Tightest District Of Columbia Colleges To Get In

The average acceptance rate of the 7 District Of Columbia colleges that have competitive admission is 57.67% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 2.97%. The acceptance rate at 4 District Of Columbia colleges increased and the rate of 3 colleges decreased.

Georgetown University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 12.91%. Howard University (41.34%) and George Washington University (47.09%) are following it in the list of Tightest District Of Columbia Colleges to Get In.

This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Georgetown University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Howard University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $47,860 and graduate tuition & fees is $33,822 for the academic year 2024-2025.

We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.

Table. Tightest District Of Columbia Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Georgetown University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year	12.91% 0.17%	46.68%	1,490	$68,089	20,031	95.00%	11 to 1
2 -	Howard University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year	41.34% 6.45%	19.36%	1,210	$35,810	14,890	70.00%	13 to 1
3 -	George Washington University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year	47.09% 3.55%	19.33%	1,430	$67,710	25,374	84.00%	13 to 1
4 1	Gallaudet University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year	58.06% 2.88%	60.68%	890	$19,654	1,335	47.00%	6 to 1
5 1	American University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year	61.96% 14.58%	15.62%	1,370	$58,771	12,321	75.00%	10 to 1
6 -	The Catholic University of America Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year	82.78% 1.06%	13.35%	-	$58,378	5,243	79.00%	11 to 1
7 -	Trinity Washington University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year	99.52% 0.33%	20.18%	-	$26,610	1,948	49.00%	9 to 1
	Average	57.67%	27.89%	1,278	$47,860	11,592	71.29%	10 to 1

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