For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Colleges is 4.82%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 70.41%. A total of 408,683 have applied, 19,681 admitted, and 13,858 students have enrolled one of Colleges.

Harvard University is the tightest school to admit with 3.24% acceptance rate, and Stanford University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 3.68%.

Colleges 2023 Acceptance Rate Comparison

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2023 Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY60,8792,4041,540 3.95%64.06%
Duke UniversityDurham, NC50,0163,1741,745 6.35%54.98%
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA61,2211,9841,646 3.24%82.96%
Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ38,0192,1671,499 5.70%69.17%
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA56,3782,0751,736 3.68%83.66%
University of ChicagoChicago, IL37,5222,0391,729 5.43%84.80%
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA54,5883,5492,409 6.50%67.88%
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT50,0602,2891,554 4.57%67.89%
Average51,0852,4601,7324.82%70.41%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).