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A SELECTIVITY DATABASE |
2002 Rank | Name of School (Year Founded) | 2002 Admit Rate | 2002 Early- Decision Admit Rate | 2002 Male Admit Rate | 2002 Female Admit Rate | 2002 SAT 25th Percentile | 2002 SAT 75th Percentile | 2002 Top 10% H.S. Class | 2001 Rank |
1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1861) | 16% | | 12% | 28% | 1420 | 1560 | 99% | 2 |
2 | Princeton University (1746) | 11% | 31% | 10% | 11% | 1380 | 1560 | 95% | 3 |
3 | California Institute of Technology (1891) | 21% | | 19% | 31% | 1470 | 1580 | 99% | 1 |
4 | Yale University (1701) | 13% | 26% | 13% | 13% | 1370 | 1560 | 95% | 5 |
5 | Harvard University (1636) | 11% | | 11% | 10% | 1400 | 1570 | 90% | 4 |
6 | Stanford University (1891) | 13% | 23% | 13% | 13% | 1350 | 1540 | 88% | 6 |
7 | Columbia University (1754) | 12% | 31% | 13% | 10% | 1320 | 1510 | 84% | 7 |
8 | University of Pennsylvania (1740) | 21% | 39% | 20% | 22% | 1330 | 1500 | 91% | 9 |
9 | Brown University (1764) | 17% | 27% | 18% | 16% | 1290 | 1500 | 87% | 8 |
10 | Swarthmore College (1864) | 24% | 43% | 28% | 21% | 1350 | 1530 | 90% | 11 |
11 | Washington University in St. Louis (1853) | 24% | | 25% | 22% | 1310 | 1480 | 90% | 13 |
12 | Amherst College (1821) | 18% | 36% | 18% | 18% | 1310 | 1540 | 82% | 12 |
13 | University of California at Berkeley (1868) | 25% | | | | 1180 | 1440 | 98% | 10 |
14 | Duke University (1838) | 25% | 32% | 25% | 24% | 1320 | 1510 | 89% | 16 |
15 | Dartmouth College (1769) | 23% | 33% | 21% | 24% | 1330 | 1520 | 86% | 14 |
16 | Pomona College (1887) | 23% | 33% | 27% | 20% | 1340 | 1510 | 84% | 20 |
17 | University of California at Los Angeles (1919) | 24% | | 23% | 25% | 1140 | 1390 | 97% | 18 |
18 | Rice University (1912) | 24% | 32% | 24% | 24% | 1320 | 1520 | 83% | 15 |
19 | Williams College (1793) | 23% | 39% | 21% | 24% | 1320 | 1510 | 82% | 19 |
20 | Georgetown University (1789) | 21% | | 22% | 21% | 1280 | 1450 | 80% | 21 |
21 | Cornell University (1865) | 29% | 43% | 28% | 30% | 1280 | 1470 | 83% | 22 |
22 | Claremont McKenna College (1946) | 28% | 31% | 29% | 27% | 1280 | 1460 | 82% | 24 |
23 | Harvey Mudd College (1955) | 37% | 50% | 29% | 61% | 1390 | 1540 | 83% | 17 |
24 | The College of William and Mary (1693) | 35% | 54% | 43% | 30% | 1250 | 1440 | 90% | 33 |
25 | Middlebury College (1800) | 27% | 27% | 29% | 26% | 1350 | 1490 | 74% | 25 |
26 | Northwestern University (1851) | 33% | 53% | 34% | 32% | 1300 | 1480 | 82% | 26 |
27 | Emory University (1836) | 42% | 61% | 41% | 43% | 1300 | 1460 | 90% | 27 |
28 | Washington and Lee University (1749) | 31% | 55% | 32% | 30% | 1280 | 1440 | 80% | 37 |
29 | Haverford College (1833) | 32% | 55% | 33% | 32% | 1280 | 1460 | 80% | 29 |
30 | University of California at San Diego (1959) | 41% | | | | 1170 | 1370 | 97% | 28 |
31 | University of Notre Dame (1842) | 34% | | 34% | 34% | 1270 | 1450 | 82% | 30 |
32 | Bowdoin College (1794) | 25% | 28% | 23% | 26% | 1280 | 1450 | 72% | 23 |
33 | University of Southern California (1880) | 30% | | 31% | 30% | 1240 | 1420 | 80% | 32 |
34 | Barnard College (1889) | 34% | 45% | | 34% | 1250 | 1410 | 84% | 35 |
35 | Wesleyan University (1831) | 28% | 44% | 30% | 27% | 1290 | 1470 | 73% | 31 |
36 | Tufts University (1852) | 27% | 43% | 28% | 26% | 1250 | 1430 | 72% | 41 |
37 | Davidson College (1837) | 34% | 58% | 35% | 34% | 1250 | 1440 | 79% | 43 |
38 | University of Virginia (1819) | 39% | 40% | 39% | 39% | 1220 | 1420 | 84% | 38 |
39 | University of Chicago (1891) | 42% | | | | 1310 | 1500 | 78% | 40 |
40 | New York University (1831) | 28% | 39% | 27% | 29% | 1250 | 1430 | 70% | 39 |
41 | Johns Hopkins University (1876) | 35% | 60% | | | 1280 | 1490 | 72% | 34 |
42 | Carleton College (1866) | 35% | 55% | 36% | 34% | 1280 | 1460 | 70% | 45 |
43 | Carnegie Mellon University (1900) | 38% | 49% | 33% | 47% | 1270 | 1470 | 72% | 36 |
44 | United States Air Force Academy (1954) | 17% | | 18% | 14% | 1210 | 1380 | 57% | 44 |
45 | Vassar College (1861) | 31% | 50% | 39% | 28% | 1270 | 1430 | 65% | 50 |
46 | Bates College (1855) | 28% | 38% | 29% | 27% | 1260 | 1430 | 62% | 55 |
47 | United States Coast Guard Academy (1876) | 8% | | 8% | 8% | 1190 | 1350 | 48% | n/a |
48 | United States Naval Academy (1845) | 12% | | 12% | 10% | 1090 | 1310 | 57% | 42 |
49 | Boston College (1863) | 34% | | 35% | 32% | 1220 | 1400 | 69% | 49 |
50 | Colgate University (1819) | 34% | 49% | 31% | 36% | 1240 | 1400 | 68% | 57 |