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

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Best-forbes-top-25-schools is 6.32%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 61.28%. A total of 763,446 have applied, 48,270 admitted, and 29,579 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 Name	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Admission Yield
Amherst College Amherst, MA	14,864	1,079	467	7.26%	43.28%
Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	9,376	862	508	9.19%	58.93%
Brown University Providence, RI	50,649	2,562	1,717	5.06%	67.02%
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	16,626	448	224	2.69%	50.00%
Carleton College Northfield, MN	8,583	1,427	532	16.63%	37.28%
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	60,879	2,404	1,540	3.95%	64.06%
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	28,336	1,808	1,124	6.38%	62.17%
Davidson College Davidson, NC	6,479	1,098	542	16.95%	49.36%
Duke University Durham, NC	50,016	3,174	1,745	6.35%	54.98%
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	61,221	1,984	1,646	3.24%	82.96%
Haverford College Haverford, PA	5,657	804	362	14.21%	45.02%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	33,767	1,337	1,136	3.96%	84.97%
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	51,261	3,695	2,038	7.21%	55.16%
Pomona College Claremont, CA	10,666	749	413	7.02%	55.14%
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	38,019	2,167	1,499	5.70%	69.17%
Stanford University Stanford, CA	56,378	2,075	1,736	3.68%	83.66%
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	14,707	1,019	433	6.93%	42.49%
Tufts University Medford, MA	34,882	3,381	1,695	9.69%	50.13%
United States Military Academy West Point, NY	12,559	1,501	1,173	11.95%	78.15%
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	37,522	2,039	1,729	5.43%	84.80%
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	26,509	3,421	2,037	12.91%	59.54%
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	54,588	3,549	2,409	6.50%	67.88%
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	14,521	2,096	743	14.43%	35.45%
Williams College Williamstown, MA	15,321	1,302	577	8.50%	44.32%
Yale University New Haven, CT	50,060	2,289	1,554	4.57%	67.89%
Average	30,538	1,931	1,183	6.32%	61.28%

*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

**Information is not available for schools that are not appeared in the table. The schools have not report the information to the IPEDS or not applicable.)

Best-forbes-top-25-schools with Outstanding Admission Stats

Tightest Schools (Lowest Acceptance Rates)

California Institute of Technology 2.69%
Yale University 4.57%
Columbia University in the City of New York 3.95%
Stanford University 3.68%
Harvard University 3.24%

Favored Schools (Highest Admission Yield)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 84.97%
University of Chicago 84.80%
Stanford University 83.66%
Harvard University 82.96%
United States Military Academy 78.15%