Most Considered and Compared Schools 2020 Acceptance Rate Comparison

For academic year 2019-2020, the average acceptance rate for Most Considered and Compared Schools is 31.34% and admission yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 34.88% where total 602,458 people have applied, 188,814 admitted, and 65,866 students have enrolled one of schools of Most Considered and Compared Schools finally. Stanford University is the tightest school to admit with 4.34% acceptance rate and Harvard University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 4.64%. Below table summarizes and compares the acceptance rate and other admission statistics. You want to click a column name to sort table by the column.

Most Considered and Compared Schools 2020 Acceptance Rate Comparison

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2020 Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table
School Name	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Admission Yield
Auburn University Auburn, AL	20,205	16,300	4,808	80.67%	29.50%
Clemson University Clemson, SC	29,070	14,900	3,932	51.26%	26.39%
Delta State University Cleveland, MS	1,072	1,008	290	94.03%	28.77%
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	58,936	21,202	7,106	35.97%	33.52%
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	43,330	2,009	1,649	4.64%	82.08%
James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	23,579	18,098	4,456	76.75%	24.62%
Marshall University Huntington, WV	6,451	5,605	1,769	86.89%	31.56%
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	47,703	25,634	7,716	53.74%	30.10%
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	32,804	1,895	1,335	5.78%	70.45%
Stanford University Stanford, CA	47,498	2,062	1,698	4.34%	82.35%
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	19,028	8,966	2,159	47.12%	24.08%
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	87,847	14,278	6,455	16.25%	45.21%
University of Florida Gainesville, FL	38,069	13,925	6,554	36.58%	47.07%
University of Georgia Athens, GA	29,285	13,265	5,499	45.30%	41.45%
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	22,200	3,515	2,051	15.83%	58.35%
University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	40,839	9,778	3,920	23.94%	40.09%
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	17,698	14,133	2,919	79.86%	20.65%
Yale University New Haven, CT	36,844	2,241	1,550	6.08%	69.17%
Average	33,470	10,490	3,659	31.34%	34.88%

*The data for academic year 2019-2020 is from IPEDS (The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System),U.S. Department of Education.

**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.)