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The acceptance rate is the percentage of students who are allowed to admitted. It is calculated by dividing the number of accepted students by the number of applicants. The "admitted" does not mean that all admitted students would enroll to school. An admitted student may or may not enroll to school and the term "Yield", also known as enrollment rate, is used to represent the percentage of enrolled students over admitted students.

Suppose that 1,500 students have applied, 500 students have allowed to admit, and finally 200 students have enrolled to a school. In this case, the acceptance rate is 33.33% (500 / 1,500 * 100) and the yield (enrollment rate is ) 40% (200 / 500 * 100).

In general, the lower the acceptance rate, the harder it is admitted to school. In fact, the acceptance rate of most top ranked schools is low and the schools tend to keep their acceptance rate low.

Minerva University has the tightest acceptance rate (1.0229%) and California Institute of Technology has the second lowest rate (3.9152%) based on academic year 2021-2022 admission data.

Below table ranks and compares the Tightest Colleges To Admit having lowest acceptance rate. For the acceptance rate rankings, we only include 4-year colleges that more than 5,000 students have applied to.

Tightest Colleges To Admit

Rank	College Name	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield	Tuition & Fees	Student Population	SAT Score
1	Minerva University San Francisco, CA	25,026	256	186	1.0%	72.7%	$16,450	468	-
9	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	13,026	510	270	3.9%	52.9%	$58,680	2,240	-
2	Stanford University Stanford, CA	55,471	2,190	1,757	3.9%	80.2%	$56,169	15,953	1,520
4	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	57,786	2,318	1,951	4.0%	84.2%	$55,587	30,391	1,530
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	33,240	1,365	1,177	4.1%	86.2%	$55,878	11,254	-
6	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	61,110	2,524	1,641	4.1%	65.0%	$63,530	30,135	1,520
3	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	37,601	1,647	1,290	4.4%	78.3%	$56,010	7,853	1,515
8	Yale University New Haven, CT	47,240	2,509	1,786	5.3%	71.2%	$59,950	12,060	1,530
12	Brown University Providence, RI	46,568	2,568	1,705	5.5%	66.4%	$62,304	9,948	1,515
7	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	56,332	3,304	2,418	5.9%	73.2%	$61,710	26,552	1,525
10	Duke University Durham, NC	49,703	2,927	1,744	5.9%	59.6%	$60,244	16,172	1,513
13	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	28,356	1,750	1,221	6.2%	69.8%	$60,870	6,292	1,500
5	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	37,974	2,460	2,053	6.5%	83.5%	$62,241	17,834	1,545
16	Pomona College Claremont, CA	11,620	771	451	6.6%	58.5%	$56,686	1,475	1,520
11	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	47,636	3,321	2,086	7.0%	62.8%	$60,768	22,603	1,520
15	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	47,152	3,368	1,626	7.1%	48.3%	$56,966	13,537	1,525
23	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	39,515	2,972	1,420	7.5%	47.8%	$58,720	28,890	-
20	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	13,012	1,013	454	7.8%	44.8%	$56,056	1,437	1,495
54	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	16,265	1,374	1,183	8.4%	86.1%	-	4,594	1,310
17	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	67,380	5,852	3,718	8.7%	63.5%	$61,015	23,620	1,505
22	Amherst College Amherst, MA	13,999	1,224	515	8.7%	42.1%	$61,150	1,745	1,460
38	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	9,325	822	517	8.8%	62.9%	$58,322	1,777	-
30	Williams College Williamstown, MA	12,452	1,099	574	8.8%	52.2%	$59,660	1,987	-
37	Colby College Waterville, ME	15,857	1,407	667	8.9%	47.4%	$61,220	2,155	1,465
14	Rice University Houston, TX	29,544	2,802	1,226	9.5%	43.8%	$52,895	7,643	1,530
36	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	45,525	4,385	2,027	9.6%	46.2%	$60,814	13,927	1,435
39	Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	10,513	1,108	471	10.5%	42.5%	$58,648	1,493	1,450
70	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	13,955	1,488	1,201	10.7%	80.7%	-	4,536	1,320
56	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	139,489	15,028	6,584	10.8%	43.8%	$43,012	44,589	-
28	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	5,632	633	358	11.2%	56.6%	$58,111	1,264	1,475
32	Tufts University Medford, MA	31,198	3,566	1,800	11.4%	50.5%	$63,000	12,219	1,495
24	Barnard College New York, NY	10,395	1,192	769	11.5%	64.5%	$59,687	2,744	1,488
26	Georgetown University Washington, DC	27,629	3,311	1,585	12.0%	47.9%	$59,957	19,371	1,480
72	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO	11,687	1,453	1,091	12.4%	75.1%	-	4,307	1,349
27	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	71,031	8,884	3,668	12.5%	41.3%	$61,503	46,287	1,475
25	New York University New York, NY	95,517	12,380	6,097	13.0%	49.2%	$56,500	52,775	1,510
21	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	33,634	4,373	1,980	13.0%	45.3%	$58,866	15,449	1,530
33	Emory University Atlanta, GA	33,435	4,364	1,494	13.1%	34.2%	$55,468	13,997	1,480
34	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	11,906	1,601	680	13.4%	42.5%	$59,770	2,669	1,455
18	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	32,896	4,453	1,896	13.5%	42.6%	$58,924	13,519	1,520
60	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	9,380	1,320	533	14.1%	40.4%	$59,970	1,902	1,475
83	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	10,975	1,564	620	14.3%	39.6%	$62,070	2,050	-
59	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	112,843	16,295	6,931	14.4%	42.5%	$43,980	42,327	-
19	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	23,642	3,562	2,059	15.1%	57.8%	$58,843	12,809	1,480
44	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	44,048	7,030	3,453	16.0%	49.1%	$33,964	39,771	1,405
31	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	7,663	1,240	606	16.2%	48.9%	$60,752	2,280	1,470
67	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	17,540	3,015	887	17.2%	29.4%	$61,966	3,054	1,425
123	Bates College Lewiston, ME	7,319	1,267	553	17.3%	43.6%	$59,062	1,876	-
35	Carleton College Northfield, MN	7,915	1,389	555	17.5%	40.0%	$60,225	1,940	1,479
90	Davidson College Davidson, NC	6,434	1,145	547	17.8%	47.8%	$55,200	1,983	-
50	Haverford College Haverford, PA	5,332	951	411	17.8%	43.2%	$61,210	1,307	1,480
52	Northeastern University Boston, MA	75,244	13,829	4,504	18.4%	32.6%	$57,592	22,905	1,490
42	Boston University Boston, MA	75,778	14,129	4,011	18.6%	28.4%	$59,816	32,718	1,440
41	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	6,621	1,248	484	18.8%	38.8%	$59,380	2,183	1,470
53	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	39,846	7,587	2,516	19.0%	33.2%	$61,706	14,934	1,475
62	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	13,067	2,540	910	19.4%	35.8%	$62,049	3,053	1,405
2	Emory University-Oxford College Oxford, GA	20,211	4,006	593	19.8%	14.8%	$55,468	947	1,480
61	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	10,884	2,193	679	20.1%	31.0%	$62,870	2,435	1,480
57	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	79,743	16,071	7,290	20.2%	45.4%	$53,232	47,907	-
49	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	50,729	10,348	4,690	20.4%	45.3%	$36,891	30,092	1,260
43	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	47,971	9,951	3,889	20.7%	39.1%	$53,626	25,628	1,440
3	American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York, NY	9,727	2,146	440	22.1%	20.5%	$42,960	1,399	-
84	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	15,156	3,816	1,412	25.2%	37.0%	$59,770	8,789	-
66	Villanova University Villanova, PA	24,410	6,162	1,772	25.2%	28.8%	$59,020	11,032	1,420
4	Babson College Wellesley, MA	7,104	1,801	650	25.4%	36.1%	$54,944	3,340	1,405
444	Denison University Granville, OH	9,513	2,689	654	28.3%	24.3%	$57,500	2,258	1,330
55	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	42,245	12,037	2,766	28.5%	23.0%	$54,760	17,809	1,380
40	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	66,077	18,994	9,060	28.7%	47.7%	$40,996	50,476	1,365
210	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	13,955	4,015	876	28.8%	21.8%	$58,570	4,056	-
228	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	107,950	31,110	6,489	28.8%	20.9%	$43,529	36,303	-
164	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	105,641	30,824	4,900	29.2%	15.9%	$44,171	26,179	-
112	Smith College Northampton, MA	6,064	1,814	676	29.9%	37.3%	$56,114	2,504	1,450
46	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	51,207	15,431	6,787	30.1%	44.0%	$28,659	53,372	1,385
78	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	33,232	10,049	1,606	30.2%	16.0%	$54,532	11,465	1,470
177	Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY	11,176	3,419	719	30.6%	21.0%	$58,128	2,582	1,355
133	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	9,046	2,828	601	31.3%	21.3%	$60,518	2,049	1,428
205	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	54,570	18,008	4,884	33.0%	27.1%	$28,105	22,440	-
280	Trinity University San Antonio, TX	9,626	3,246	663	33.7%	20.4%	$47,392	2,677	1,374
370	Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL	8,597	2,940	551	34.2%	18.7%	$22,614	2,747	1,025
174	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	118,386	40,493	7,544	34.2%	18.6%	$44,454	39,576	-
91	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	10,597	3,639	864	34.3%	23.7%	$60,240	2,658	1,399
115	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	11,263	3,886	1,027	34.5%	26.4%	$59,802	3,726	1,373
651	Howard University Washington, DC	29,396	10,362	2,768	35.2%	26.7%	$28,916	10,859	1,185
595	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL	8,717	3,076	1,129	35.3%	36.7%	$17,725	9,184	1,080
231	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	48,929	17,797	7,090	36.4%	39.8%	$22,467	71,881	1,260
80	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	17,475	6,386	1,684	36.5%	26.4%	$47,038	8,939	1,440
111	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	7,601	2,778	508	36.5%	18.3%	$63,310	1,615	1,420
108	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	65,235	24,183	7,619	37.1%	31.5%	$18,786	43,569	1,260
638	Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	7,720	2,898	510	37.5%	17.6%	$63,406	2,254	-
161	Trinity College Hartford, CT	5,603	2,115	523	37.7%	24.7%	$61,370	2,241	1,407
358	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	67,660	25,646	5,269	37.9%	20.5%	$20,016	36,334	-
234	Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	6,495	2,484	535	38.2%	21.5%	$58,426	1,839	1,415
81	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	9,796	3,834	943	39.1%	24.6%	$60,006	5,440	1,450
85	University of Georgia Athens, GA	39,229	15,685	5,819	40.0%	37.1%	$31,108	39,147	1,360
64	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	19,543	7,924	1,623	40.5%	20.5%	$59,378	11,741	1,445
313	Regent University Virginia Beach, VA	5,240	2,133	438	40.7%	20.5%	$18,820	10,483	1,095
141	Lafayette College Easton, PA	8,262	3,366	782	40.7%	23.2%	$57,114	2,514	1,380
101	Connecticut College New London, CT	7,682	3,146	492	41.0%	15.6%	$60,795	1,737	1,405
94	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	6,498	2,786	821	42.9%	29.5%	$56,540	2,970	1,330
698	Reed College Portland, OR	7,010	3,071	502	43.8%	16.3%	$62,730	1,385	-

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