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Class of 2026 Admissions Statistics

Class of 2026 Admissions Statistics from the Ivy League and Other Colleges

 

Most of the eight Ivy League schools have released their admissions statistics for the college Class of 2026. As always, significantly more students applied than were accepted. And this year, it was harder than ever to get in.

 

Below is a chart outlining this year’s results at a number of U.S. colleges (– indicates the college has not released this data).

 

Congratulations to all our students and those worldwide who were accepted!

 

College/ University

Total # of Applications Received

# Accepted Regular Decision

# Accepted Early Decision/Early Action

Overall Acceptance Rate

Barnard

12,009

961

586

8%

Boston College

40,484

6,678 total

16%

Boston University

80,797

11,434

total

14%

Brown University

50,649

1,651

896

5%

Columbia University

60,377

2,253 total

3.73%

Cornell University

will not release data

Dartmouth

28,336

1,207

560

6.2%

Duke

50,002

2,340

855

6%

Emory/Oxford College

33,517

3592 total admitted to Emory and 3148 total admitted to Oxford College. 1456 admitted to both.

15.8%

Florida State

75,000

16,000 total

21%

Georgetown

26,670

2,348

881

12%

Georgia Tech

50,601

8,602

17% overall

Harvard University

61,220

474

740

3.19%

Johns Hopkins

37,150

1,586

821

6.5%

MIT

33,796

640

697

3.9%

NYU

105,000

12,810 total approx.

12.2%

Princeton

will not release data

Northeastern

91,000

6,100 total

7%

Northwestern

51,554

3,608 total approx.

7%

Rice

31,424

2,181

510*

8.56%

Tufts

34,880

3,139 total approx.

9%

Tulane

42,000

4,200 total

10%

UCLA

149,779

University of Pennsylvania

55,000

1,218

University of Virginia

50,962

2,123

7,399

19%

Yale University

50,015

1,353

881*

4.4%

*81 admitted students matched with Yale through QuestBridge.

*70 students admitted early were matched with Rice through QuestBridge.

Additional Admissions Statistics

Below are additional admissions statistics on the students admitted to Ivy League colleges. More information can be found at the links in the chart above.

Please know we did not forget University of Florida. They did not release their data.

Brown: Admitted students come from all 50 states and 91 nations. Seventeen percent of the admitted students are the first generation in their family to attend college. Eighty-four of the 3,827 applicants to the Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), were admitted. Of the 838 applicants to the Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program, 19 were admitted.

Cornell: Will not release data.

Columbia: Admitted students are from all 50 states and 86 countries. The number of admitted students who identify as students of color increased by 4% from last year and first generation increased by 3%. Over half of the members of the admitted class were offered need-based financial aid.

Dartmouth: Admitted students come from all 50 states. Among U.S. citizens and permanent residents, 53% of those admitted are people of color, and 17% are first generation college students. Sixty percent of admits attend public high schools, and 15% live in a rural community. A record 15% of all admits are international citizens.

Harvard: Of the admitted students, 20.3% are first-generation, down slightly from the previous year. Slightly above 20% are eligible for Pell Grants, the highest percentage yet. The school also increased the threshold for full financial assistance to $75,000 (total household income). Close to 28% of accepted students are Asian; 15.5% are African American or Black. Latinx students comprise 12.6% of admitted students, and the percentage of Native American students rose to 2.9%. Women constitute a majority, with 54.2% of accepted students identifying as female. Admitted students come from all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, U.S. territories overseas, and 98 countries.

Princeton: Will not release data.

 

University of Pennsylvania:  Will not release more data.

 

Yale: Admitted students come from 49 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam and 58 countries.