10 Colleges With Lowest Acceptance Rates

#1 Harvard University

Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally.

Acceptance Rate: 5%

#2 Stanford University

Stanford University, one of the world's leading teaching and research institutions, is dedicated to finding solutions to big challenges and to preparing students for leadership in a complex world.

Acceptance Rate: 5%

#3 Columbia University

Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

Acceptance Rate: 6%

#4 Princeton University

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey.

Acceptance Rate: 6%

#5 MIT

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Acceptance Rate: 7%

#6 Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

Acceptance Rate: 7%

#7 California Institute Of Technology

California Institute of Technology is a private doctorate-granting research university located in Pasadena, California, United States.

Acceptance Rate: 8%


#8 Pomona College

Pomona College is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational liberal arts college in Claremont, California, United States.

Acceptance Rate: 8%

#9 United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy adjacent to Annapolis, Maryland.

Acceptance Rate: 8%

#10 Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island.

Acceptance Rate: 9%