College Acceptance Rates & Admissions Statistics
The numbers, without the noise.
Years of admissions data from the nation’s most selective colleges, with clear analysis of what it means for your student.
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Two ways to explore the data.
The Ivies
Ivy League Acceptance Rates
Current admit rates and admissions profiles Ivy League schools, with our analysis of what each one rewards in an application.
30+ Colleges
Selective Schools Acceptance Rates
Current admit rates and admissions profiles for more than 30 of the most selective colleges, from Stanford and MIT to Duke, Vanderbilt, and the Ivy-adjacent group.
The Data
Compare acceptance rates side by side.
Published rates: most recent available class
Ivy+ acceptance rate: our students vs. the national average.
Class of 2030 · all TTA programs
46%admitted
5%admitted
TTA students are admitted to top colleges at 9x the national rate.
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Harvard University
Ivy LeagueTTA: 55%vsPublished: 3.6%OverallTTA: 87.5%vsPublished: 8.7%Early · REA -
Columbia University
Ivy LeagueTTA: 45.5%vsPublished: 4.3%OverallTTA: 60%vsPublished: 11%Early · ED -
Yale University
Ivy LeagueTTA: 47.4%vsPublished: 4.6%OverallTTA: 57.1%vsPublished: 10.8%Early · REA -
Princeton University
Ivy LeagueTTA: 0%vsPublished: 4.6%OverallTTA: 0%vsPublished: NAEarly · REA -
University of Pennsylvania
Ivy LeagueTTA: 47.4%vsPublished: 5.4%OverallTTA: 50%vsPublished: 14.9%Early · ED -
Brown University
Ivy LeagueTTA: 35.3%vsPublished: 5.7%OverallTTA: 83.3%vsPublished: 14.4%Early · ED -
Dartmouth College
Ivy LeagueTTA: 60%vsPublished: 6%OverallTTA: 90.9%vsPublished: 17.1%Early · ED -
Cornell University
Ivy LeagueTTA: 60.9%vsPublished: 8.4%OverallTTA: 100%vsPublished: 16.6%Early · ED -
Stanford University
SelectiveTTA: 26.3%vsPublished: 3.9%OverallTTA: 60%vsPublished: NAEarly · REA -
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SelectiveTTA: 75%vsPublished: 4.5%OverallTTA: 100%vsPublished: 5.3%Early · EA -
University of Chicago
SelectiveTTA: 40%vsPublished: 4.8%OverallTTA: 55.6%vsPublished: NAEarly · ED/EA -
Duke University
SelectiveTTA: 45%vsPublished: 5.1%OverallTTA: 44.4%vsPublished: 12.9%Early · ED -
Vanderbilt University
SelectiveTTA: 33.3%vsPublished: 5.1%OverallTTA: 50%vsPublished: 15.2%Early · ED -
Johns Hopkins University
SelectiveTTA: 50%vsPublished: 6.2%OverallTTA: NAvsPublished: 21%Early · ED -
Northwestern University
SelectiveTTA: 38.5%vsPublished: 7.5%OverallTTA: 100%vsPublished: 20%Early · ED -
Rice University
SelectiveTTA: 50%vsPublished: 7.8%OverallTTA: 100%vsPublished: 15.3%Early · ED -
University of Notre Dame
SelectiveTTA: 25%vsPublished: 11.1%OverallTTA: NAvsPublished: 15.4%Early · REA -
Georgetown University
SelectiveTTA: 45%vsPublished: 12%OverallTTA: 0%vsPublished: 9.9%Early · EA
No schools in this group.
TTA figures reflect Class of 2030 results across all programs. Published rates reflect the most recent data available; some colleges no longer report early admission rates. TTA results may reflect small sample sizes.
What the Numbers Mean
A 4% admit rate does not mean a 4% chance for your student.
Published acceptance rates compress every applicant into a single number: recruited athletes, legacies, first-generation students, international applicants, and everyone in between. But an individual student’s chances can look very different depending on their academic profile, institutional priorities, and application round.
At many selective colleges, Early Decision and Early Action acceptance rates are significantly higher than Regular Decision rates, but those early pools are different, too. The real question isn’t simply, “What’s the acceptance rate?” It’s “Where does my student stand within that pool, and which round gives them the strongest opportunity?
9x
the national Ivy+ admission rate for TTA students
90%
admitted to a top-two choice
20+
years guiding families
Results reflect Top Tier Admissions’ Class of 2030 outcomes.