Top Public Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Top Public Colleges is 15.44%, a total of 72,801 applicants applied to the schools and 11,082 accepted.

University of California-Los Angeles had the most number of applicants of 146,272 and United States Military Academy had the least number of applicants of 12,320 among Top Public Colleges.

University of California-Los Angeles had the lowest acceptance rate of 8.97% and The University of Texas at Austin had the highest rate of 26.64%.

Table. Top Public Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA124,24213,6396,27210.98%45.99%
2University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA146,27213,1146,6108.97%50.40%
3United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis, MD15,1491,4051,1839.27%84.20%
4United States Military AcademyWest Point, NY12,3201,5341,19512.45%77.90%
5The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX72,88519,4179,21026.64%47.43%
6University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA58,9519,9093,96116.81%39.97%
7University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC66,53510,2094,64015.34%45.45%
8Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA59,7898,4133,83614.07%45.60%
9University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI98,31015,3737,27815.64%47.34%
10University of FloridaGainesville, FL73,55717,8047,51324.20%42.20%
-Average72,80111,0825,17015%53%