Top Public Schools Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Top Public Schools is 23.25%, a total of 81,320 applicants applied to the schools and 16,616 accepted.

University of California-Los Angeles had the most number of applicants of 146,272 and North Carolina State University at Raleigh had the least number of applicants of 44,047 among Top Public Schools.

University of California-Los Angeles had the lowest acceptance rate of 8.97% and Rutgers University-New Brunswick had the highest rate of 58.15%.

Table. Top Public Schools Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX72,88519,4179,21026.64%47.43%
2University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA58,9519,9093,96116.81%39.97%
3Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA59,7898,4133,83614.07%45.60%
4University of FloridaGainesville, FL73,55717,8047,51324.20%42.20%
5University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC66,53510,2094,64015.34%45.45%
6University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA146,27213,1146,6108.97%50.40%
7University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI98,31015,3737,27815.64%47.34%
8University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA124,24213,6396,27210.98%45.99%
9Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, NJ68,61439,8998,19158.15%20.53%
10North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, NC44,04718,3855,83941.74%31.76%
-Average81,32016,6166,33523%42%