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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 1.97% 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	1.97%	2,485	49	19	38.78%
2	Stanford University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsStanford, CA	4.34%	47,498	2,062	1,698	82.35%
3	Curtis Institute of Music Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPhiladelphia, PA	3.93%	687	27	21	77.78%
4	Pacific Oaks College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPasadena, CA	5.11%	333	17	-	-
5	Harvard University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsCambridge, MA	4.64%	43,330	2,009	1,649	82.08%
6	Columbia University in the City of New York Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsNew York, NY	5.45%	42,823	2,332	1,465	62.82%
7	California Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPasadena, CA	6.42%	8,367	537	235	43.76%
8	University of Chicago Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsChicago, IL	6.17%	34,641	2,137	1,726	80.77%
9	Princeton University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPrinceton, NJ	5.78%	32,804	1,895	1,335	70.45%
10	Yale University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsNew Haven, CT	6.08%	36,844	2,241	1,550	69.17%

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