Best Public Affairs Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Best Public Affairs Colleges is 32.56%, a total of 58,060 applicants applied to the schools and 15,944 accepted.

University of California-Los Angeles had the most number of applicants of 145,903 and American University had the least number of applicants of 17,786 among Best Public Affairs Colleges.

Harvard University had the lowest acceptance rate of 3.00% and Arizona State University Campus Immersion had the highest rate of 90.00%.


Table. Best Public Affairs Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, IN54,27943,4239,55380.00%22.00%
2Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY42,08917,6773,71242.00%21.00%
3Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA56,9371,7081,4353.00%84.02%
4University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA125,91015,1096,79912.00%45.00%
5University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI87,63215,7747,41418.00%47.00%
6University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA80,8088,0813,63610.00%44.99%
7University of GeorgiaAthens, GA43,41916,0656,10537.00%38.00%
8University of ChicagoChicago, IL38,6311,9321,7005.00%87.99%
9University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, WA62,42826,8446,97943.00%26.00%
10American UniversityWashington, DC17,7868,3591,83947.00%22.00%
11Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, AZ68,84061,95614,25090.00%23.00%
12Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC25,4853,3131,59013.00%47.99%
13George Washington UniversityWashington, DC27,09411,9212,62344.00%22.00%
14New York UniversityNew York, NY113,57810,2225,5209.00%54.00%
15Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ39,6441,5861,2214.00%76.99%
16University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA145,90313,1316,8289.00%52.00%
17University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN39,86330,6956,75377.00%22.00%
18The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX66,10919,1729,39429.00%49.00%
19Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA33,7073,7081,63211.00%44.01%
20Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, OH70,02835,7148,21451.00%23.00%
21University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC57,90211,0014,73019.00%43.00%
22Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY57,6132,3051,4524.00%62.99%
23Duke UniversityDurham, NC46,3653,2461,7857.00%54.99%
24Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA30,23018,7434,49862.00%24.00%
25University of KansasLawrence, KS19,22616,9195,24588.00%31.00%
-Average58,06015,9444,99633%43%