The average acceptance rate of US Colleges In Top 100 World Ranking is 14.65%, a total of 66,367 applicants applied to the schools and 11,108 accepted.
University of California-Los Angeles had the most number of applicants of 145,903 and California Institute of Technology had the least number of applicants of 13,107 among US Colleges In Top 100 World Ranking.
Harvard University 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 | Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | 56,937 | 1,708 | 1,435 | 3.00% | 84.02% |
| 2 | Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | 53,733 | 2,149 | 1,741 | 4.00% | 81.01% |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA | 26,904 | 1,345 | 1,157 | 5.00% | 86.02% |
| 4 | California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA | 13,107 | 393 | 255 | 3.00% | 64.89% |
| 5 | Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | 39,644 | 1,586 | 1,221 | 4.00% | 76.99% |
| 6 | University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | 125,910 | 15,109 | 6,799 | 12.00% | 45.00% |
| 7 | Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT | 51,803 | 2,590 | 1,813 | 5.00% | 70.00% |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY | 57,613 | 2,305 | 1,452 | 4.00% | 62.99% |
| 9 | University of ChicagoChicago, IL | 38,631 | 1,932 | 1,700 | 5.00% | 87.99% |
| 10 | University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | 59,465 | 3,568 | 2,462 | 6.00% | 69.00% |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD | 38,926 | 3,114 | 1,495 | 8.00% | 48.01% |
| 12 | Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY | 65,635 | 5,251 | 3,466 | 8.00% | 66.01% |
| 13 | University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA | 145,903 | 13,131 | 6,828 | 9.00% | 52.00% |
| 14 | University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI | 87,632 | 15,774 | 7,414 | 18.00% | 47.00% |
| 15 | New York UniversityNew York, NY | 113,578 | 10,222 | 5,520 | 9.00% | 54.00% |
| 16 | Duke UniversityDurham, NC | 46,365 | 3,246 | 1,785 | 7.00% | 54.99% |
| 17 | Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL | 51,769 | 3,624 | 2,066 | 7.00% | 57.01% |
| 18 | University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, WA | 62,428 | 26,844 | 6,979 | 43.00% | 26.00% |
| 19 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 33,707 | 3,708 | 1,632 | 11.00% | 44.01% |
| 20 | University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, CA | 130,771 | 32,693 | 7,192 | 25.00% | 22.00% |
| 21 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA | 52,377 | 8,380 | 3,687 | 16.00% | 44.00% |
| 22 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL | 67,398 | 29,655 | 8,303 | 44.00% | 28.00% |
| 23 | The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX | 66,109 | 19,172 | 9,394 | 29.00% | 49.00% |
| 24 | Washington University in St LouisSaint Louis, MO | 32,240 | 3,869 | 1,818 | 12.00% | 46.99% |
| 25 | Brown UniversityProvidence, RI | 51,316 | 2,566 | 1,617 | 5.00% | 63.02% |
| 26 | University of California-DavisDavis, CA | 94,637 | 39,748 | 6,757 | 42.00% | 17.00% |
| 27 | University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA | 110,871 | 31,044 | 4,967 | 28.00% | 16.00% |
| 28 | University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA | 80,808 | 8,081 | 3,636 | 10.00% | 44.99% |
| 29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC | 57,902 | 11,001 | 4,730 | 19.00% | 43.00% |
| 30 | Boston UniversityBoston, MA | 80,495 | 8,854 | 3,187 | 11.00% | 36.00% |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI | 63,505 | 27,307 | 7,919 | 43.00% | 29.00% |
| 32 | Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA | 31,929 | 3,512 | 1,405 | 11.00% | 40.01% |
| 33 | University of California-IrvineIrvine, CA | 121,101 | 31,486 | 6,927 | 26.00% | 22.00% |
| 34 | Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN | 45,313 | 2,719 | 1,550 | 6.00% | 57.01% |
| - | Average | 66,367 | 11,108 | 3,833 | 15% | 51% |