Key Admission and Academic Facts of Tightest Private Colleges To Get In

California Institute of Technology has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 2.69% and Harvard University has the second lowest rate of 3.24% among 730 colleges with competitive admission. California Institute of Technology stay at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Harvard University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $64,258 and graduate tuition & fees is $56,295 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 25 Tightest Private Colleges To Get In.
Table. Tightest Private Colleges To Get In Comparison
School NameAcceptance RateYieldSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
Private, four-years
2.69%
1.23%
50.00%-$63,2552,40194.00%3 to 1
2
1
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Private, four-years
3.24%
0.77%
82.96%1,550$59,07630,63197.00%7 to 1
3
1
Stanford University Stanford, CA
Private, four-years
3.68%
0.27%
83.66%1,550$62,48418,28395.00%5 to 1
4
1
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY
Private, four-years
3.95%
0.18%
64.06%1,530$69,04534,78295.00%6 to 1
5
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
Private, four-years
3.96%
0.15%
84.97%1,560$60,15611,85894.00%3 to 1
6
1
Yale University New Haven, CT
Private, four-years
4.57%
0.74%
67.89%1,540$64,70014,77697.00%6 to 1
7
1
Brown University Providence, RI
Private, four-years
5.06%
0.45%
67.02%1,540$68,23011,18994.00%6 to 1
8
4
University of Chicago Chicago, IL
Private, four-years
5.43%
1.05%
84.80%1,540$66,93918,33995.00%5 to 1
9
3
Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Private, four-years
5.70%
1.32%
69.17%1,540$59,7108,84297.00%5 to 1
10
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Duke University Durham, NC
Private, four-years
6.35%
0.46%
54.98%1,550$65,80518,02396.00%6 to 1
11
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Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
Private, four-years
6.38%
0.21%
62.17%1,550$65,7396,74494.00%7 to 1
12
3
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Private, four-years
6.50%
0.63%
67.88%1,540$66,10428,20196.00%8 to 1
13
2
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
Private, four-years
6.67%
0.47%
52.34%1,530$63,94613,71092.00%7 to 1
14
34
Northeastern University Boston, MA
Private, four-years
6.80%
11.58%
40.69%1,500$63,14130,01391.00%16 to 1
15
2
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA
Private, four-years
6.93%
0.86%
42.49%1,520$62,4121,62593.00%8 to 1
16
3
Pomona College Claremont, CA
Private, four-years
7.02%
0.38%
55.14%1,520$62,3261,71694.00%7 to 1
17
3
Northwestern University Evanston, IL
Private, four-years
7.21%
0.24%
55.16%1,530$65,99723,16196.00%6 to 1
18
2
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
Private, four-years
7.25%
0.27%
51.22%1,550$63,34031,27594.00%6 to 1
19
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Amherst College Amherst, MA
Private, four-years
7.26%
1.48%
43.28%1,510$67,2801,89891.00%7 to 1
20
2
Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Private, four-years
7.47%
1.22%
67.55%1,530$66,01425,89895.00%9 to 1
21
1
Colby College Waterville, ME
Private, four-years
7.61%
1.26%
52.33%1,490$66,6002,29988.00%10 to 1
22
1
Williams College Williamstown, MA
Private, four-years
8.50%
0.33%
44.32%1,530$64,8602,22295.00%6 to 1
23
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Rice University Houston, TX
Private, four-years
8.68%
0.80%
44.07%1,540$58,1288,67293.00%6 to 1
24
5
Barnard College New York, NY
Private, four-years
8.79%
2.68%
66.00%1,505$66,2463,44291.00%10 to 1
25
5
Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME
Private, four-years
9.19%
0.37%
58.93%1,520$64,9101,91594.00%9 to 1
Average6.28%60.52%1,532$64,25814,07794.04%7 to 1
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