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%