US Colleges In Top 100 World Ranking Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

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%.

Table. US Colleges In Top 100 World Ranking Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA56,9371,7081,4353.00%84.02%
2Stanford UniversityStanford, CA53,7332,1491,7414.00%81.01%
3Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA26,9041,3451,1575.00%86.02%
4California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA13,1073932553.00%64.89%
5Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ39,6441,5861,2214.00%76.99%
6University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA125,91015,1096,79912.00%45.00%
7Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT51,8032,5901,8135.00%70.00%
8Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY57,6132,3051,4524.00%62.99%
9University of ChicagoChicago, IL38,6311,9321,7005.00%87.99%
10University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA59,4653,5682,4626.00%69.00%
11Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD38,9263,1141,4958.00%48.01%
12Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY65,6355,2513,4668.00%66.01%
13University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA145,90313,1316,8289.00%52.00%
14University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI87,63215,7747,41418.00%47.00%
15New York UniversityNew York, NY113,57810,2225,5209.00%54.00%
16Duke UniversityDurham, NC46,3653,2461,7857.00%54.99%
17Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL51,7693,6242,0667.00%57.01%
18University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, WA62,42826,8446,97943.00%26.00%
19Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA33,7073,7081,63211.00%44.01%
20University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, CA130,77132,6937,19225.00%22.00%
21Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA52,3778,3803,68716.00%44.00%
22University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL67,39829,6558,30344.00%28.00%
23The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX66,10919,1729,39429.00%49.00%
24Washington University in St LouisSaint Louis, MO32,2403,8691,81812.00%46.99%
25Brown UniversityProvidence, RI51,3162,5661,6175.00%63.02%
26University of California-DavisDavis, CA94,63739,7486,75742.00%17.00%
27University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA110,87131,0444,96728.00%16.00%
28University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA80,8088,0813,63610.00%44.99%
29University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC57,90211,0014,73019.00%43.00%
30Boston UniversityBoston, MA80,4958,8543,18711.00%36.00%
31University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI63,50527,3077,91943.00%29.00%
32Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA31,9293,5121,40511.00%40.01%
33University of California-IrvineIrvine, CA121,10131,4866,92726.00%22.00%
34Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN45,3132,7191,5506.00%57.01%
-Average66,36711,1083,83315%51%