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Tightest Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

Next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) U.S. colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Hampshire College has the lowest acceptance rate as of 2.01% for academic year 2019-2020 in United States. Next table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates.

Tightest Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2019-2020)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Hampshire College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsAmherst, MA	2.01%	2,485	50	20	40.00%
2	Curtis Institute of Music Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPhiladelphia, PA	3.93%	687	27	21	77.78%
3	Stanford University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsStanford, CA	4%	47,498	1,900	1,558	82.00%
4	Columbia University in the City of New York Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsNew York, NY	5%	42,823	2,141	1,349	63.01%
5	Pacific Oaks CollegePrivate (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPasadena, CA	5.11%	333	17	-	-
6	Harvard University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsCambridge, MA	5%	43,330	2,167	1,777	82.00%
7	California Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPasadena, CA	6%	8,367	502	221	44.02%
8	University of Chicago Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsChicago, IL	6%	34,641	2,078	1,683	80.99%
9	Princeton University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPrinceton, NJ	6%	32,804	1,968	1,378	70.02%
10	Yale University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsNew Haven, CT	6%	36,844	2,211	1,526	69.02%

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