on our site, technically this refers to the total number of applications submitted.
Top Schools Acceptance Rates by Year
| School | 2028 Acceptance Rate | 2027 Acceptance Rate | 2026 Acceptance Rate | 2025 Acceptance Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American University | 55.0% | 44.0% | 40.6% | 64.1% |
| Amherst College | 9.0% | 9.0% | 7.3% | 8.7% |
| Babson College | NA | 19.7% | 22.4% | 25.4% |
| Barnard College | 7.0% | 6.5% | 8.8% | 10.4% |
| Bates College | NA | 12.0% | 13.8% | 17.3% |
| Boston College | 14.7% | 15.0% | 16.7% | 18.9% |
| Boston University | 10.7% | 11.0% | 14.0% | 18.3% |
| Bowdoin College | 7.0% | 8.0% | 9.2% | 8.80% |
| Brown University | 5.2% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 5.50% |
| Bucknell University | 28.0% | 32.0% | 32.6% | 34.5% |
| Caltech | NA | TBA | 2.7% | 3.9% |
| Carleton College | 17.9% | 21.8% | 16.6% | 17.6% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | NA | 11.0% | 11.3% | 13.5% |
| Case Western Reserve University | NA | 28.7% | 27.4% | 30.2% |
| Claremont McKenna College | NA | 11.1% | 10.4% | 11.2% |
| Colby College | 6.6% | 6.0% | 7.5% | 8.0% |
| Colgate University | NA | 12.0% | 12.34% | 17.2% |
| College of the Holy Cross | 16.0% | 21.0% | 36.0% | 43.0% |
| Colorado College | 18.0% | 20% | 16.3% | 14.3% |
| Columbia University | 3.8% | 3.9% | 3.74% | 3.90% |
| Cornell University | NA | 7.3% | 7.3% | ~8.70% |
| Dartmouth College | 5.3% | 6.2% | 6.4% | 6.17% |
| Davidson College | NA | 14.5% | 17.0% | 17.8% |
| Denison University | NA | 17.0% | 22.0% | 28.3% |
| Duke University | 5.1% | 6.0% | 6.20% | 5.7% |
| Elon University | NA | 67.0% | 74.5% | 77.7% |
| Emory University | 14.5% | 10.0% | 15.8% | 20.4% |
| Fairfield University | 33.0% | 44.9% | 52.2% | 55.8% |
| Florida State University | 21.8% | 23.8% | 25.0% | 37.1% |
| Fordham University | 57.0% | 54.3% | 53.0% | 58.3% |
| Georgetown University | 12.3% | 13.0% | 12.10% | 12.00% |
| Georgia Tech | 14.0% | 16.0% | 17.1% | 18.3% |
| Grinnell College | NA | 12.7% | 10.8% | 10.5% |
| Hamilton College | NA | 11.8% | 11.8% | 14.1% |
| Harvard University | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.19% | 3.43% |
| Harvey Mudd College | NA | 13.1% | 13.4% | 10.0% |
| Haverford College | NA | 12.9% | 14.2% | 17.8% |
| Johns Hopkins University | 4.6% | 6.3% | 7.24% | 7.4% |
| Lafayette College | 30.6% | 30.7% | 33.6% | 40.7% |
| Lehigh University | 25.0% | 28.5% | 37.0% | 46.0% |
| Loyola University Maryland | NA | 76.0% | 83.5% | 84.2% |
| Macalester College | 27.8% | 27.6% | 28.4% | 31.3% |
| Miami University, Ohio | NA | 83.4% | 82.54% | 88.6% |
| Middlebury College | NA | 11.0% | 12.7% | 15.70% |
| MIT | 4.5% | 4.8% | 3.96% | 4.0% |
| New York University | 8.0% | 8.0% | 12.46% | 12.8% |
| Northeastern University | NA | 6.0% | 6.8% | 18.4% |
| Northwestern University | 7.5% | 7.0% | 7.21% | 6.80% |
| Oberlin College | 34.0% | 32.9% | 34.9% | 34.3% |
| Pepperdine University | NA | TBA | 48.7% | 52.7% |
| Pitzer College | NA | 16.7% | 18.4% | 18.3% |
| Pomona College | NA | 6.8% | 7.0% | 6.60% |
| Princeton University | NA | 4.5% | 5.7% | 3.98% |
| Rice University | 7.5% | 7.7% | 8.7% | 9.3% |
| Santa Clara University | 47.0% | 42.0% | 52.1% | 54.0% |
| Smith College | NA | 19.0% | 22.9% | 29.9% |
| Stanford University | NA | 3.9% | 3.7% | 3.95% |
| Swarthmore College | 7.5% | 6.8% | 6.9% | 8.0% |
| Trinity University | NA | 28.0% | 31.0% | 33.7% |
| Tufts University | 10.0% | 9.5% | 9.69% | 11.0% |
| Tulane University | 13.0% | 13.0% | 11.5% | 9.6% |
| UCLA | NA | 8.8% | 8.56% | 10.76% |
| UC – Berkeley | NA | 11.6% | 11.4% | 14.5% |
| UC – Davis | NA | 41.8% | 37.5% | 48.7% |
| UC – Irvine | NA | 25.8% | 21.3% | 26.3% |
| UC – Merced | NA | 93.3% | 89.5% | 86.6% |
| UC – Riverside | NA | 68.1% | 68.5% | 65.4% |
| UC – San Diego | NA | 24.7% | 23.7% | 34.2% |
| UC – Santa Barbara | NA | 27.9% | 25.9% | 29.2% |
| UC – Santa Cruz | NA | 62.7% | 46.9% | 58.7% |
| University of Chicago | NA | 5.0% | 5.4% | 6.2% |
| University of Florida | NA | 24.0% | 23.4% | 29.0% |
| University of Georgia | 36.9% | 35.1% | 42.2% | 39.0% |
| University of Miami | 19.0% | 19.0% | 18.9% | 28.5% |
| University of Michigan | NA | 17.9% | 17.7% | 20.2% |
| University of North Carolina | NA | 18.4% | 16.9% | 19.2% |
| University of Notre Dame | 11.1% | 11.9% | 12.9% | 14.6% |
| University of Pennsylvania | NA | 5.8% | 6.5% | 5.7% |
| University of Richmond | 22.0% | 22.0% | 24.4% | 27.3% |
| University of Southern California | 9.3% | 9.9% | 11.9% | 12.0% |
| University of Texas – Austin | NA | 29.1% | 31.4% | 28.8% |
| University of Vermont | NA | 60.0% | 59.8% | 63.5% |
| University of Virginia | 16.5% | 16.0% | 18.7% | 21.0% |
| Vanderbilt University | 5.1% | 5.6% | 6.1% | 6.7% |
| Vassar College | NA | 17.7% | 18.7% | 20.2% |
| Villanova University | NA | 20.5% | 23.4% | 25.2% |
| Wake Forest University | NA | 22.3% | 21.4% | 25.2% |
| Washington and Lee University | NA | 17.4% | 17.0% | 18.9% |
| Washington University in St. Louis | NA | 12.0% | 11.3% | 13.0% |
| Wellesley College | 13.0% | 13.0% | 13.6% | 16.0% |
| Wesleyan University | 16.0% | 16.5% | 14.4% | 19.4% |
| William & Mary | 33.0% | 32.0% | 33.5% | 36.5% |
| Williams College | 7.5% | 9.8% | 8.5% | 8.0% |
| Yale University | 3.7% | 4.4% | 4.6% | 4.6% |