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2026 Ivy League Admission Rates
Comparison of acceptance rates for top U.S. universities in the 2026 cycle.
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CollegeAcceptancesPrinceton University2Massachusetts Institute of Technology1Harvard University1Stanford University2Yale University2Northwestern University3University of Pennsylvania3California Institute of Technology1Duke University2Cornell University4Brown University (including Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program)3Dartmouth College1Columbia University2University of California, Berkeley5University of California, Los Angeles3Rice University1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor3Washington University in St. Louis2Emory University3Georgetown University3University of Virginia4University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill3University of Southern California (Pre-Med)5University of California, San Diego7New York University (including Stern School of Business)7University of California, Davis15University of California, Irvine10University of California, Santa Barbara14Boston College3Tufts University1University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2University of Wisconsin-Madison3Boston University1Rutgers University3University of Maryland1University of Washington, Seattle2Northeastern University (including Nursing Program)16University of Minnesota Twin Cities1George Washington University1Santa Clara University2University of Massachusetts Amherst1Brandeis University1Clemson University1Syracuse University (including $132,000 scholarship)1Pepperdine University1Loyola Marymount University1 CollegeAcceptancesSwarthmore College1Wellesley College1Smith College2Hamilton College1Wesleyan University1Colorado College2Macalester College1Trinity College (including $30,000 scholarship)1Skidmore College1Babson College1Rhode Island School of Design (including Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program)2Otis College of Art and Design (including $112,000 scholarship)1Pratt Institute (including $80,000 and $108,000 scholarships)2Savannah College of Art and Design (Ranked #2 Most Innovative by U.S. News)1School of the Art Institute of Chicago (including $80,000 and $100,000 scholarships)2Parsons School of Design (including $72,000 scholarship)2 CollegeAcceptancesUniversity College London1The University of Hong Kong (including full scholarship for MBBS, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine)2University of Toronto (multiple scholarships awarded)2King’s College London1The University of Manchester1The Hong Kong Polytechnic University1Western University1
Admission Statistics - IvyWise
The admissions process, while time-consuming and complex, is also fun and fascinating. Below, we’ve included some important college admissions statistics, facts, and figures that will help you understand the trends in admission over the past decade.2025 college admission rates dropped as low as 3.78% and we are anticipate that 2026 will be another competitive year for students applying to the most selective colleges and universities in the U.S. We are updating class of 2030 admission statistics as they are reported. College acceptance rates over time have been dropping dramatically, making for an extremely competitive admissions process at some of the country’s top colleges and universities. Here’s a look at U.S. college admission rates over the years. School 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Amherst College TBA 7.72% 9.01% 9.82% 7.26% 8.74% 11.83% 9.51% Babson College TBA 16.00% 17.09% 19.74% 22.35% 25.35% 26.97% 26.41% Barnard College TBA 10.05% 8.84% 7.96% 8.79% 11.47% 13.60% 11.77% Boston College TBA 13.85% 16.19% 15.65% 16.66% 19.04% 26.38% 27.22% Boston University TBA 12.83% 11.11% 10.85% 14.37% 18.65% 20.09% 18.94% Bowdoin College 6.53% 6.81% 7.13% 8.02% 9.19% 8.82% 9.16% 9.05% Brown University 5.35% 5.65% 5.39% 5.23% 5.06% 5.51% 7.67% 7.07% Bucknell University TBA 32.20% 28.93% 32.01% 32.55% 34.50% 34.09% 34.23% California Institute of Technology TBA 3.78% 2.57% 3.14% 2.69% 3.92% 6.69% 6.42% Carleton College TBA 20.00% 20.41% 22.28% 16.63% 17.55% 20.28% 18.97% Carnegie Mellon University TBA 11.07% 11.66% 11.40% 11.30% 13.54% 17.27% 15.44% Claremont McKenna College TBA 9.44% 9.59% 11.12% 10.35% 11.24% 13.34% 10.30% Colby College TBA 8.00% 7.09% 6.83% 7.61% 8.87% 10.27% 9.67% Colgate University TBA 17.43% 13.88% 11.95% 12.43% 17.19% 27.47% 22.58% College of William & Mary TBA 36.96% In-state: 36.32% Out-of-state: 34.43% In-state: 39.28% Out-of-state: 28.19% In-state: 41.86% Out-of-state: 28.10% In-state: 43.98% Out-of-state: 31.45% In-state: 51.29% Out-of-state: 35.53% In-state: 46.94% Out-of-state: 30.99% Columbia University 4.23% 4.94% 3.86% 4.00% 3.74% 3.89% 6.66% 5.45% Cornell University TBA 8.38% 8.41% 7.90% 7.47% 8.69% 10.71% 10.85% Dartmouth College 5.84% 6.02% 5.40% 6.23% 6.38% 6.17% 9.22% 7.93% Davidson College TBA 12.60% 13.37% 14.48% 16.95% 17.80% 20.00% 18.05% Duke University 4.73% 5.20% 5.71% 6.78% 6.35% 5.88% 7.79% 7.60% Emory University Overall: 12.29% Emory: 10.30% Oxford: 13.34% Emory: 10.29% Oxford: 12.66...
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