Top Public Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Top Public Colleges is 20.09%, a total of 62,273 applicants applied to the schools and 10,127 accepted.

University of California-Los Angeles had the most number of applicants of 145,903 and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology had the least number of applicants of 1,112 among Top Public Colleges.

University of California-Los Angeles had the lowest acceptance rate of 9.00% and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology had the highest rate of 53.96%.


Table. Top Public Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA125,91015,1096,79912.00%45.00%
2University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA145,90313,1316,8289.00%52.00%
3United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis, MD14,7271,3251,1269.00%84.98%
4United States Military AcademyWest Point, NY11,4301,6001,21614.00%76.00%
5The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX66,10919,1729,39429.00%49.00%
6University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, VA56,5289,6104,03617.00%42.00%
7University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC57,90211,0014,73019.00%43.00%
8Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA52,3778,3803,68716.00%44.00%
9University of FloridaGainesville, FL65,37515,6906,74724.00%43.00%
10University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI87,63215,7747,41418.00%47.00%
11New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySocorro, NM1,11260022253.96%37.00%
-Average62,27310,1274,74520%51%