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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 4.36% 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	4.36%	47,452	2,071	1,697	81.94%
#2	Harvard University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsCambridge, MA	4.73%	42,749	2,024	1,653	81.67%
#3	Curtis Institute of Music Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPhiladelphia, PA	4.55%	660	30	26	86.67%
#4	Princeton University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPrinceton, NJ	5.48%	35,370	1,940	1,339	69.02%
#5	Dallas Nursing Institute Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsRichardson, TX	4.52%	796	36	33	91.67%
#6	Columbia University in the City of New York Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsNew York, NY	5.91%	40,572	2,399	1,488	62.03%
#7	Yale University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsNew Haven, CT	6.35%	35,301	2,240	1,573	70.22%
#8	University of Chicago Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsChicago, IL	7.26%	32,283	2,345	1,805	76.97%
#9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsCambridge, MA	6.74%	21,706	1,464	1,114	76.09%
#10	California Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsPasadena, CA	6.62%	8,208	543	231	42.54%

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