Best Computer Science Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

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%.

Table. Best Computer Science Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA28,2321,2841,1024.55%85.83%
2Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA33,9413,9591,80811.66%45.67%
3Stanford UniversityStanford, CA57,3262,0671,6933.61%81.91%
4University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA124,24213,6396,27210.98%45.99%
5University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL73,74231,2479,00842.37%28.83%
6California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA13,8563562182.57%61.24%
7Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY62,9935,5163,5258.76%63.91%
8Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA59,7898,4133,83614.07%45.60%
9Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ40,4681,8681,4104.62%75.48%
10University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, WA69,16627,0767,19639.15%26.58%
-Average56,3769,5433,60714%56%