Admissions Data
Guides and articles addressing admissions data, one of the common challenges students face during the admissions process.
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August 25, 2026
Kentucky Admits 93.52% of Applicants — and Recruits More of Them From Out of State Than In
Kentucky admitted 93.52% of Fall 2025 applicants, and its out-of-state applicant pool outnumbers in-state 2.5 to 1. The real residency gap is in yield, not admission.
August 25, 2026
Why Stony Brook's Acceptance Rate Runs Backwards
Stony Brook admits out-of-state applicants at a higher rate than New Yorkers, but the pools aren't comparable — New Yorkers still fill 81% of the class.
August 25, 2026
Why Binghamton's Acceptance Rate Runs Backwards
Binghamton admits out-of-state applicants at more than double the in-state rate, but the pools aren't comparable — New Yorkers still fill 82% of the class.
August 25, 2026
Arizona Admits In-State and Out-of-State Applicants at Nearly the Same Rate — the Real Gap Is International
Arizona admitted in-state and out-of-state applicants within 1.69 points of each other for Fall 2025. The real gap is international applicants, admitted at roughly half the domestic rate.
August 25, 2026
UW-Madison Is Exempt From Wisconsin's Non-Resident Cap. The Four-Way Split Shows Why It Matters.
UW-Madison's 40.81% rate blends four residency groups admitted from 56.39% to 31.60%. Wisconsin caps non-resident enrollment at every UW campus except Madison.
August 25, 2026
UGA Admits In-State Applicants at 42.13%, Out-of-State at 27.88% — A Gap That's Narrowing
UGA admitted 42.13% of in-state applicants versus 27.88% out-of-state for Fall 2025 — a gap that narrowed from the year before.
August 25, 2026
Pitt Admits 58% at Oakland and 88% to 95% at Its Regional Campuses
Pitt's Oakland campus admitted 58.08% of Fall 2024 applicants. Bradford, Johnstown, and Greensburg admitted 88.54% to 95.21% in the same cycle, off the same application.
August 25, 2026
Clemson Admits In-State Applicants at 52.92%, Out-of-State at 40.41% — A Gap That's Narrowing
Clemson admitted 52.92% of in-state applicants versus 40.41% out-of-state for Fall 2025 — a gap that narrowed sharply from the year before.
August 25, 2026
At Michigan, the School You Apply To Matters More Than the 16.4% Rate
Ross admitted 7.10% of direct-admit applicants while Michigan's university-wide rate was 16.42% in the same Fall 2025 cycle. The school you pick changes your odds.
August 25, 2026
Wake Forest's Early Decision Advantage Was 1.10x, and It Hasn't Reported the Number Since
Wake Forest admitted 20.76% for the Class of 2029. The last time it published an ED breakdown, the ED advantage was just 1.10x RD, far smaller than families assume.
August 25, 2026
Ohio State's Regional Campuses Admit 99%. The Safety Net Is for Ohio Residents Only
Columbus admitted 60.57% of Fall 2024 applicants; every regional campus admitted over 98%. Ohio residents get placed there automatically. Nonresidents are told to reapply as transfers.
August 25, 2026
Why Virginia Tech's Acceptance Rate Runs Backwards
Virginia Tech admits out-of-state applicants at a higher rate than Virginians, but only because far fewer of them enroll. Virginians still take 62% of every class.
