The average acceptance rate of Top Private Colleges is 3.92%, a total of 44,392 applicants applied to the schools and 1,766 accepted.
Columbia University in the City of New York had the most number of applicants of 60,115 and California Institute of Technology had the least number of applicants of 13,856 among Top Private Colleges.
California Institute of Technology had the lowest acceptance rate of 2.57% and Princeton University had the highest rate of 4.62%.
| Rank | School | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | 57,326 | 2,067 | 1,693 | 3.61% | 81.91% |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | 28,232 | 1,284 | 1,102 | 4.55% | 85.83% |
| 3 | Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 54,008 | 1,970 | 1,647 | 3.65% | 83.60% |
| 4 | Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT | 57,517 | 2,227 | 1,554 | 3.87% | 69.78% |
| 5 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | 40,468 | 1,868 | 1,410 | 4.62% | 75.48% |
| 6 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | 13,856 | 356 | 218 | 2.57% | 61.24% |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY | 60,115 | 2,400 | 1,558 | 3.99% | 64.92% |
| 8 | University of ChicagoChicago, IL | 43,612 | 1,955 | 1,726 | 4.48% | 88.29% |
| - | Average | 44,392 | 1,766 | 1,364 | 4% | 76% |