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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. Stanford University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 4% for academic year 2018-2019 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)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
#1	Stanford University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsStanford, CA	4%	47,452	1,898	1,556	81.98%
#2	Curtis Institute of Music Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPhiladelphia, PA	5%	660	33	29	87.88%
#3	Harvard University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsCambridge, MA	5%	42,749	2,137	1,752	81.98%
#4	Princeton University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPrinceton, NJ	5%	35,370	1,769	1,221	69.02%
#5	Dallas Nursing Institute Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsRichardson, TX	5.03%	796	40	37	92.50%
#6	Yale University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsNew Haven, CT	6%	35,301	2,118	1,483	70.02%
#7	Columbia University in the City of New York Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsNew York, NY	6%	40,572	2,434	1,509	62.00%
#8	University of Chicago Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsChicago, IL	7%	32,283	2,260	1,740	76.99%
#9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsCambridge, MA	7%	21,706	1,519	1,154	75.97%
#10	California Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPasadena, CA	7.01%	8,208	575	247	42.96%

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