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Updated: Friday, March 14, 2025

Class of 2029 Admission Rates

Students navigating the college admissions process continue to experience unique challenges and changes, including the announcement of an entirely digital SAT, evolving standardized testing policies, increasing application numbers, and each student applying to more colleges on average. All of this has led to an even more competitive year at the most selective colleges in the U.S., while other schools plan to admit more students than ever before in order to manage enrollment numbers.

Class of 2029 Application Numbers

The college admissions landscape continues to be competitive at the country’s most popular universities, with many schools posting record-high application numbers for the class of 2029. Schools like Bowdoin College (~14,000), New York University (120,633 ), and the University of Michigan (~109,000) all reported their largest applicant pools ever, with some schools like Duke seeing record-high numbers of students applying Early Decision or Early Action. With large applicant pools, it is likely we will see admission rates at these schools remain low or even decrease. This also might lead to more waitlist decisions, as colleges continue to try to manage their yields.

Class of 2029 Admit Rates

Overall admission rates for the class of 2029 are updated once information become available. Check back for updates as colleges continue to release data!

School Class of 2029 Class of 2028  Class of 2027  Class of 2026 
Adelphi University TBA 65.90% 77.53% 72.78%
American University TBA TBA 47.38% 40.63%
Amherst College TBA 9.01% 9.81% 7.26%
Auburn University TBA 45.92% 50.47% 43.60%
Babson College TBA 17.00% 19.74% 22.35%
Barnard College TBA 8.84% 7.96% 8.79%
Bates College TBA 13.00% 13.06% 13.76%
Belmont University TBA 95.28% 96.36% 96.27%
Bentley University TBA 45.05% 48.44% 57.88%
Boston College TBA 15.87% 15.45% 16.70%
Boston University TBA 11.11% 10.85% 14.00%
Bowdoin College TBA 7.13% 8.02% 9.19%
Brandeis University TBA 40.00% 35.33% 39.41%
Brown University TBA 5.39% 5.23% 5.00%
Bryn Mawr College TBA 29.43% 31.06% 30.75%
Bucknell University TBA 28.93% 32.01% 32.55%
California Institute of Technology TBA TBA 3.14% 2.69%
Carleton College TBA 17.85% 22.28% 16.63%
Carnegie Mellon University TBA 11.66% 11.40% 11.30%
Case Western Reserve University TBA 37.78% 28.67% 27.41%
Claremont McKenna College TBA 9.59% 11.12% 10.35%
Clemson University TBA Overall: 38.34%
In-state: 55.95%
Out-of-state: 34.94%
International: 35.77%		 Overall: 38.05%
In-state: 49.23%
Out-of-state: 36.04%
International: 19.64%		 Overall: 42.98%
In-state: 53.81%
Out-of-state and international: 40.78%
Colby College TBA 7.00% 7.00% 7.45%
Colgate University TBA 13.59% 11.95% 12.43%
College of Charleston TBA Overall: 60.03%
In-state: 73.94%
Out-of-state: 55.76%
International: 54.44%		 Overall: 72.00%
In-state: 75.61%
Out-of-state: 70.92%
International: 49.06%		 Overall: 75.69%
College of the Holy Cross TBA 18.00% 21.10% 36.36%
Colorado College TBA 19.00% 20.03% 16.30%
Columbia University TBA 3.86% 4.00% 3.74%
Connecticut College TBA 37.04% 38.28% 40.40%
Cornell University TBA 8.41% 7.90% 7.26%
Dartmouth College TBA 5.40% 6.23% 6.38%
Davidson College TBA 13.40% 14.48% 16.95%
Denison University TBA 17.00% 16.93% 22.00%
DePaul University TBA 75.98% 73.53% 70.17%
Dickinson College TBA 42.09% 43.08% 34.92%
Drexel University TBA 79.44% 77.53% 79.61%
Duke University TBA 5.40% 6.30%  6.20%
Elon University TBA 66.35% 67.31% 74.46%
Emory University TBA Emory: 10.29%
Oxford: 12.66%		 Emory: 10.65%
Oxford: 16.51%		 Emory: 11.35%
Oxford: 15.00%
Fairfield University TBA 33.00% 44.98% 52.18%
Florida State University TBA Overall: 24.22%
In-state: 31.85%
Out-of-state: 16.58%
International: 10.55%		 Overall: 25.38%
In-state: 36.14%
Out-of-state: 14.42%
International: 8.09%		 Overall: 25.11%
In-state: 37.52%
Out-of-state: 20.43%
International: 5.69%
Fordham University TBA 59.29% 56.28% 54.13%
(source: email)
Furman University TBA 42.96% 52.57% 67.02%
George Washington University TBA TBA 43.54% 48.98%
Georgetown University TBA 12.33% 13.08%  12.10%
Georgia Tech TBA Overall: 14.07%
In-state: 33.13%
Out-of-state: 10.42%
International: 8.20%		 Overall: 16.46%
In-state: 36.60%
Out-of-state: 12.53%
International: 9.95%		 17.14%
Gonzaga University TBA 81.69% 75.96% 69.77%
Grinnell College TBA 14.50% 12.68% 10.76%
Hamilton College TBA 13.62% 11.77% 11.78%
Harvard University TBA 3.65% 3.45% 3.19%
Harvey Mudd College TBA 12.66% 13.10% 13.36%
Haverford College TBA 12.37% 12.91% 14.21%
Howard University TBA ~31.00% 34.81% 51.90%
Indiana University – Bloomington TBA Overall: 78.21%
In-state: 75.14%
Out-of-state: 80.76%
International: 66.82%		 Overall: 80.37%
In-state: 75.79%
Out-of-state: 83.91%
International: 70.64%		 Overall: 82.41%
Johns Hopkins University TBA 5.67% 7.56%  7.24%
Kenyon College TBA 31.03% 30.71% 34.30%
Lafayette College TBA 30.60% 31.40% 33.60%
Lehigh University TBA 25.93% 29.26% 36.98%
Lewis & Clark College TBA TBA 74.53% 68.59%
Loyola Marymount University TBA TBA 40.29% 41.31%
Loyola University Maryland TBA TBA ~76.00% 83.48%
Macalester College TBA 28.52% 28.21% 28.42%
Marquette University TBA TBA 87.48% 87.21%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology TBA 4.55% 4.80% 3.96%
Miami University – Ohio TBA 80.78% 83.35% 87.92%
Michigan State University TBA 84.80% 87.05% 87.95%
Middlebury College TBA 11.96% 10.37% 12.69%
Mount Holyoke College TBA 36.00% 38.00% 39.76%
New York University TBA 8.00% 9.41%  12.46%
North Carolina State University TBA Overall: 41.67%
In-state: 49.56%
Out-of-state: 35.71%
International: 22.87%		 Overall: 39.55%
In-state: 49.98%
Out-of-state: 28.67%
International: 28.45%		 Overall: 47.01%
Northeastern University TBA 5.22% 5.65% 6.80%
Northwestern University TBA 7.60% 7.22%  7.21%
Oberlin College TBA College of Arts and Sciences: 34.30%
Conservatory of Music: ~33.09%		 32.98% 34.90%
Occidental College TBA 44.17% 39.89% 39.40%
Ohio State University TBA Overall: 55.61% Overall: 50.82%
In-state: 49.13%
Out-of-state: 49.73%
International: 57.26%		 Overall: 52.72%
Olin College of Engineering TBA TBA 21.66% 19.14%
Pepperdine University TBA 62.86% 49.85% 48.71%
Pitzer College TBA 25.16% 16.66% 18.40%
Pomona College TBA 7.09% 6.76% 7.02%
Princeton University TBA 4.62% 4.50% 5.70%
Providence College TBA 50.89% 48.58% 52.78%
Purdue University TBA Overall: 49.79%
In-state: 74.17%
Out-of-state: 50.70%
International: 27.56%		 Overall: 50.36%
In-state: 73.99%
Out-of-state: 50.40%
International: 29.78%		 Overall: 52.72%
In-state: 72.76%
Out-of-state: 54.15%
International: 30.56%
Reed College TBA 24.61% 27.16% 30.80%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TBA 63.43% 58.50% 64.51%
Rhode Island School of Design TBA 18.66% 13.81% 17.42%
Rice University TBA 8.00% 7.88% 8.68%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology TBA 76.86% 72.81% 73.02%
San Diego State University TBA Overall: 35.98%
In-state: 30.79%
Out-of-state: 87.06%
International: 57.06%		 Overall: 34.18%
In-state: 29.34%
Out-of-state: 81.08%
International: 50.12%		 Overall: 39.26%
Santa Clara University TBA 48.00% 43.84% 52.11%
Sarah Lawrence College TBA TBA 58.93% 49.88%
Savannah College of Art and Design TBA 83.07% 84.01% 82.01%
Scripps College TBA 38.29% 33.94% 27.91%
Skidmore College TBA 21.05% 22.92% 25.54%
Smith College TBA 21.00% 19.73% 22.86%
Southern Methodist University TBA 63.35% 61.22%  52.25%
Stanford University TBA 3.61% 3.91% 3.68%
Swarthmore College TBA 7.46% 6.94% 6.93%
Syracuse University TBA TBA 43.12% 51.75%
Texas A&M TBA Overall: 55.41%
In-state: 57.65%
Out-of-state: 45.11%
International: 47.97%		 63.10% 60.34%
Texas Christian University TBA 44.49% 42.60% 55.76%
Texas Tech TBA Overall: 72.61% Overall: 70.89%
In-state: 72.30%
Out-of-state: 68.74%
International: 40.34%		 Overall: 67.34%
Trinity College TBA 29.00% 33.52% 36.14%
Trinity University TBA 25.92% 28.16% 30.51%
Tufts University TBA 11.49% 10.13% 9.69%
Tulane University TBA 13.98% 14.59% 11.45%
University of California – Berkeley TBA Overall: 11.04%
In-state: 14.93%
Out-of-state: 7.34%
International: 3.38%		 Overall: 11.73%
In-state: 15.13%
Out-of-state: 7.80%
International: 3.53%		 11.39%
University of California – Davis TBA Overall: 42.11%
In-state: 36.71%
Out-of-state: 57.72%
International: 51.48%		 Overall: 41.64%
In-state: 36.25%
Out-of-state: 60.35%
International: 49.14%		 37.34%
University of California – Irvine TBA Overall: 28.78%
In-state: 21.82%
Out-of-state: 49.76%
International: 43.14%		 Overall: 25.75%
In-state: 20.39%
Out-of-state: 47.25%
International: 32.56%		 21.27%
University of California – Los Angeles TBA Overall: 8.97%
In-state: 9.53%
Out-of-state: 9.26%
International: 6.26%		 Overall: 8.73%
In-state: 9.46%
Out-of-state: 8.62%
International: 6.09%		 8.56%
University of California – Merced TBA Overall: 99.60%
In-state: TBA
Out-of-state: 85.25%
International: 81.02%		 Overall: 88.60%
In-state: 91.80%
Out-of-state: 75.97%
International: 61.56%		 89.46%
University of California – Riverside TBA Overall: 77.20%
In-state: 75.23%
Out-of-state: 95.28%
International: 84.85%		 Overall: 70.38%
In-state: 68.50%
Out-of-state: 85.23%
International: 78.65%		 68.69%
University of California – San Diego TBA Overall: 26.77%
In-state: 26.00%
Out-of-state: 33.56%
International: 22.36%		 Overall: 24.76%
In-state: 24.51%
Out-of-state: 31.92%
International: 17.93%		 23.70%
University of California – Santa Barbara TBA Overall: 32.96%
In-state: 32.38%
Out-of-state and international: 38.21%		 Overall: 27.78%
In-state: 28.05%
Out-of-state: 32.63%
International: 21.48%		 25.85%
University of California – Santa Cruz TBA Overall: 65.57%
In-state: 62.15%
Out-of-state: 81.41%
International: 77.06%		 Overall: 61.28%
In-state: 59.56%
Out-of-state: 80.14%
International: 58.85%		 46.85%
University of Chicago TBA 4.48% 4.79% 5.43%
University of Colorado – Boulder TBA Overall: 76.21%
In-state: 84.84%
Out-of-state: 72.88%
International: 81.54%		 Overall: 81.43%
In-state: 92.29%
Out-of-state: 77.22%
International: 85.08%		 Overall: 79.43%
In-state: 92.35%
Out-of-state and international: 74.82%
University of Denver TBA 77.29% 71.19% 77.68%
University of Florida TBA TBA Overall: 24.03%
In-state: 52.58%
Out-of-state: 14.25%
International: 19.60%		 Overall: 23.35%
University of Georgia Overall: ~33.01% Overall: ~37.36% Overall: 37.19%
In-state: 50.24%
Out-of-state: 28.11%
International: 21.60%		 Overall: 42.23%
University of Hawaii – Manoa TBA Overall: 86.60%
In-state: 87.34%
Out-of-state: 86.81%
International: 74.57%		 Overall: 69.67% Overall: 72.77%
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign TBA Overall: 42.37%
In-state: 54.39%
Out-of-state: 36.20%
International: 33.52%		 Overall: 43.69%
In-state: 56.23%
Out-of-state: 35.87%
International: 34.50%		 Overall: 44.82%
In-state: 56.23%
Out-of-state: 36.52%
International: 37.37% 
University of Maryland TBA Overall: 44.80%
In-state: 50.89%
Out-of-state and international: 42.54%		 Overall: 44.84%
In-state: 53.90%
Out-of-state and international: 41.56%		 Overall: 36.00%
University of Massachusetts – Amherst TBA Overall: 59.69%
In-state: 60.42%
Out-of-state and international: 59.13%		 Overall: 57.77%
Out-of-state: 58.65%
In-state: 60.05%
International: 47.89%		 Overall: 63.52%
University of Miami TBA 18.90% 18.51% 18.94%
University of Michigan TBA 15.64% 17.94% 17.69%
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill TBA Overall: 15.56%
In-state: 38.09%
Out-of-state: 6.94%
International: 14.31%		 Overall: 18.74%
In-state: 41.16%
Out-of-state: 9.33%
International: 18.22%		 16.85%
University of Notre Dame TBA 11.27% 12.38% 12.87%
University of Pennsylvania TBA 5.38% 5.87% 6.50%
University of Pittsburgh TBA Overall: 58.09% Overall: 49.70% Overall: 49.14%
University of Richmond TBA 22.20% 23.31% 24.37%
University of Rochester TBA Overall: 40.08%
College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering: 40.13%
Eastman School of Music: 39.00%		 Overall: 35.85%
College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering: 35.81%
Eastman School of Music: 36.89%		 38.88%
University of San Diego TBA 52.38% 46.81% 52.61%
University of Southern California TBA 9.81% 10.01% 12.02%
University of Tennessee – Knoxville TBA Overall: 41.60%
In-state: 70.10%
Out-of-state: 33.37%
International: 28.59%		 Overall: 45.99%
In-state: 60.40%
Out-of-state: 43.02%
International: 35.19%		 68.41%
University of Texas at Austin TBA 28.17% Overall: 29.12%
In-state: 40.97%
Out-of-state: 11.76%
International: 13.24%		 31.41%
University of Vermont TBA Overall: 65,30%
In-state: 74.15%
Out-of-state: 65.68%
International: 34.91%		 60.00% 59.79%
University of Virginia In-state: 23.00%
Out-of-state and international: 12.50%		 In-state: 25.93%
Out-of-state: 13.83%
International: 10.46%		 In-state: 27.58%
Out-of-state: 13.18%
International: 11.50%		 In-state: 27.58%
Out-of-state: 15.21%
University of Washington – Seattle TBA Overall: 39.15%
In-state: 47.90%
Out-of-state and international: TBA		 Overall: 42.53%
In-state: 52.27%
Out-of-state: 38.46%
International: 45.42%		 47.52%
University of Wisconsin – Madison TBA Overall: 45.17%
In-state: 59.27%
Out-of-state (other): 46.45%
MN compact: 38.46%
International: 33.26%		 Overall: 43.24%
In-state: 60.67%
Out-of-state: 42.67%
International: 31.91%		 Not reported
Vanderbilt University TBA 5.80% 6.28% 6.10%
Vassar College TBA 18.60% 17.73% 18.66%
Villanova University TBA 26.20% 25.12% 23.39%
Virginia Tech TBA In-state: 47.65%
Out-of-state: 59.06%
International: 66.04%		 In-state: 47.08%
Out-of-state: 63.16%
International: 68.01%		 Overall: 56.98%
Wake Forest University TBA 21.74% 21.56% 21.37%
Washington and Lee University TBA 14.12% 17.36% 16.96%
Washington University in St. Louis TBA 12.06% 11.96% 11.33%
Wellesley College TBA 14.05% 13.91% 13.57%
Wesleyan University TBA 16.49% 17.10% 14.43%
Willamette University TBA TBA 79.08% 80.63%
William & Mary TBA 34.00% 32.72% 33.50%
Williams College TBA 7.52% 9.99% 8.50%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute TBA 60.16% 58.50% 57.48%
Yale University TBA 3.90% 4.50% 4.57%

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