Most Searched Colleges 2023 Acceptance Rate Comparison

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Most Searched Colleges is 25.08%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 37.64%. A total of 681,626 have applied, 170,969 admitted, and 64,354 students have enrolled one of Most Searched Colleges.

Harvard University is the tightest school to admit with 3.24% acceptance rate, and Columbia University in the City of New York has the second lowest acceptance rate of 3.95%.

Most Searched Colleges 2023 Acceptance Rate Comparison

The following 10 schools in the table below are frequently searched colleges over the past 30 days.

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2023 Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table
School Name	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Admission Yield
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	60,879	2,404	1,540	3.95%	64.06%
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	61,221	1,984	1,646	3.24%	82.96%
Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	43,422	27,203	12,490	62.65%	45.91%
The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	54,072	43,290	8,037	80.06%	18.57%
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	60,055	18,830	9,109	31.35%	48.37%
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	149,801	12,845	6,462	8.57%	50.31%
University of Florida Gainesville, FL	64,473	15,054	6,612	23.35%	43.92%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	84,289	14,914	7,050	17.69%	47.27%
University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	50,926	9,503	4,022	18.66%	42.32%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	52,488	24,942	7,386	47.52%	29.61%
Average	68,163	17,097	6,435	25.08%	37.64%

*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.)

Most Searched Colleges with Outstanding Admission Stats

Tightest Schools (Lowest Acceptance Rates)

Columbia University in the City of New York 3.95%
Harvard University 3.24%
University of California-Los Angeles 8.57%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 17.69%
University of Virginia-Main Campus 18.66%

Favored Schools (Highest Admission Yield)

Harvard University 82.96%
Columbia University in the City of New York 64.06%
University of California-Los Angeles 50.31%
The University of Texas at Austin 48.37%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 47.27%