College Admissions Statistics Class of 2021: Early and Regular Decision Acceptance Rates

This was another interesting chart from last year’s thread and is another data point in the early vs. regular admissions debate.

Early Admissions as % of Total Target Class (Class of 2020)

60% and above:
University of North Carolina EA 175% (4000)
Georgia Tech EA 158% (2800)
University of Virginia EA 142% (3675)
University of Georgia EA 141% (5300)
Boston College EA 117% (2300)
Notre Dame EA 80% (2010)
Princeton SCEA 60% (1308)

50% to 59%
MIT EA 58% (1120)
Yale SCEA 58% (1360)
Bowdoin ED1/ED2 57% (500)
Georgetown EA 56% (1580)
Harvard SCEA 55% (1675)
Middlebury ED1/ED2 55% (685)
Northwestern ED 55% (1925)
Penn ED 55% (2445)
Tufts ED1/ED2 50% (1325)
Vanderbilt ED1/ED2 50% (1600)

40% to 49%
Duke ED 48% (1705)
Scripps ED1/ED2 46% (245)
Williams ED 45% (550)
Johns Hopkins ED 45% (1300)
Pitzer ED1/ED2 44% (265)
Brown ED 43% (1550)
Pomona ED1/ED2 43% (415)
Dartmouth ED 42% (1175)
Cornell ED 41% (3275)
Stanford REA 41% (1800)
Davidson ED 40% (415)

30% to 39%
Amherst ED1/ED2 38% (472)
Harvey Mudd ED1/ED2 35% (200)
George Washington ED 33% (2474)
Boston University ED1/ED2 30% (3500)