| Name | Admissions Rate | Num Applicants | % Matriculated (Yield) | Acceptance Rates (Men) | Acceptance Rates (Women) | SAT Subject Tests Required |
Early Decision (ED) Early Action(EA) |
|
| 1 |
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
8.8% | 22,868 | 82% | 9% | 9% | 3 | |
| 2 |
Yale University
New Haven, CT |
8.9% | 21,101 | 70% | 10% | 8% | 2 | EA |
| 3 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
9.7% | 18,942 | 68% | 10% | 10% | 3 | |
| 4 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
10.3% | 23,958 | 70% | 10% | 10% | Recommended | EA |
| 5 |
Columbia University
New York, NY |
11.6% | 19,851 | 58% | 13% | 10% | 2 | ED |
| 6 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
12.5% | 12,445 | 69% | 9% | 21% | 2 | EA |
| 7 |
Brown University
Providence, RI |
14.0% | 19,097 | 56% | 16% | 12% | 2 | ED |
| 8 |
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH |
15.7% | 13,938 | 49% | 15% | 16% | 2 | ED |
| 9 |
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA |
16.0% | 22,645 | 66% | 16% | 17% | 2 | ED |
| 10 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
16.9% | 3,597 | 38% | 13% | 29% | 2 | EA |
| 11 |
Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO |
17.3% | 22,428 | 34% | 20% | 15% | Recommended | ED |
| 12 |
Georgetown University
Washington, DC |
20.8% | 16,163 | 47% | 22% | 20% | 3 | |
| 13 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
21.4% | 30,383 | 46% | 21% | 21% | 2 | ED |
| 14 |
Duke University
Durham, NC |
22.7% | 18,159 | 41% | 23% | 22% | 2 | ED |
| 15 |
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
23.8% | 41,796 | 42% | 22% | 25% | 2 | |
| 16 |
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN |
24.5% | 14,503 | 56% | 25% | 24% | EA | |
| 17 |
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA |
25.0% | 33,760 | 35% | 26% | 24% | Recommended | |
| 18 |
Rice University
Houston, TX |
25.1% | 8,968 | 33% | 26% | 25% | 2 | EA,ED |
| 19 |
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD |
25.7% | 16,503 | 30% | 26% | 25% | Recommended | ED |
| 20 |
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA |
25.8% | 47,317 | 39% | 25% | 26% | 2 | |
| 21 |
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA |
27.3% | 28,850 | 29% | 31% | 25% | 2 | EA |
| 22 |
Tufts University
Medford, MA |
27.5% | 15,387 | 32% | 30% | 26% | 2 | ED |
| 23 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA |
28.0% | 22,356 | 23% | 25% | 34% | 2 | ED |
| 24 |
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL |
29.6% | 18,385 | 38% | 31% | 28% | Recommended | ED |
| 25 |
Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
31.9% | 14,222 | 30% | 34% | 31% | ED | |
| 26 |
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA |
31.9% | 12,155 | 30% | 31% | 33% | Recommended | ED |
| 27 |
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
32.8% | 12,911 | 39% | 34% | 32% | Recommended | ED |
| 28 |
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA |
33.7% | 10,854 | 37% | 44% | 28% | ED | |
| 29 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC |
34.1% | 19,728 | 57% | 34% | 34% | EA | |
| 30 |
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA |
34.8% | 6,661 | 32% | 39% | 32% | EA | |
| 31 |
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA |
35.2% | 17,800 | 52% | 34% | 36% | 2 | ED |
| 32 |
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA |
36.3% | 7,640 | 28% | 39% | 34% | 2 | ED |
| 33 |
New York University
New York, NY |
36.7% | 34,389 | 39% | 34% | 38% | 2 | ED |
| 34 |
George Washington University
Washington, DC |
37.8% | 19,426 | 33% | 42% | 35% | ED | |
| 35 |
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL |
38.0% | 19,809 | 26% | 39% | 37% | EA,ED | |
| 36 |
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
38.5% | 9,538 | 34% | 38% | 39% | EA | |
| 37 |
Northeastern University
Boston, MA |
39.4% | 30,348 | 24% | 40% | 39% | ||
| 38 |
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY |
39.8% | 12,768 | 23% | 40% | 40% | ED | |
| 39 |
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL |
42.1% | 24,126 | 63% | 38% | 45% | ED | |
| 40 |
Fordham University
Bronx, NY |
42.1% | 22,035 | 19% | 44% | 41% | EA | |
| 41 |
Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, NC |
42.4% | 7,177 | 37% | 42% | 42% | ED | |
| 42 |
SUNY at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY |
43.1% | 22,858 | 24% | 44% | 42% | EA | |
| 43 |
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY |
43.2% | 24,060 | 27% | 46% | 41% | ||
| 44 |
Spalding University
Louisville, KY |
43.5% | 570 | 52% | 51% | 41% | ||
| 45 |
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA |
43.9% | 42,053 | 28% | 41% | 46% | EA | |
| 46 |
Baylor University
Waco, TX |
44.0% | 26,514 | 23% | 46% | 43% | ||
| 47 |
Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA |
44.4% | 16,967 | 18% | 45% | 44% | EA,ED | |
| 48 |
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA |
45.6% | 43,591 | 23% | 43% | 48% | 2 | |
| 49 |
Andrews University
Berrien Springs, MI |
47.0% | 1,195 | 52% | 48% | 47% | ||
| 50 |
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD |
47.0% | 24,172 | 37% | 49% | 46% | EA |