The average acceptance rate over 4-years colleges is higher than last year, but high ranked colleges still have low acceptance rate. In particular, the acceptance rate at prestigious colleges such as best colleges including Stanford, Harvard, and MIT is lower than last year.
California Institute of Technology ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. Harvard University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $59,524 and graduate tuition & fees is $48,484 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.