For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Best-2014-us-top-50-schools is 17.39%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 32.65%. A total of 2,695,357 have applied, 468,824 admitted, and 153,051 students have enrolled one of Best-2014-us-top-50-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-2014-us-top-50-schools 2023 Acceptance Rate Comparison
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2023 Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table | School Name | Applicants | Admitted |
Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Admission Yield |
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Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MA | 40,494 | 6,748 | 2,335 |
16.66% | 34.60% |
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Boston UniversityBoston, MA | 80,796 | 11,607 | 3,635 |
14.37% | 31.32% |
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Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA | 9,917 | 3,908 | 986 |
39.41% | 25.23% |
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Brown UniversityProvidence, RI | 50,649 | 2,562 | 1,717 |
5.06% | 67.02% |
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California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | 16,626 | 448 | 224 |
2.69% | 50.00% |
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Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 34,261 | 3,873 | 1,716 |
11.30% | 44.31% |
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Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OH | 38,701 | 10,607 | 1,553 |
27.41% | 14.64% |
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Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY | 60,879 | 2,404 | 1,540 |
3.95% | 64.06% |
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Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY | 69,195 | 5,168 | 3,491 |
7.47% | 67.55% |
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Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH | 28,336 | 1,808 | 1,124 |
6.38% | 62.17% |
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Duke UniversityDurham, NC | 50,016 | 3,174 | 1,745 |
6.35% | 54.98% |
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Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA | 33,179 | 3,767 | 1,424 |
11.35% | 37.80% |
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Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC | 26,638 | 3,257 | 1,586 |
12.23% | 48.70% |
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Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA | 50,610 | 8,672 | 3,647 |
17.13% | 42.05% |
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Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 61,221 | 1,984 | 1,646 |
3.24% | 82.96% |
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Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD | 37,844 | 2,745 | 1,406 |
7.25% | 51.22% |
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Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA | 15,163 | 5,607 | 1,511 |
36.98% | 26.95% |
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New York UniversityNew York, NY | 100,662 | 12,539 | 6,184 |
12.46% | 49.32% |
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Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA | 91,000 | 6,191 | 2,519 |
6.80% | 40.69% |
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Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL | 51,261 | 3,695 | 2,038 |
7.21% | 55.16% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA | 85,784 | 47,360 | 9,216 |
55.21% | 19.46% |
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Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | 38,019 | 2,167 | 1,499 |
5.70% | 69.17% |
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Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY | 16,863 | 10,878 | 2,002 |
64.51% | 18.40% |
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Rice UniversityHouston, TX | 31,443 | 2,730 | 1,203 |
8.68% | 44.07% |
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Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | 56,378 | 2,075 | 1,736 |
3.68% | 83.66% |
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Tufts UniversityMedford, MA | 34,882 | 3,381 | 1,695 |
9.69% | 50.13% |
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University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | 128,209 | 14,523 | 6,728 |
11.33% | 46.33% |
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University of California-DavisDavis, CA | 94,747 | 35,377 | 6,399 |
37.34% | 18.09% |
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University of California-IrvineIrvine, CA | 119,191 | 25,212 | 5,664 |
21.15% | 22.47% |
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University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA | 149,801 | 12,845 | 6,462 |
8.57% | 50.31% |
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University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, CA | 131,197 | 31,103 | 6,546 |
23.71% | 21.05% |
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University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA | 110,995 | 28,688 | 4,967 |
25.85% | 17.31% |
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University of ChicagoChicago, IL | 37,522 | 2,039 | 1,729 |
5.43% | 84.80% |
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University of FloridaGainesville, FL | 64,473 | 15,054 | 6,612 |
23.35% | 43.92% |
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University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL | 63,257 | 28,354 | 7,957 |
44.82% | 28.06% |
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University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL | 49,169 | 9,312 | 2,371 |
18.94% | 25.46% |
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University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI | 84,289 | 14,914 | 7,050 |
17.69% | 47.27% |
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University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC | 56,341 | 9,639 | 4,435 |
17.11% | 46.01% |
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University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN | 26,509 | 3,421 | 2,037 |
12.91% | 59.54% |
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University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | 54,588 | 3,549 | 2,409 |
6.50% | 67.88% |
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University of RochesterRochester, NY | 19,966 | 7,768 | 1,625 |
38.91% | 20.92% |
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University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA | 69,062 | 8,304 | 3,420 |
12.02% | 41.18% |
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University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI | 60,214 | 29,539 | 8,628 |
49.06% | 29.21% |
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Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN | 46,377 | 3,093 | 1,619 |
6.67% | 52.34% |
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Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, NC | 16,857 | 3,602 | 1,370 |
21.37% | 38.03% |
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Washington University in St LouisSaint Louis, MO | 32,014 | 3,764 | 1,813 |
11.76% | 48.17% |
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William & MaryWilliamsburg, VA | 18,087 | 6,059 | 1,642 |
33.50% | 27.10% |
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Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT | 50,060 | 2,289 | 1,554 |
4.57% | 67.89% |
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Yeshiva UniversityNew York, NY | 1,615 | 1,021 | 636 |
63.22% | 62.29% |
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| Average | 55,007 | 9,568 | 3,123 | 17.39% | 32.65% |
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).