The average acceptance rate of Best Software Engineering Colleges is 22.03%, a total of 75,100 applicants applied to the schools and 16,586 accepted.
University of California-Los Angeles had the most number of applicants of 146,272 and Massachusetts Institute of Technology had the least number of applicants of 28,232 among Best Software Engineering Colleges.
Stanford University had the lowest acceptance rate of 3.61% and Purdue University-Main Campus had the highest rate of 49.87%.
| Rank | School | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 33,941 | 3,959 | 1,808 | 11.66% | 45.67% |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL | 73,742 | 31,247 | 9,008 | 42.37% | 28.83% |
| 3 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA | 59,789 | 8,413 | 3,836 | 14.07% | 45.60% |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | 28,232 | 1,284 | 1,102 | 4.55% | 85.83% |
| 5 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | 57,326 | 2,067 | 1,693 | 3.61% | 81.91% |
| 6 | University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | 124,242 | 13,639 | 6,272 | 10.98% | 45.99% |
| 7 | University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, WA | 69,166 | 27,076 | 7,196 | 39.15% | 26.58% |
| 8 | Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, IN | 78,745 | 39,272 | 11,467 | 49.87% | 29.20% |
| 9 | University of California-IrvineIrvine, CA | 122,699 | 35,054 | 6,736 | 28.57% | 19.22% |
| 10 | University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA | 146,272 | 13,114 | 6,610 | 8.97% | 50.40% |
| 11 | Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY | 62,993 | 5,516 | 3,525 | 8.76% | 63.91% |
| 12 | North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, NC | 44,047 | 18,385 | 5,839 | 41.74% | 31.76% |
| - | Average | 75,100 | 16,586 | 5,424 | 22% | 46% |