Top National Universities Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Top National Universities is 4.60%, a total of 44,420 applicants applied to the schools and 2,082 accepted.

University of Pennsylvania had the most number of applicants of 59,465 and California Institute of Technology had the least number of applicants of 13,107 among Top National Universities.

Harvard University had the lowest acceptance rate of 3.00% and Duke University had the highest rate of 7.00%.

Table. Top National Universities Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1Stanford UniversityStanford, CA53,7332,1491,7414.00%81.01%
2Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA56,9371,7081,4353.00%84.02%
3Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA26,9041,3451,1575.00%86.02%
4Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ39,6441,5861,2214.00%76.99%
5Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT51,8032,5901,8135.00%70.00%
6Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY57,6132,3051,4524.00%62.99%
7University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA59,4653,5682,4626.00%69.00%
8California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA13,1073932553.00%64.89%
9University of ChicagoChicago, IL38,6311,9321,7005.00%87.99%
10Duke UniversityDurham, NC46,3653,2461,7857.00%54.99%
-Average44,4202,0821,5025%74%