Ivy League Admission Statistics for Class of 2016

Admission Statistics for the Class of 2016

© 2012 Hernandez College Consulting and Christian Termont of EERA

Ivies Plus^© — Class of 2016

IVIES + MS	Overall			Early Round			Estimated Regular Decision
2016	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Ivies	23,374	242,672	9.63	6,118	27,967	21.88	17,256	214,705	8.04
MIT + Stanford	4,047	54,740	7.39	1,435	11,888	12.07	2,612	42,852	6.10
Total	27,421	297,412	9.22	7,553	39,855	18.95	19,868	257,557	7.71

Ivies Plus^© — Classes of 2014-2016

IVIES +MS	2016			2015			2014
2014-2016	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Ivies	23,374	242,672	9.63	24,516	245,730	9.98	24,549	220,975	11.11
MIT + Stanford	4,047	54,740	7.39	4,152	52,257	7.95	4,016	48,654	8.25
Total	27,421	297,412	9.22	28,668	297,987	9.62	28,565	269,629	10.59

Ivies Plus^© — Volume of Applications — From 2012 to 2016

Change in Volume Applications	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
Brown	28,742	30,944	30,135	24,988	20,633
Columbia	31,851	34,929	26,178	25,427	22,585
Cornell	37,812	36,387	36,337	34,371	33,073
Dartmouth	23,110	22,385	18,778	18,132	16,538
Harvard	34,302	34,950	30,489	29,114	27,462
Penn	31,217	31,663	26,941	22,808	22,922
Princeton	26,664	27,189	26,247	21,963	21,369
Yale	28,974	27,283	25,869	26,003	22,813
Stanford	36,631	34,348	32,022	30,429	25,298
MIT	18,109	17,909	16,632	15,663	13,396
Total	297,412	297,987	269,628	248,898	226,089

Ivies Plus^© — Changes in Volume of Applications — From 2012 to 2016

Change in Volume Applications	Change 15 to 16	Change 14 to 15	Change 13 to 14	Change 12 to 13	Change 12 to 16
Brown	-7.12%	2.68%	20.60%	21.11%	39.30%
Columbia	-8.81%	33.43%	2.95%	12.58%	41.03%
Cornell	3.92%	0.14%	5.72%	3.92%	14.33%
Dartmouth	3.24%	19.21%	3.56%	9.64%	39.74%
Harvard	-1.85%	14.63%	4.72%	6.02%	24.91%
Penn	-1.41%	17.53%	18.12%	-0.50%	36.19%
Princeton	-1.93%	3.59%	19.51%	2.78%	24.78%
Yale	6.20%	5.47%	-0.52%	13.98%	27.01%
Stanford	6.65%	7.26%	5.24%	20.28%	44.80%
MIT	1.12%	7.68%	6.19%	16.92%	35.18%
Total	-0.19%	10.52%	8.33%	10.09%	31.55%

Ivies Plus^© — Historical Admits— From 2012 to 2016

Historical Admits	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
Brown	2,760	2,757	2,815	2,790	2,828
Columbia	2,363	2,419	2,472	2,501	2,418
Cornell	6,123	6,538	6,673	6,565	6,834
Dartmouth	2,180	2,270	2,193	2,279	2,228
Harvard	2,032	2,188	2,205	2,175	2,175
Penn	3,846	3,935	3,841	4,040	3,769
Princeton	2,095	2,300	2,311	2,209	1,976
Yale	1,975	2,109	2,039	1,958	1,892
Stanford	2,427	2,437	2,340	2,426	2,400
MIT	1,620	1,715	1,676	1,676	1,554
Total	27,421	28,668	28,565	28,619	28,074

Ivies Plus^© — Historical Admit Rates — From 2012 to 2016

Historical Admit Rates	Rate 2016	Rate 2015	Rate 2014	Rate 2013	Rate 2012
Brown	9.60%	8.91%	9.34%	11.17%	13.71%
Columbia	7.42%	6.93%	9.44%	9.84%	10.71%
Cornell	16.19%	17.97%	18.36%	19.10%	20.66%
Dartmouth	9.43%	10.14%	11.68%	12.57%	13.47%
Harvard	5.92%	6.26%	7.23%	7.47%	7.92%
Penn	12.32%	12.43%	14.26%	17.71%	16.44%
Princeton	7.86%	8.46%	8.80%	10.06%	9.25%
Yale	6.82%	7.73%	7.88%	7.53%	8.29%
Stanford	6.63%	7.10%	7.31%	7.97%	9.49%
MIT	8.95%	9.58%	10.08%	10.70%	11.60%
Total	9.22%	9.62%	10.59%	11.50%	12.42%

Admission Data — Ivy League

Ivy League — Class of 2016

IVIES	Overall			Early Round			Estimated Regular Decision
2016	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Brown	2,760	28,742	9.60	556	2,919	19.05	2,204	25,823	8.54
Columbia	2,363	31,851	7.42	605	3,088	19.59	1,758	28,763	6.11
Cornell	6,123	37,812	16.19	1,171	3,609	32.45	4,952	34,203	14.48
Dartmouth	2,180	23,110	9.43	465	1,800	25.83	1,715	21,310	8.05
Harvard	2,032	34,302	5.92	772	4,245	18.19	1,260	30,057	4.19
Penn	3,846	31,217	12.32	1,148	4,526	25.36	2,698	26,691	10.11
Princeton	2,095	26,664	7.86	726	3,476	20.89	1,369	23,188	5.90
Yale	1,975	28,974	6.82	675	4,304	15.68	1,300	24,670	5.27
Total Ivies	23,374	242,672	9.63	6,118	27,967	21.88	17,256	214,705	8.04

Ivy League — Classes of 2014-2016

IVIES	2016			2015			2014
Overall	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Brown	2,760	28,742	9.60	2,757	30,944	8.91	2,815	30,135	9.34
Columbia	2,363	31,851	7.42	2,419	34,929	6.93	2,472	26,178	9.44
Cornell	6,123	37,812	16.19	6,538	36,387	17.97	6,673	36,338	18.36
Dartmouth	2,180	23,110	9.43	2,270	22,385	10.14	2,193	18,778	11.68
Harvard	2,032	34,302	5.92	2,188	34,950	6.26	2,205	30,489	7.23
Penn	3,846	31,217	12.32	3,935	31,663	12.43	3,841	26,941	14.26
Princeton	2,095	26,664	7.86	2,300	27,189	8.46	2,311	26,247	8.80
Yale	1,975	28,974	6.82	2,109	27,283	7.73	2,039	25,869	7.88
Total Ivies	23,374	242,672	9.63	24,516	245,730	9.98	24,549	220,975	11.11

Admission Data — MIT and Stanford

MIT + Stanford	Overall			Early Round			Estimated Regular Decision
2016	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Stanford	2,427	36,631	6.63	755	5,880	12.84	1,672	30,751	5.44
MIT	1,620	18,109	8.95	680	6,008	11.32	940	12,101	7.77
Total	4,047	54,740	7.39	1,435	11,888	12.07	2,612	42,852	6.10

MIT and Stanford — Classes of 2014-2016

MIT + Stanford	2016			2015			2014
2015-2013	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Stanford	2,427	36,631	6.63	2,437	34,348	7.10	2,340	32,022	7.31
MIT	1,620	18,109	8.95	1,715	17,909	9.58	1,676	16,632	10.08
Total	4,047	54,740	7.39	4,152	52,257	7.95	4,016	48,654	8.25

Review of Class of 2016 — Entering Fall 2012

Brown University

Brown University admitted 2,760 students, with 556 through early decision. A total of 28,742 applications were received for regular and early decision admissions slots, a decrease over last year’s pool of 30,944.  The rates of acceptance were 9.6 for the combined rounds and 19 percent for the Early Decision round only.   For the Class of 2015, Brown admitted 2,757 candidates from the 30,944 applications it received.

Columbia University

For the Class of 2016, Columbia accepted 2,363 from 31,851 applications. The acceptance rate of 7.4 percent was slightly superior to the previous 6 percent when Columbia admitted 2,419 students. In this admission cycle, Columbia received 3,088 early decision applications and accepted 605 students for an admission rate just below 20 percent. In its second year of using the Common Application, Columbia experienced a 9 percent drop in applications.

Cornell University

According to its Office of Admissions and Enrollment, Cornell has received an all-time high of 37,812 applications for freshman admission to the Class of 2016. The overall admit rate reported by Cornell is 16.2 percent, slightly down from last year’s admit rate of 18 percent. Cornell admitted 6,123 applicants with 4,952 regular decision applicants and 1,171 Early Decision applicants. Cornell admitted over 32 percent of Early Decision applicants, but only accepted 14 percent of applicants for regular admissions.

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College extended offers of admission to 2,180 applicants for its Class of 2015, from a pool of 23.110. This represents the largest number of applicants in the College’s history and a further increase over last year’s record number of applications. The acceptance rate was 9.4 percent.  In December 2011, from a pool of 1,800 applicants, Dartmouth accepted 465 students into the Class of 2015 through the early decision admissions program. Last year, Dartmouth College accepted 2,270 applicants for its Class of 2015, from a pool of 22,385.

Harvard University

The Class of 2016 witnessed the reinstatement of a single choice early action program at Harvard. The school received a total of 34,302 applications compared to 34,950 for the Class of 2015 and admitted 2,032 students resulting in an overall admissions rate of 5.9 percent, which is the lowest in Harvard’s history. In the early round, Harvard University received 4,245 applications and accepted 773, for an admit rate of 18.2% of its applicant pool. Although its pool of applicants decreased for the Class of 2016 when compared to the Class of 2015, Harvard experienced a 25 percent growth in applications over the past four years.

MIT

MIT admitted 1,620 students out of 18,109 applicants for the Class of 2016. As a result, the acceptance rate plummeted to a record-low 8.95 percent, a decrease from the Class of 2015’s 9.6 percent acceptance rate.  In 2011, MIT admitted 1,715 students out of 17,909 applicants for the Class of 2015, and previously, MIT admitted 1,676 students out of 16,632 applicants for the Class of 2014.

In its early round, MIT admitted 680 students out of 6,008 applications, the lowest rate of acceptance in an early round among its peer group composed of the Ivy League and Stanford.

Princeton University

After reinstating its early action program, Princeton University admitted a record low 7.9 percent of the 26,664 applicants received as the school offered admission to 2,095 students. For the Class of 2015, Princeton admitted 2,282 applicants for an admission rate of 8.4 percent.  Princeton University received 3,476 early action applications and accepted 726 applicants.

Stanford University

Stanford University received an unprecedented 36,631 applications and offered admission to 2,427 applicants for its undergraduate Class of 2016.  The figure, which includes 755 candidates admitted in December through Stanford’s Restrictive Early Action program, represents an admission rate of below 7 percent, the most competitive in the university’s history. During the past 4 years, Stanford’s number of applications has grown by close to 45 percent, the highest growth rate in its peer group.  The early acceptance rate for the Class of 2016 was below 13 percent.  Last year, Stanford admitted 2,477 students out of 34,348 applicants for admission to the Class of 2015 for an overall admission rate of 7.1%.

Yale University received 28,974 applications to its Class of 2016 and accepted 1,975 students, representing an overall acceptance rate of 6.8 percent.  The SCEA round accounted for 675 acceptances out of a pool of 4,304 applications.  In the previous year, Yale admitted 2,109 students out of 27,283 applicants, or 7.73 percent of its applicants. In the SCEA round for the Class of 2015, Yale reported a total of 5,257 applications and offered admission to 761 applicants.

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania accepted 12.3 percent of the 31,217 applications it received for the Class of 2016.  Out of the total 3,846 admitted, 1,148 students were admitted through the early decision round.  The admission rate for the ED round was slightly over 25 percent.

For the Class of 2015, Penn admitted a total of 3,935 students from 31,663 applications. Penn’s overall acceptance rate was 12.4 percent in 2011.

Other Selective Universities

Admission Data—Classes of 2014-2016

Universities	2016			2015			2014
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Carnegie Mellon	4,694	17,300	27.13	5,030	16,527	30.44	5,135	15,459	33.22
Chicago	3,344	26,277	12.73	3,539	21,762	16.26	3,639	19,340	18.82
Duke	3,751	31,600	11.87	3,938	28,145	13.99	4,207	26,784	15.71
Emory	4,539	17,502	25.93	4,548	17,027	26.71	4,488	15,550	28.86
Georgetown	3,316	20,100	16.50	3,480	19,254	18.07	3,619	18,077	20.02
Johns Hopkins	3,636	20,496	17.74	3,576	19,391	18.44	3,787	18,459	20.52
Northwestern	4,895	32,065	15.27	5,575	30,926	18.03	6,379	27,615	23.10
Notre Dame	3,850	16,952	22.71	4,019	16,548	24.29	4,009	14,510	27.63
Tufts	3,500	16,378	21.37	3,743	17,104	21.88	3,757	15,433	24.34
UC Berkeley	13,038	61,702	21.13	13,523	52,953	25.54	12,914	50,372	25.64
UC Davis	22,538	49,416	45.61	21,074	45,825	45.99	19,460	43,315	44.93
UC San Diego	22,939	60,838	37.71	18,212	53,461	34.07	18,307	48,112	38.05
UC Santa Barbara	23,803	54,831	43.41	22,386	49,033	45.65	19,741	46,721	42.25
UCLA	15,455	72,657	21.27	15,689	61,528	25.50	13,013	57,648	22.57
UNC Chapel Hill	7,596	28,491	26.66	7,469	22,652	32.97	7,559	23,271	32.48
USC	8,381	46,030	18.21	8,566	37,210	23.02	8,715	35,794	24.35
Vanderbilt	3,757	28,335	13.26	4,078	24,837	16.42	3,906	21,827	17.90
Virginia	7,759	27,200	28.53	7,750	24,010	32.28	7,212	22,512	32.04
Washington University in St. Louis	4,873	27,265	17.87	4,763	28,823	16.52	5,285	24,939	21.19

Liberal Arts Colleges

Admission Data—Classes of 2014-2016

Liberal Arts	2016			2015			2014
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Amherst	1,020	8,555	11.92%	1,127	8,461	13.32%	1,240	8,099	15.31%
Barnard	1,141	5,440	20.97%	1,282	5,153	24.88%	1,285	4,618	27.83%
Bowdoin	1,060	6,716	15.78%	1,056	6,554	16.11%	1,183	6,018	19.66%
Carleton	1,496	5,850	25.57%	1,546	4,988	30.99%	1,496	4,856	30.81%
Claremont McKenna	628	5,056	12.42%	623	4,481	13.90%	729	4,264	17.10%
Colgate	2,242	7,795	28.76%	2,305	7,836	29.42%	2,597	7,872	32.99%
Colby	1,508	5,234	28.81%	1,527	5,186	29.44%	1,445	4,213	34.30%
Davidson	1,153	4,769	24.18%	1,208	4,309	28.03%	1,207	4,066	29.69%
Dickinson	2,323	5,843	39.76%	2,543	6,063	41.94%	2,405	5,033	47.78%
Grinnell	1,428	4,515	31.63%	1,330	2,613	50.90%	1,228	3,200	38.38%
Hamilton	1,386	5,107	27.14%	1,441	5,265	27.37%	1,430	4,857	29.44%
Harvey Mudd	616	3,591	17.15%	660	2,957	22.32%	638	2,718	23.47%
Macalaster	2,098	6,031	34.79%	2,137	6,111	34.97%	1,837	4,317	42.55%
Middlebury	1,635	8,849	18.48%	1,563	8,533	18.32%	1,529	7,984	19.15%
Pitzer	663	4,227	15.68%	903	3,743	24.13%	978	3,812	25.66%
Pomona	956	7,457	12.82%	1,011	7,207	14.03%	997	6,764	14.74%
Swarthmore	929	6,589	14.10%	987	6,547	15.08%	967	6,041	16.01%
Vassar	1,778	7,908	22.48%	1,798	7,985	22.52%	1,846	7,822	23.60%
Washington Lee	1,064	5,970	17.82%	1,182	6,487	18.22%	1,259	6,627	19.00%
Wesleyan	2,073	10,503	19.74%	2,340	9,658	24.23%	2,190	10,657	20.55%
Williams	1,182	7,067	16.73%	1,215	7,030	17.28%	1,241	6,631	18.72%

©2012 Hernandez College Consulting and Christian Termont of EERA

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Statistics for the Class of 2016

Preliminary Results – Early Action and Early Decision – Entering Fall 2012

Ivy League – Early Action and Early Decision

Early Rounds	2016			2015			2014
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Brown ED	556	2,919	19.05	577	2,796	20.64	567	2,847	19.92
Columbia ED	605	3,088	19.59	632	3,229	19.57	631	2,995	21.07
Cornell ED	1,171	3,609	32.45	1,215	3,456	35.16	1,176	3,594	32.72
Dartmouth ED	465	1,800	25.83	444	1,754	25.31	461	1,594	28.92
Harvard REA	772	4,231	18.25	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
Penn ED	1,148	4,526	25.36	1,192	4,557	26.16	1,319	3,851	34.25
Princeton REA	726	3,476	20.89	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
Yale REA	675	4,304	15.68	761	5,257	14.48	730	5,235	13.94
Total Ivies	6,118	27,953	21.89	4,821	21,049	22.90	4,884	20,116	24.28

Brown accepted 556 of the 2,919 applications received for the class of 2016. The 2,796 applications for early decision this year represent a slight increase from last year’s 2,796.

Columbia received 5.68 percent fewer applications with 3,088 early applications compared to 3,229 last year. The admission rate remained similar as Columbia admitted 605 students.

Cornell reported a three percent decrease in the number of early decision applicants with 3,456 applications for the Class of 2015, as opposed to the 3,594 applications that were reviewed in December 2009. In the latest early decision cycle, Cornell admitted 1,215 students, slightly more than the 1,176 granted admission last year.

Dartmouth received 1,800 Early Decision applications for the Class of 2016. This represents a small increase over the Early Decision applications for the Class of 2015. Dartmouth accepted 465 ED applications, 21 more than last year’s 444 students.  The 465 students will compose approximately 40 percent of the Class of 2016 estimated at 1110 students.

Harvard accepted 18 percent of the 4,231 early applicants to the Class of 2016. These 772 students mark the first group to be admitted early since the College eliminated its early admission process four-years ago. The Office of Admissions deferred 2,838 applicants, roughly two-thirds of applicants, to be considered in the regular application pool and rejected 546 students.

Penn received 4,526 early decision applications for the Class of 2016 and reported a slight decrease from last year’s 4,557 early decision applications. Penn admitted 1,148 students under the Early Decision program for a record low 25% admit rate.

Princeton, for the is the first year since 2006, offered an early application round and admitted 726 out of the 3,476 candidates who applied last fall through single-choice early action.

Yale reported a total of 4,304 applications, a substantial decrease from last year’s 5,257 applications for its SCEA program. The school offered admission to 675 applicants for its Class of 2016.  The 15.7 percent early acceptance rate marks an increase from last year’s 14.5 percent early admission rate and the 13.9 percent acceptance rate for the class of 2014.

Stanford and MIT – Early Action

Early Rounds	2016			2015			2014
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Stanford SCEA	755	5,880	12.84	754	5,929	12.72	753	5,566	13.53
MIT EA	680	6,008	11.32	772	6,405	12.05	590	5,684	10.38
Total	1,435	11,888	12.07	1,526	12,334	12.37	1,343	11,250	11.94

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology received 6.008 early action applications (down from the 6,405 received last year) and accepted 680 students for an acceptance rate of 11.32%.

Stanford accepted 12.84% percent of its SCEA pool by admitting 755 out of 5,880. Last year, Stanford admitted 754 students out of 5,929 applicants.

More Selective Schools – Early Action and Early Decision

Early	2016			2015			2014
	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%	Admit	Applied	%
Chicago EA	1,532	8,698	17.61	1,400	6,960	20.11	1,676	5,855	28.63
Duke ED	648	2,641	24.54	645	2,287	28.20	602	1,924	31.29
Georgetown EA	1,012	6,730	15.04	1,122	6,654	16.86	1,160	6,105	19.00
Northwestern	804	2,450	32.82	715	2,127	33.62	618	1,776	34.80
J. Hopkins ED	561	1,459	38.45	518	1,330	38.95	493	1,155	42.68

The University of Chicago received 8,698 early-action applications to the College, a dramatic increase from the previous year when 6,960 applications were received.  Despite an estimated total class of 1,350 students, Chicago offered admission to 1,532 students under its Early Admission non-binding program.

Duke reported that 2,641 students applied under its Early Decision program, an increase over the 2,287 who applied early in the prior year. Out of the 2,641 who completed their applications, 648 were offered admission to the Class of 2016. Last year, the university accepted 645 students through Early Decision. This year’s acceptance rate is a record low for Duke, as the number dips below 25 percent. Students admitted through Early Decision this year will represent 38 percent of next fall’s incoming class, which is expected to include 1,705 students.

Johns Hopkins reported that 1,459 applied for the Class of 2016. This represents an increase of 119 applications from last year.  561 applicants will be the first students welcomed into the Class of 2016.

Georgetown received 6,730 applications and admitted 1,012 students for an admission ratio of 15%. Last year, Georgetown received 6,654 applications and admitted 1,122 students for an admission ratio of 17%.

Northwestern University reported 2,450 applications and admitted 804 students to its Class of 2016. In 2011, Northwestern had 2,127 applications and admitted 715 students to its Class of 2015.

Liberal Arts Colleges – Early Decision – ED1 Only

Class 2016 Early LAC	Admit	Applied	%
Barnard	252	562	44.84%
Bowdoin	171	594	28.79%
Colgate	225	398	56.53%
Davidson	194	371	52.29%
Hamilton	180	413	43.58%
Kenyon	136	207	65.70%
Middlebury	270	645	41.86%
Oberlin	161	241	66.80%
Pomona	75	297	25.25%
Scripps	54	99	54.55%
Was Lee	192	443	43.34%
Williams	239	550	43.45%

Expected Percentage of Early Admissions in the Class of 2016

The tables below present the percentage of early applicants in the projected enrollment for the Class of 2016.

Early Ivies	2016
	Admit	Enroll Est	% Early
Brown ED	556	1,501	37.04
Columbia ED	605	1,391	43.49
Cornell ED	1,171	3,178	36.85
Dartmouth ED	465	1,110	41.89
Harvard SCEA	772	1,670	46.23
Penn ED	1,148	2,410	47.63
Princeton SCEA	726	1,312	55.34
Yale SCEA	675	1,305	51.72
Total Ivies	6,118	13,877	44.09

Stanford SCEA	755	1,672	45.16
MIT EA*	680	1,067	63.73
Total	1,435	2,739	52.39
Total Ivies Plus	7,553	16,616	45.46

Selective ED	2016
	Admit	Enroll Est	% Early
Duke ED	648	1,705	38.01
Northwestern ED	804	2,078	38.69
J. Hopkins ED	561	1,241	45.21

It should be noted that, because of the non-binding nature of regular Early Admission, the numbers for schools such as Chicago, Georgetown, or MIT should not be compared to schools with Early Decisions and Restricted and Single Choice Early Admissions.

Selective EA	2016
	Admit	Enroll Est	% Early
Chicago EA*	1,532	1,350	113.48
Georgetown EA*	1,012	1,570	64.46

Volume of Applications and Changes – Early and Regular Decision – Class 2016

In the past six years, applications to the eight Ivy League schools plus MIT and Stanford increased from slightly above 200,000 applications to almost 300,000 early and regular applications, for a compound increase of more than 40 percent.

Ivy League, Stanford and MIT – 6 Years Trends

For the first time in the past six years, the total number of applications to the eight Ivy League schools plus MIT and Stanford decreased from the prior year.

Applications went down substantially at Brown and Columbia, but increased at Yale and Stanford by similar margins.  Harvard, Penn, and Princeton all experienced a slight decrease.

Change in Volume Applications	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
Brown	28,671	30,946	30,136	24,988	20,633	19,097
Columbia	31,818	34,587	26,178	25,428	22,585	21,343
Cornell	37,673	36,387	36,337	34,381	33,073	30,383
Dartmouth	23,052	22,385	18,778	18,130	16,538	14,176
Harvard	34,285	34,970	30,489	29,112	27,462	22,955
Penn	31,127	31,663	26,938	22,939	22,922	22,646
Princeton	26,663	27,115	26,247	21,964	21,369	18,942
Yale	28,870	27,283	25,869	26,003	22,817	19,323
Stanford	36,744	34,348	32,022	30,429	25,298	23,958
MIT	18,084	17,800	16,632	15,661	13,396	12,445
Total	296,987	297,484	269,626	249,035	226,093	205,268

Ivy League, Stanford and MIT – 5 Years Annual Changes

Change in Volume Applications in %	Change 15 to 16	Change 14 to 15	Change 13 to 14	Change 12 to 13	Change 11 to 12	Change 11 to 16
Brown	-7.35%	2.69%	20.60%	21.11%	8.04%	50.13%
Columbia	-8.01%	32.12%	2.95%	12.59%	5.82%	49.08%
Cornell	3.53%	0.14%	5.69%	3.95%	8.85%	23.99%
Dartmouth	2.98%	19.21%	3.57%	9.63%	16.66%	62.61%
Harvard	-1.96%	14.70%	4.73%	6.01%	19.63%	49.36%
Penn	-1.69%	17.54%	17.43%	0.07%	1.22%	37.45%
Princeton	-1.67%	3.31%	19.50%	2.78%	12.81%	40.76%
Yale	5.82%	5.47%	-0.52%	13.96%	18.08%	49.41%
Stanford	6.98%	7.26%	5.24%	20.28%	5.59%	53.37%
MIT	1.60%	7.02%	6.20%	16.91%	7.64%	45.31%
Total	-0.17%	10.33%	8.27%	10.15%	10.15%	44.68%

Other Selective Schools – Total Applications Class 2015 and 2014

Universities	2016	2015	Change
Chicago	25,371	21,669	17.08%
CMU	17,364	16,525	5.08%
Duke	31,545	29,526	6.84%
Georgetown	20,050	19,300	3.89%
JHU	19,400	19,201	1.04%
Northwestern	31,991	30,925	3.45%
NYU	43,728	42,242	3.52%
Notre Dame	17,000	16,548	2.73%
Tufts	16,364	17,074	-4.16%
UVA	28,239	23,971	17.80%
Wake Forest	11,131	9,869	12.79%
William Mary	13,600	12,825	6.04%

Liberal Arts Colleges	2016	2015	Change
Amherst	8,527	8,461	0.78%
Barnard	5,376	5,153	4.33%
Bates	5,376	5,146	4.47%
Bowdoin	6,694	6,554	2.14%
Bucknell	8,170	7,797	4.78%
Claremont McKenna	5,041	4,481	12.50%
Colby	5,235	5,159	1.47%
Colgate	7,715	7,708	0.09%
Dickinson	4,547	4,645	-2.11%
Grinnell	4,515	2,969	52.07%
Harvey Mudd	3,529	3,144	12.25%
Lafayette	6,590	5,716	15.29%
Middlebury	8,922	8,533	4.56%
Mt Holyoke	3,900	3,416	14.17%
Pomona	7,325	7,207	1.64%
Scripps	2,367	2,163	9.43%
Smith	4,321	4,128	4.68%
Wesleyan	10,437	9,658	8.07%
Williams	7,038	7,030	0.11%

© 2011 Hernandez College Consulting and Christian Termont of EERA