Acceptance Rate and Application Statistics
The following table compares the admission related statistics including number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled between US Colleges in Top 100 Psychology World Ranking. The average acceptance rate of US Colleges in Top 100 Psychology World Ranking is 28.66% and the average admission yield (enrollment rate) is 28.38%.
Harvard University has the tighest (lowest) acceptance rate of 3.24% and University of Chicago has the highest yield (enrollment rate) of 84.80% among US Colleges in Top 100 Psychology World Ranking. The numbers in parenthesis() in below table represent the number and rate by gender (men/women). The statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2022-2023.
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Rank | Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Enrollment Rate | |
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1 | Stanford University | 56,378 (28,379/27,999) | 2,075 (948/1,127) | 1,736 (794/942) | 4% (3%/4%) | 84% (84%/3%) | |
3 | Princeton University | 38,019 (18,422/19,597) | 2,167 (1,045/1,122) | 1,499 (736/763) | 6% (6%/6%) | 69% (70%/4%) | |
4 | University of Chicago | 37,522 (16,830/20,670) | 2,039 (1,064/975) | 1,729 (936/793) | 5% (6%/5%) | 85% (88%/4%) | |
5 | University of Pennsylvania | 54,588 (25,055/29,533) | 3,549 (1,627/1,922) | 2,409 (1,071/1,338) | 7% (6%/7%) | 68% (66%/5%) | |
6 | Duke University | 50,016 (23,211/26,805) | 3,174 (1,437/1,737) | 1,745 (793/952) | 6% (6%/6%) | 55% (55%/4%) | |
7 | Harvard University | 61,221 (28,024/33,197) | 1,984 (908/1,076) | 1,646 (740/906) | 3% (3%/3%) | 83% (81%/3%) | |
8 | University of California-Los Angeles | 149,801 (68,595/81,206) | 12,845 (5,096/7,749) | 6,462 (2,410/4,052) | 9% (7%/10%) | 50% (47%/5%) | |
10 | Yale University | 50,060 (21,108/28,952) | 2,289 (1,118/1,171) | 1,554 (759/795) | 5% (5%/4%) | 68% (68%/3%) | |
11 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 84,289 (42,285/42,004) | 14,914 (6,434/8,480) | 7,050 (3,069/3,981) | 18% (15%/20%) | 47% (48%/9%) | |
13 | Cornell University | 69,195 (34,671/34,524) | 5,168 (2,317/2,851) | 3,491 (1,570/1,921) | 7% (7%/8%) | 68% (68%/6%) | |
14 | Northwestern University | 51,261 (23,535/27,725) | 3,695 (1,652/2,043) | 2,038 (919/1,119) | 7% (7%/7%) | 55% (56%/4%) | |
15 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 52,488 (22,714/29,774) | 24,942 (9,469/15,473) | 7,386 (3,030/4,356) | 48% (42%/52%) | 30% (32%/15%) | |
16 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 60,879 (24,499/34,973) | 2,404 (1,151/1,199) | 1,540 (742/761) | 4% (5%/3%) | 64% (64%/2%) | |
17 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 38,050 (17,665/20,336) | 28,504 (12,637/15,848) | 6,737 (2,967/3,761) | 75% (72%/78%) | 24% (23%/18%) | |
20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 60,214 (29,555/30,659) | 29,539 (13,386/16,153) | 8,628 (3,918/4,710) | 49% (45%/53%) | 29% (29%/15%) | |
22 | New York University | 100,662 (38,481/62,181) | 12,539 (4,743/7,796) | 6,184 (2,419/3,765) | 12% (12%/13%) | 49% (51%/6%) | |
23 | Carnegie Mellon University | 34,261 (20,471/13,790) | 3,873 (1,842/2,031) | 1,716 (839/877) | 11% (9%/15%) | 44% (46%/6%) | |
25 | Johns Hopkins University | 37,844 (16,330/21,496) | 2,745 (1,238/1,501) | 1,406 (632/773) | 7% (8%/7%) | 51% (51%/4%) | |
26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 50,926 (23,195/27,731) | 9,503 (4,116/5,387) | 4,022 (1,735/2,287) | 19% (18%/19%) | 42% (42%/8%) | |
27 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 56,341 (23,412/32,929) | 9,639 (3,863/5,776) | 4,435 (1,679/2,756) | 17% (17%/18%) | 46% (43%/8%) | |
28 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 65,189 (30,930/34,259) | 34,370 (15,801/18,569) | 8,060 (3,771/4,289) | 53% (51%/54%) | 23% (24%/13%) | |
29 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 63,257 (36,223/27,010) | 28,354 (13,926/14,418) | 7,957 (4,076/3,879) | 45% (38%/53%) | 28% (29%/14%) | |
30 | The University of Texas at Austin | 60,055 (28,507/31,260) | 18,830 (7,598/11,172) | 9,109 (3,617/5,482) | 31% (27%/36%) | 48% (48%/18%) | |
31 | University of California-San Diego | 131,197 (61,341/69,856) | 31,103 (12,945/18,158) | 6,546 (2,790/3,756) | 24% (21%/26%) | 21% (22%/5%) | |
32 | Michigan State University | 53,341 (24,979/28,362) | 46,914 (21,668/25,246) | 9,829 (4,730/5,099) | 88% (87%/89%) | 21% (22%/18%) | |
33 | Brown University | 50,649 (18,939/31,710) | 2,562 (1,275/1,287) | 1,717 (828/889) | 5% (7%/4%) | 67% (65%/3%) | |
34 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 85,784 (39,364/46,114) | 47,360 (20,723/26,476) | 9,216 (4,689/4,485) | 55% (53%/57%) | 19% (23%/10%) | |
39 | Washington University in St Louis | 32,014 (14,754/17,260) | 3,764 (1,795/1,969) | 1,813 (827/986) | 12% (12%/11%) | 48% (46%/6%) | |
42 | Vanderbilt University | 46,377 (20,388/25,989) | 3,093 (1,411/1,682) | 1,619 (739/880) | 7% (7%/6%) | 52% (52%/3%) | |
43 | University of Southern California | 69,062 (30,701/38,330) | 8,304 (3,869/4,424) | 3,420 (1,571/1,840) | 12% (13%/12%) | 41% (41%/5%) | |
45 | University of Rochester | 19,966 (9,805/10,155) | 7,768 (3,282/4,480) | 1,625 (756/863) | 39% (33%/44%) | 21% (23%/8%) | |
49 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 68,789 (34,073/34,632) | 61,739 (30,036/31,628) | 15,151 (7,693/7,428) | 90% (88%/91%) | 25% (26%/21%) | |
51 | Emory University | 33,179 (13,161/20,018) | 3,767 (1,653/2,114) | 1,424 (636/788) | 11% (13%/11%) | 38% (38%/4%) | |
55 | Boston University | 80,796 (31,328/49,468) | 11,607 (5,061/6,546) | 3,635 (1,475/2,160) | 14% (16%/13%) | 31% (29%/4%) | |
56 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 110,995 (50,599/60,396) | 28,688 (11,643/17,045) | 4,967 (2,089/2,878) | 26% (23%/28%) | 17% (18%/5%) | |
56 | University of Maryland-College Park | 56,761 (27,774/28,987) | 25,320 (11,325/13,995) | 5,849 (2,881/2,968) | 45% (41%/48%) | 23% (25%/10%) | |
60 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 50,080 (23,646/26,434) | 41,272 (19,322/21,950) | 9,736 (4,887/4,849) | 82% (82%/83%) | 24% (25%/18%) | |
62 | Dartmouth College | 28,336 (13,323/15,013) | 1,808 (906/902) | 1,124 (564/560) | 6% (7%/6%) | 62% (62%/4%) | |
65 | Florida State University | 78,088 (31,200/46,872) | 19,552 (7,829/11,718) | 6,033 (2,415/3,618) | 25% (25%/25%) | 31% (31%/8%) | |
71 | University of Connecticut | 40,894 (17,820/23,074) | 22,293 (8,603/13,690) | 4,069 (1,731/2,338) | 55% (48%/59%) | 18% (20%/10%) | |
76 | University of Florida | 64,473 (28,248/36,225) | 15,054 (6,358/8,696) | 6,612 (2,730/3,882) | 23% (23%/24%) | 44% (43%/11%) | |
81 | University of Illinois Chicago | 23,562 (10,021/13,541) | 18,541 (7,448/11,093) | 4,244 (1,924/2,320) | 79% (74%/82%) | 23% (26%/17%) | |
82 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 53,072 (22,670/30,402) | 26,079 (10,295/15,784) | 4,390 (1,587/2,803) | 49% (45%/52%) | 17% (15%/9%) | |
89 | Northeastern University | 91,000 (39,035/51,965) | 6,191 (2,259/3,932) | 2,519 (903/1,616) | 7% (6%/8%) | 41% (40%/3%) | |
92 | University of Arizona | 52,091 (23,387/28,704) | 45,194 (19,865/25,329) | 9,027 (3,804/5,223) | 87% (85%/88%) | 20% (19%/18%) | |
96 | University of Colorado Boulder | 53,781 (26,110/27,671) | 43,416 (19,687/23,729) | 7,106 (3,611/3,495) | 81% (75%/86%) | 16% (18%/13%) | |
96 | University of Georgia | 39,320 (16,218/23,087) | 16,729 (6,149/10,574) | 6,273 (2,362/3,909) | 43% (38%/46%) | 37% (38%/17%) | |
98 | University of Iowa | 25,729 (11,278/14,388) | 22,128 (9,789/12,281) | 5,178 (2,152/2,986) | 86% (87%/85%) | 23% (22%/21%) | |
98 | University of Miami | 49,169 (20,268/28,901) | 9,312 (4,480/4,832) | 2,371 (1,159/1,212) | 19% (22%/17%) | 25% (26%/4%) | |
100 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 50,610 (33,820/16,790) | 8,672 (4,847/3,825) | 3,647 (2,111/1,536) | 17% (14%/23%) | 42% (44%/9%) | |
Average | 58,433 (26,727/26,727) | 16,747 (7,359/9,379) | 4,754 (2,137/2,613) | 28.66% (27.5%/35.1%) | 28.38% (29.0%/27.9%) |
SAT Scores Comparison
The average SAT score of US Colleges in Top 100 Psychology World Ranking is 1442. By subject, the average score of the SAT EBRW(Evidence-based Reading and Writing) is 709 and the average SAT Math score is 733.
Stanford University has the highest SAT scores of 1,550 and University of Illinois Chicago has the lowest SAT scores of 1,220 among US Colleges in Top 100 Psychology World Ranking. The following table compares SAT Scores between US Colleges in Top 100 Psychology World Ranking for the academic year 2022-2023.
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Rank | Name | Submit%* (Submit#**) | SAT Total | Evidence-Based Reading and Writing | Math | |
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1 | Stanford University | 49% (855) | 1550 | 760 | 790 | |
3 | Princeton University | 59% (890) | 1540 | 760 | 780 | |
4 | University of Chicago | 52% (891) | 1540 | 760 | 780 | |
5 | University of Pennsylvania | 48% (1,153) | 1540 | 750 | 790 | |
6 | Duke University | 49% (859) | 1550 | 760 | 790 | |
7 | Harvard University | 55% (903) | 1550 | 760 | 790 | |
8 | University of California-Los Angeles | Test Score is NOT considered for admission. | ||||
10 | Yale University | 59% (913) | 1540 | 760 | 780 | |
11 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 54% (3,829) | 1470 | 720 | 750 | |
13 | Cornell University | 37% (1,281) | 1530 | 750 | 780 | |
14 | Northwestern University | 47% (965) | 1530 | 750 | 780 | |
15 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Test Score is NOT considered for admission. | ||||
16 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 44% (672) | 1530 | 750 | 780 | |
17 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 8% (521) | 1378 | 676 | 702 | |
20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 17% (1,457) | 1430 | 690 | 740 | |
22 | New York University | 26% (1,627) | 1530 | 750 | 780 | |
23 | Carnegie Mellon University | 51% (867) | 1540 | 750 | 790 | |
25 | Johns Hopkins University | 44% (625) | 1550 | 760 | 790 | |
26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 50% (2,001) | 1490 | 730 | 760 | |
27 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 26% (1,169) | 1460 | 720 | 740 | |
28 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15% (1,241) | 1400 | 680 | 720 | |
29 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 44% (3,485) | 1440 | 700 | 740 | |
30 | The University of Texas at Austin | 63% (5,720) | 1370 | 680 | 690 | |
31 | University of California-San Diego | Test Score is NOT considered for admission. | ||||
32 | Michigan State University | 39% (3,834) | 1260 | 630 | 630 | |
33 | Brown University | 54% (923) | 1540 | 760 | 780 | |
34 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 38% (3,547) | 1300 | 640 | 660 | |
39 | Washington University in St Louis | 27% (492) | 1530 | 750 | 780 | |
42 | Vanderbilt University | 29% (468) | 1530 | 750 | 780 | |
43 | University of Southern California | 34% (1,173) | 1520 | 740 | 780 | |
45 | University of Rochester | 28% (447) | 1470 | 710 | 760 | |
49 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Test Score is NOT considered for admission. | ||||
51 | Emory University | 41% (587) | 1500 | 730 | 770 | |
55 | Boston University | 23% (823) | 1440 | 700 | 740 | |
56 | University of California-Santa Barbara | Test Score is NOT considered for admission. | ||||
56 | University of Maryland-College Park | 53% (3,078) | 1460 | 710 | 750 | |
60 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 38% (3,721) | 1290 | 640 | 650 | |
62 | Dartmouth College | 42% (475) | 1550 | 760 | 790 | |
65 | Florida State University | 68% (4,107) | 1290 | 650 | 640 | |
71 | University of Connecticut | 44% (1,798) | 1330 | 660 | 670 | |
76 | University of Florida | 81% (5,358) | 1390 | 690 | 700 | |
81 | University of Illinois Chicago | 29% (1,226) | 1220 | 610 | 610 | |
82 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 47% (2,072) | 1370 | 680 | 690 | |
89 | Northeastern University | 33% (827) | 1500 | 730 | 770 | |
92 | University of Arizona | 19% (1,710) | 1240 | 620 | 620 | |
96 | University of Colorado Boulder | 31% (2,234) | 1280 | 640 | 640 | |
96 | University of Georgia | 46% (2,875) | 1310 | 660 | 650 | |
98 | University of Iowa | 21% (1,077) | 1230 | 620 | 610 | |
98 | University of Miami | 35% (838) | 1390 | 690 | 700 | |
100 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 74% (2,713) | 1480 | 720 | 760 | |
Average | 41.58% | 1442 | 709 | 733 |
ACT Scores Comparison
The average ACT score of US Colleges in Top 100 Psychology World Ranking is 33. By subject, the average ACT English score is 33 and the ACT math score is 31.
The following table compares ACT Scores between US Colleges in Top 100 Psychology World Ranking for academic year 2022-2023.
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*Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.
**Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.
Application Requirements
The following table list and compare the requirements when applying US Colleges in Top 100 Psychology World Ranking based on academic year 2022-2023 data.
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✔: Required △: Considered but not Required ✔: Recommended ✗: Neither Required nor Recommended
- HS GPA: High School or Secondary School GPA
- HS Rank: High School or Secondary School Rank
- HS Record: High School or Secondary School Record
- Prep. Program: Completion of College Preparatory Program
- Rec.: Recommendations
- Comp.: Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g., portfolios, certificates of mastery, assessment instruments)
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*Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.
**Percent of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students submitting SAT scores.