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Ivy League Admissions Statistics
Our Ivy League Statistics reveals the percentage of acceptances for each of the Ivy League Colleges.

By examining the number of applicants, both early and regular, and comparing these statistics to the total acceptances and the expected class size, you will be in a better position to judge your chances of admissions. 

Ivy League Statistics by Class or College

Ivy League Admissions Statistics – Class of 2011

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

13.5%

12.3%

2,054

16,737

22.7%

35.2%

2,307

523

1,485

19,044

2,577

Columbia

10.4%

8.5%

1,616

18,914

24.5%

44%

2,429

594

1,350

21,343

2,210

Cornell

20.5%

18.7%

5,126

27,365

36.6%

36.2%

3,017

1,103

3,050

30,382

6,229

Dartmouth

15.3%

13.8%

1,785

12,891

29.6%

35.2%

1,285

380

1,080

14,176

2,165

Harvard

9%

6.2%

1,183

18,947

21.8%

n/a*

4,008

875

1,675

22,955

2,058

Penn

15.9%

13.1%

2,450

18,633

29%

48.3%

4,001

1,160

2,400

22,634

3,610

Princeton

9.5%

7.2%

1,194

16,605

25.5%

48%

2,337

597

1,245

18,942

1,791

Yale

9.6%

7.3%

1,151

15,729

19.7%

  n/a*

3,594

709

1,340

19,323

1,860

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

Ivy League Admissions Statistics – Class of 2010

 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

13.8%

12.4%

1,982

15,934

22.8%

37.4%

2,379

543

1,450

18,313

2,525

Columbia

11.4%

9.6%

1,686

17,565

25.6%

43.8%

2,275

582

1,330

19,840

2,268

Cornell

24.7%

23%

5,817

25,248

39%

36.4%

2,849

1,110

3,050

28,097

6,927

Dartmouth

15.4%

13.9%

1,752

12,620

30.2%

37%

1,317

398

1,075

13,937

2,150

Harvard

9.3%

6.9%

1,305

18,881

20.8%

n/a*

3,872

804

1,684

22,753

2,109

Penn

17.7%

15%

2,442

16,331

28.4%

49.2%

4,148

1,180

2,400

20,479

3,622

Princeton

10.2%

7.8%

1,193

15,327

26.8%

49%

2,236

599

1,220

17,563

1,792

Yale

8.6%

6.5%

1,099

17,015

17.7%

n/a*

4.084

724

1,310

21,099

1,823

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

Ivy League Admissions Statistics – Class of 2009

 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 Admissions Statistics – Class of 2008

 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

15.8%

14%

1,872

13,361

28.3%

37.8%

1,907

540

1,428

15,268

2,412

Columbia

12.8%

10.8%

1,654

15,322

28.9%

42.1%

1,939

560

1,330

17,261

2,214

Cornell

28.7%

26.6%

4,856

18,270

43.9%

36%

2,550

1,119

3,105

20,820

5,975

Dartmouth

18.3%

16.8%

1,759

10,455

30%

35.4%

1,278

384

1,085

11,733

2,143

Harvard

10.3%

7.1%

1,123

15,861

23.3%

n/a*

3,889

906

1,650

19,750

2,029

Penn

21%

18.3%

2,726

14,891

33.1%

45%

3,387

1,120

2,490

18.278

3,846

Princeton

11.9%

8.8%

1,050

11,875

32%

50%

1,815

581

1,162

13,690

1,631

Yale

9.9%

8.2%

1,280

15,628

16.6%

n/a*

4,046

670

1,300

19,674

1,950

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

Ivy League Admissions Statistics – Class of 2007

 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%

13.3%

1,762

13,23

25.8*

n/a*

1,919

496

1,430

15,153

2,258

Columbia

12%

9.6%

1,429

14,939

31.7%

43%

1,805

572

1,330

16,744

2,001

Cornell

30.9%

29.4%

5,213

17,713

40.7%

37%

2,729

1,110

3,000

20,442

6,323

Dartmouth

17.7%

16%

1,705

10,636

32.4%

37%

1,217

394

1,065

11,853

2,099

Harvard

9.8%

6.8%

906

13,366

15.1%

n/a*

7,620

1,150

--

20,986

2,056

Penn

20.5%

17.2%

2,736

15,945

38.9%

47%

2,882

1,122

2,385

18.827

3,858

Princeton

10%

7.3%

979

13,375

25.1%

49.5%

2,350

591

1,195

15,725

1,570

Yale

11.4%

9.6%

1,458

15,120

21.3%

43%

2,611

557

1,295

17,731

2,015

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

The Ivy League Colleges

For centuries, these eight private colleges have had common interests in academics as well as in athletics, but the first "Ivy Group Agreement" was signed in 1945, and applied only to football. It established common practices of accepting talented students with superior academic achievements. To this day, scholarships are offered based only on financial need. The eight Ivy League Colleges do not offer any merit scholarships.

As a point of information, the Ivy League Colleges are:

Dartmouth College
Harvard University
Yale University
Princeton University
Brown University
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell University
Columbia University

 

Ivy League Did You Know

  • Did you know that Dartmouth College is the only Ivy League school that’s called a college, but that it is really a university?
  • Did you know that in 1934, Columbia University won their only Rose Bowl when football captain Clifford Montgomery threw the only touchdown of the game on a trick play, the KF-79?
  • Did you know that Brown University has no distribution requirements or mandatory grading policy?
  • Did you know that Harvard University was named after John Harvard, a Massachusetts clergyman?
  • Did you know that prior to 1896 Princeton University’s name was the College of New Jersey?
  • Did you know that Yale University’s residential colleges are one of its most unique features?
  • Did you know that at the University of Pennsylvania freshmen avoid stepping over the compass on Locust Walk for fear of failing their midterm exams?
  • Did you know that students who reside in New York State and attend one of Cornell University’s statuatory colleges (Agriculture and Life Sciences, Human Ecology or Industrial and Labor Relations) pay about half of the tuition cost of the endowed colleges, and that students who reside outside of New York, pay about $1000 less than the tuition of the endowed colleges?