Data Report

Ivy League & Top-50 Acceptance Data

Name: Ivy League & Top-50 Acceptance Data Report
Creator: Dewey Smart
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Current acceptance rates and SAT/ACT ranges for 50 of the most selective universities in America, straight from federal data, not marketing fluff.

universities tracked

12.4%

average acceptance rate

2.6%

most selective (California Institute of Technology)

Ivy League

A free look at the 8 Ivy League schools. The full report covers all 4 categories.

University	State	Acceptance Rate	SAT (mid 50%)	ACT (mid 50%)	Avg GPA
Harvard University	MA	3.6%	1510–1580	34–36	—
Yale University	CT	3.9%	1470–1570	33–35	—
Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	4%	1510–1580	34–35	—
Princeton University	NJ	4.6%	1510–1580	34–35	—
Brown University	RI	5.4%	1510–1580	34–35	—
University of Pennsylvania	PA	5.4%	1510–1570	34–36	—
Dartmouth College	NH	5.4%	1500–1570	33–35	—
Cornell University	NY	8.8%	1500–1570	33–35	—

Elite Private

University	State	Acceptance Rate	SAT (mid 50%)	ACT (mid 50%)	Avg GPA
California Institute of Technology	CA	2.6%	Test-blind	Test-blind	—
Stanford University	CA	3.6%	1510–1580	34–35	—
University of Chicago	IL	4.5%	1510–1580	34–35	—
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	4.5%	1520–1580	34–36	—
Duke University	NC	5.7%	1500–1570	34–35	—
Vanderbilt University	TN	5.9%	1500–1570	34–35	—
Johns Hopkins University	MD	6.4%	1520–1570	34–36	3.95
Northwestern University	IL	7.7%	1510–1570	33–35	—
New York University	NY	7.7%	1480–1560	34–35	3.81
Rice University	TX	8%	1510–1570	34–35	—
University of Southern California	CA	9.8%	1450–1550	32–35	3.85
Emory University	GA	10.7%	1470–1550	32–35	—
Boston University	MA	11.1%	1420–1530	32–34	3.7–4.0 (school-reported)
University of Notre Dame	IN	11.3%	1455–1560	33–35	—
Tufts University	MA	11.5%	1470–1560	33–35	—
Carnegie Mellon University	PA	11.7%	1500–1570	34–35	3.89
Washington University in St Louis	MO	12.1%	1500–1570	33–35	—
Georgetown University	DC	12.9%	1390–1550	31–35	—
Boston College	MA	16.4%	1440–1540	33–35	—
Wake Forest University	NC	21.7%	1410–1520	32–34	—

Top Public

University	State	Acceptance Rate	SAT (mid 50%)	ACT (mid 50%)	Avg GPA
University of California-Los Angeles	CA	9%	Test-blind	Test-blind	4.20–4.30 (weighted)
University of California-Berkeley	CA	11%	Test-blind	Test-blind	4.16–4.28 (weighted)
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	14.1%	1370–1540	30–34	4.17 (weighted)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	15.3%	1390–1530	28–34	4.47 (weighted)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	15.6%	1360–1530	31–34	3.9
University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	16.8%	1410–1540	32–35	—
University of Florida	FL	24.2%	1320–1480	29–33	3.92
University of Texas at Austin	TX	26.6%	1250–1510	27–33	—
University of California-San Diego	CA	26.7%	Test-blind	Test-blind	4.12–4.28 (weighted)
University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	39.1%	Test-blind	Test-blind	3.84
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	42.4%	1310–1520	30–34	—
University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	45.2%	1380–1520	29–33	3.9

Liberal Arts

University	State	Acceptance Rate	SAT (mid 50%)	ACT (mid 50%)	Avg GPA
Pomona College	CA	7.1%	1490–1560	33–35	—
Bowdoin College	ME	7.1%	1470–1550	33–35	—
Swarthmore College	PA	7.5%	1490–1560	33–35	—
Williams College	MA	8.3%	1490–1570	34–35	—
Amherst College	MA	9%	1490–1580	33–35	—
Claremont McKenna College	CA	9.6%	1470–1560	33–35	—
Middlebury College	VT	10.8%	1445–1550	33–35	—
Davidson College	NC	13.4%	1400–1530	31–34	3.85
Wellesley College	MA	14.1%	1460–1560	33–35	—
Carleton College	MN	20.4%	1450–1560	32–34	—

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and published Common Data Set figures. Last updated September 2026.

GPA figures are school-reported (Common Data Set or official class profiles); scales vary and several schools do not publish GPA. Sourced and verified August 2026.

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