Top 20 US Colleges 2020 Acceptance Rate Comparison
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| School Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Admission Yield | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown University Providence, RI | 35,437 | 2,718 | 1,656 | 7.67% | 60.93% | |
| California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | 8,208 | 543 | 231 | 6.62% | 42.54% | |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | 40,572 | 2,399 | 1,488 | 5.91% | 62.03% | |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | 51,324 | 5,448 | 3,295 | 10.61% | 60.48% | |
| Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | 22,033 | 1,925 | 1,167 | 8.74% | 60.62% | |
| Duke University Durham, NC | 35,786 | 3,189 | 1,745 | 8.91% | 54.72% | |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA | 42,749 | 2,024 | 1,653 | 4.73% | 81.67% | |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | 29,776 | 3,417 | 1,413 | 11.48% | 41.35% | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | 21,706 | 1,464 | 1,114 | 6.74% | 76.09% | |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | 40,425 | 3,422 | 1,931 | 8.47% | 56.43% | |
| Princeton University Princeton, NJ | 35,370 | 1,940 | 1,339 | 5.48% | 69.02% | |
| Rice University Houston, TX | 20,923 | 2,328 | 960 | 11.13% | 41.24% | |
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | 47,452 | 2,071 | 1,697 | 4.36% | 81.94% | |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | 113,754 | 15,970 | 6,240 | 14.04% | 39.07% | |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL | 32,283 | 2,345 | 1,805 | 7.26% | 76.97% | |
| University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | 20,371 | 3,608 | 2,070 | 17.71% | 57.37% | |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | 44,491 | 3,740 | 2,518 | 8.41% | 67.33% | |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | 34,313 | 3,298 | 1,602 | 9.61% | 48.57% | |
| Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO | 31,320 | 4,708 | 1,797 | 15.03% | 38.17% | |
| Yale University New Haven, CT | 35,301 | 2,240 | 1,573 | 6.35% | 70.22% | |
| Average | 37,180 | 3,440 | 1,865 | 9.25% | 54.21% |
*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.)
Top 20 US Colleges
Tightest Schools (Lowest Acceptance Rates)
- Stanford University 4.36%
- Harvard University 4.73%
- Yale University 6.35%
- Princeton University 5.48%
- California Institute of Technology 6.62%
Favored Schools (Highest Admission Yield)
- Harvard University 81.67%
- Stanford University 81.94%
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 76.09%
- University of Chicago 76.97%
- Yale University 70.22%
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