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  • 2008 College Acceptance Rates

    These are 20 universities with low acceptance rates for 2008. Some of these are record rates such as Harvard’s 7.1%.

    Harvard University – 7.1%
    Yale University – 8.3%
    Princeton University – 9.5%
    Stanford University – 9.5%
    Columbia University – 10%
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 12%
    Dartmouth University – 13.2%
    Brown University – 13.3%
    Washington and Lee – 15%
    Swarthmore University – 15%
    University of Pennsylvania – 16.4%
    Bowdoin University – 18%
    Georgetown University – 18%
    Duke University – 19%
    University of Southern California – 21%
    University of California, Berkeley – 21.5%
    University of California, Los Angeles – 22.1%
    Cornell University – 22.9%
    Vanderbilt University – 23.1%
    New York University – 24%

  • Yield

    Recently, there is a new type of ranking/rating that can determine which universities/colleges are really the most popular. It can help determine which college students really want to go to. The process is to look at a school’s yield, which is the percentage of applicants accepted by a university who end up enrolling at that institution that year. If a school has a high yield (a large proportion of those admitted enroll), it means that the school is most likely very popular amongst high school students, has a high reputation, and the students are motivated to go the given university. A low yield means that the school is probably a school that students use as a “safety” or “last resort” college. Many colleges use yield as a part in determining how many students they need to admit each year. Currently the college with the best yield is Harvard University.

  • 2007 – College Acceptance Rates

    According to US news, twenty eight colleges accepted every single person that applied. The lowest acceptance rates are also provided.

    Here are the Fall of 2007 college acceptance rates of 100% for the United States:

    Weber State University – Ogden, UT

    Pikeville College – Pikeville, KY

    CUNY–Medgar Evers College – Brooklyn, NY

    West Virginia University–Parkersburg – Parkersburg, WV

    Golden Gate University – San Francisco, CA

    Shawnee State University – Portsmouth, OH

    Bellevue University – Bellevue, NE

    Morris College – Sumter, SC

    Boston Conservatory – Boston, MA

    Utah Valley State College – Orem, UT

    Wayne State College – Wayne, NE

    Mountain State University – Beckley, WV

    Tabor College – Hillsboro, KS

    National University – La Jolla, CA

    Peirce College – Philadelphia, PA

    Oklahoma Panhandle State University – Goodwell, OK

    Wilmington University – New Castle, DE

    Northwestern Oklahoma State University – Alva, OK

    Granite State College – Concord, NH

    Southern Nazarene University – Bethany, OK

    City University – Bellevue, WA

    Gratz College – Melrose Park, PA

    University of Texas–Brownsville – Brownsville, TX

    Concordia College – Selma, AL

    Glenville State College – Glenville, WV

    Baker College of Flint – Flint, MI

    CUNY–College of Staten Island – Staten Island, NY

    University of Maryland–University College – Adelphi, MD

    Here are the top 10 lowest acceptance rates for the United States:

    Curtis Institute of Music – Philadelphia, PA – 4.8 %

    Juilliard School – New York, NY – 7.7 %

    Harvard University – Cambridge, MA – 9.2 %

    Princeton University – Princeton, NJ – 9.7 %

    Yale University – New Haven, CT – 9.9 %

    Stanford University – Stanford, CA – 10.3 %

    Columbia University – New York, NY – 10.6 %

    Cooper Union – New York, NY – 10.7 %

    United States Naval Academy – Annapolis, MD – 11.8 %

    College of the Ozarks – Point Lookout, MO – 11.8 %