Key Admission and Academic Facts of Tightest 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 1,185 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 $63,660 and graduate tuition & fees is $54,670 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 27 Tightest Colleges To Get In.
Table. Tightest 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
-
Duke University Durham, NC
Private, four-years
6.35%
0.46%
54.98%1,550$65,80518,02396.00%6 to 1
11
-
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
13
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
-
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
1
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
Public, four-years
8.57%
2.20%
50.31%-$44,524
($13,747)
46,43092.00%18 to 1
24
1
Rice University Houston, TX
Private, four-years
8.68%
0.80%
44.07%1,540$58,1288,67293.00%6 to 1
25
1
Barnard College New York, NY
Private, four-years
8.79%
2.68%
66.00%1,505$66,2463,44291.00%10 to 1
26
6
Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME
Private, four-years
9.19%
0.37%
58.93%1,520$64,9101,91594.00%9 to 1
27
2
Tufts University Medford, MA
Private, four-years
9.69%
1.74%
50.13%1,510$67,84413,43193.00%10 to 1
Average6.49%59.76%1,531$63,660
($13,747)
15,25193.93%7 to 1
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