For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Best-forbes-top-25-schools is 6.34%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 60.02%. A total of 717,120 have applied, 45,432 admitted, and 27,270 students have enrolled one of Best-forbes-top-25-schools.

California Institute of Technology is the tightest school to admit with 2.69% acceptance rate, and Harvard University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 3.24%.

Best-forbes-top-25-schools 2023 Acceptance Rate Comparison

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2023 Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA14,8641,079467 7.26%43.28%
Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, ME9,376862508 9.19%58.93%
Brown UniversityProvidence, RI50,6492,5621,717 5.06%67.02%
California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA16,626448224 2.69%50.00%
Carleton CollegeNorthfield, MN8,5831,427532 16.63%37.28%
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY60,8792,4041,540 3.95%64.06%
Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH28,3361,8081,124 6.38%62.17%
Davidson CollegeDavidson, NC6,4791,098542 16.95%49.36%
Duke UniversityDurham, NC50,0163,1741,745 6.35%54.98%
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA61,2211,9841,646 3.24%82.96%
Haverford CollegeHaverford, PA5,657804362 14.21%45.02%
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL51,2613,6952,038 7.21%55.16%
Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA10,666749413 7.02%55.14%
Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ38,0192,1671,499 5.70%69.17%
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA56,3782,0751,736 3.68%83.66%
Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA14,7071,019433 6.93%42.49%
Tufts UniversityMedford, MA34,8823,3811,695 9.69%50.13%
University of ChicagoChicago, IL37,5222,0391,729 5.43%84.80%
University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN26,5093,4212,037 12.91%59.54%
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA54,5883,5492,409 6.50%67.88%
Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, CT14,5212,096743 14.43%35.45%
Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MA15,3211,302577 8.50%44.32%
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT50,0602,2891,554 4.57%67.89%
Average31,1791,9751,1866.34%60.02%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).