The average acceptance rate of Best Physics Colleges is 11.60%, a total of 59,877 applicants applied to the schools and 9,017 accepted.
University of California-Berkeley had the most number of applicants of 125,910 and California Institute of Technology had the least number of applicants of 13,107 among Best Physics Colleges.
California Institute of Technology had the lowest acceptance rate of 3.00% and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign had the highest rate of 44.00%.
| Rank | School | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | 26,904 | 1,345 | 1,157 | 5.00% | 86.02% |
| 2 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | 13,107 | 393 | 255 | 3.00% | 64.89% |
| 3 | Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 56,937 | 1,708 | 1,435 | 3.00% | 84.02% |
| 4 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | 39,644 | 1,586 | 1,221 | 4.00% | 76.99% |
| 5 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | 53,733 | 2,149 | 1,741 | 4.00% | 81.01% |
| 6 | University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | 125,910 | 15,109 | 6,799 | 12.00% | 45.00% |
| 7 | Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY | 65,635 | 5,251 | 3,466 | 8.00% | 66.01% |
| 8 | University of ChicagoChicago, IL | 38,631 | 1,932 | 1,700 | 5.00% | 87.99% |
| 9 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL | 67,398 | 29,655 | 8,303 | 44.00% | 28.00% |
| 10 | University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA | 110,871 | 31,044 | 4,967 | 28.00% | 16.00% |
| - | Average | 59,877 | 9,017 | 3,104 | 12% | 64% |