The average acceptance rate of Best Computer Science Colleges is 14.23%, a total of 56,376 applicants applied to the schools and 9,543 accepted.
University of California-Berkeley had the most number of applicants of 124,242 and California Institute of Technology had the least number of applicants of 13,856 among Best Computer Science Colleges.
California Institute of Technology had the lowest acceptance rate of 2.57% and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign had the highest rate of 42.37%.
| Rank | School | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | 28,232 | 1,284 | 1,102 | 4.55% | 85.83% |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 33,941 | 3,959 | 1,808 | 11.66% | 45.67% |
| 3 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | 57,326 | 2,067 | 1,693 | 3.61% | 81.91% |
| 4 | University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | 124,242 | 13,639 | 6,272 | 10.98% | 45.99% |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL | 73,742 | 31,247 | 9,008 | 42.37% | 28.83% |
| 6 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | 13,856 | 356 | 218 | 2.57% | 61.24% |
| 7 | Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY | 62,993 | 5,516 | 3,525 | 8.76% | 63.91% |
| 8 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA | 59,789 | 8,413 | 3,836 | 14.07% | 45.60% |
| 9 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | 40,468 | 1,868 | 1,410 | 4.62% | 75.48% |
| 10 | University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, WA | 69,166 | 27,076 | 7,196 | 39.15% | 26.58% |
| - | Average | 56,376 | 9,543 | 3,607 | 14% | 56% |