Applying to Harvard - Admission Stats, Acceptance Ratio, Admission Yield

For the academic year 2022-2023, the acceptance rate is 3.24%. A total of 61,221 students (28,024 men and 33,197 women) have applied to and 1,984 (908 men and 1,076 women) students admitted to Harvard University.

Among them, 740 male and 906 female students have enrolled into Harvard and its yield, also known as enrollment rate is 82.96%. The following table shows the admission statistics including admission stats, acceptance rate, and yield.

At Harvard, 903 applicants (55% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 466 applicants (28%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees.

The average SAT score of those who submitted scores is 1,550 at Harvard. SAT 75^th percentile score is 1,580 and 25^th percentile score is 1,490.

The average ACT score is 35 (ACT Composite) . The 75^th percentile score of ACT is 36 and the 25^th percentile score is 34.

The following table shows the detailed SAT and ACT scores distribution of enrolled students at Harvard. You can check colleges having similar SAT score of Harvard with SAT percentile at colleges by average SAT score and percentile page.

For applying to Harvard University, applicants require to submit 3 item(s) - High School Record, Recommendations, Personal statement or essay.

In addition, 9 item(s) are considered for admission - High School GPA, High School Rank, Completion of College Preparatory Program, Formal Demonstration of Competencies, Admission Test Scores, English Proficiency Test, Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc), Work experience, Legacy status.