IVY League Statistics
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2009 Ivy League Admissions Statistics

 

 Ivy
League
Colleges

Overall Accept. Rate

Regular Decision Accept. Rate

Regular Decision Apps Accepted

Regular Decision Apps Received

Early Decision / Action Accept. Rate

Percent of Class Filled by Early Apps

Early Decision / Action Apps Received

Early Decision / Action Apps Accepted

 Expected Number of Students to Enroll

Total  Apps Received

Total  Apps  Accepted

Brown

14.9%

12.4%

1,894

14,877

28%

39.5%

2,030

569

1,440

16,907

2,463

Columbia

12.4%

10.5%

1,680

15,964

26.4%

43.3%

2,156

570

1,317

18,120

2,250

Cornell

26.1%

24.3%

5,312

21,872

41.7%

35.1%

2,572

1,072

3,050

24,444

6,384

Dartmouth

16.9%

15.1%

1,753

11,586

33.9%

36.9%

1,171

397

1,075

12,757

2,150

Harvard

9.1%

6.4%

1,189

18,583

21%

n/a*

4,213

885

1,650

22,796

2,074

Penn

20.9%

17.9%

2,743

15,329

34.2%

48.3%

3,420

1,169

2,420

18.749

3,912

Princeton

10.9%

8.4%

1,214

14,477

29.1%

48.6%

2,039

593

1,220

16,516

1,807

Yale

9.7%

7.6%

1,176

15,515

17.9%

n/a*

3,933

704

1,310

19,448

1,880

 

* n/a = not applicable since an Early Action Policy was in place

ivy league college admissions statistics 2009