Best Political Science Schools 2023 Acceptance Rate Comparison

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Best Political Science Schools is 10.53%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 42.38%. A total of 843,836 have applied, 88,815 admitted, and 37,642 students have enrolled one of Best Political Science Schools.

Harvard University is the tightest school to admit with 3.24% acceptance rate, and Stanford University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 3.68%.

Best Political Science Schools 2023 Acceptance Rate Comparison

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2023 Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table
School Name	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Admission Yield
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	60,879	2,404	1,540	3.95%	64.06%
Duke University Durham, NC	50,016	3,174	1,745	6.35%	54.98%
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	61,221	1,984	1,646	3.24%	82.96%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	33,767	1,337	1,136	3.96%	84.97%
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	38,019	2,167	1,499	5.70%	69.17%
Stanford University Stanford, CA	56,378	2,075	1,736	3.68%	83.66%
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	128,209	14,523	6,728	11.33%	46.33%
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	149,801	12,845	6,462	8.57%	50.31%
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	131,197	31,103	6,546	23.71%	21.05%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	84,289	14,914	7,050	17.69%	47.27%
Yale University New Haven, CT	50,060	2,289	1,554	4.57%	67.89%
Average	76,712	8,074	3,422	10.53%	42.38%

*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

**Information is not available for schools that are not appeared in the table. The schools have not report the information to the IPEDS or not applicable.)

Best Political Science Schools with Outstanding Admission Stats

Tightest Schools (Lowest Acceptance Rates)

Columbia University in the City of New York 3.95%
Harvard University 3.24%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3.96%
Stanford University 3.68%
Yale University 4.57%

Favored Schools (Highest Admission Yield)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 84.97%
Harvard University 82.96%
Stanford University 83.66%
Princeton University 69.17%
Yale University 67.89%