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Villanova University, a private Catholic university located about 12 miles outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received a record 26,306 total applicants to its Class of 2029. Villanova was in the news recently as the alma mater of the newly selected Pope Leo XIV, leading some to note a perceived “Pope bump” in the university’s visibility and […]
Columbia University, a private Ivy League institution located in the heart of New York City, is one of the most high-profile schools at the center of controversy as colleges nationwide face sweeping federal funding freezes. Recently, TTA President Dr. Elizabeth Doe Stone was featured in New York Magazine’s cover story, Inside Columbia University’s Complete Surrender […]
The Georgia Institute of Technology, located in Atlanta, has been hailed in recent years as both a “New Ivy” and a “Public Ivy.” A growing number of students are heading to Southern colleges, contributing to a surge in applications at schools like Georgia Tech, which received nearly 67,000 applications to the Class of 2029, a […]
Yale University, an Ivy League institution in New Haven, Connecticut, has an undergraduate enrollment of around 6,600 students who enjoy a student to faculty ratio of 6:1. YALE ACCEPTANCE RATE Yale admitted 2,308 applicants from a pool of 50,227 to the Class of 2029 resulting in a 4.59% overall acceptance rate. An additional 943 students […]
Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee, has seen a significant rise in popularity in recent years. (For a deeper look at the growing appeal of Southern colleges, check out our blog post, “The Rising Popularity of Southern Colleges.”) The Common Data Set shows an approximate 25% increase in yield over the last 10 years. It’s […]
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