Is there a reliable source for these, without going to every individual college? I did a google search, and there are several lists claiming to be 2018, but they all seem to be different. Of course I could search school by school, but that’s pretty tedius.
I know that whether Brown has an admit rate of 8.7 or 9.5 doesn’t matter. But I’m a quant guy, and it is really bugging me. Plus I’m trying to compare some schools that are going to be on the “top 100 most selective” lists with some that aren’t…So I would rather have numbers from the same place to compare.
Not hugely important, but if someone knows an easy source for this data please let me know. Thanks.
For college Class of 2022, the school’s admissions website is the most reliable source, if 2022 data has even been posted yet. Campus news articles can be a useful source.
For college Class of 2021, try the NCES website, which contains the IPEDS data from the 2017-18 Common Data Sets. https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ (Colleges won’t post the 2018-19 Common Data Sets until winter at the earliest and it won’t be on the NCES website until late spring/early summer 2019.)
There is also a long thread devoted to 2022 stats, with an ongoing list of colleges, here: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/2040062-college-admissions-statistics-class-of-2022-p1.html
Note that the admissions season for 2022 seemed more competitive than for 2021, so if the most accurate stats are what you’re looking for, best to go with the 2022 numbers.
US News releases it’s new ranking on September 10, and with that will come updated acceptance rates. They are not too useful, especially for STEM majors, though, since those majors can have pretty big differences in acceptance rates from the rest of the school.
IVYWISE has all of the Ivies side by side. Brown FYI was 7.2% 2,566 of 35,438.
@Groundwork2022 The problem with USNews is the data lag. It’s currently sporting fall 2016 - or college class of 2020 - data. If the USNews updates its site in Sept, it will then have class of 2021 data, already available at NCES, which is probably where USNews draws its data from. A random illustration of the lag would be Villanova, which USNews lists as having a 41% acceptance rate, but Nova’s class of 2022 had a 29% acceptance rate.
Thanks for the quick advice. I think I will use some of the easy to get to data initially, but that’s a good idea to use the NCES data when I get the list narrowed a bit. If for no other reason than to get the male/female difference.
@Groundwork2022 is that data readily available anywhere? I’m guessing not really. It would be helpful to know things like that.
You can figure it out from common data sets of collegedata.com . There are also lists like this one: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/lowest-acceptance-rate
However, admission rates must be considered in the context of the strength of the applicant pool. Note the presence of colleges other than the expected ones in the “lowest acceptance rate” list linked above.
@dadof4kids Not all universities publish acceptance rates by school. You’d need to look at the school websites directly and/or their campus news articles. The Ivywise site mentioned above appears to have links to the source of its 2022 data, at least for the few schools in its list. Welcome to the ranks of parents armed with spreadsheets. (For what it’s worth, I would go the other way - use the NCES 2021 data until you get the list narrowed and then look up each school to update with 2022 stats.)
OP - Note too that some of the larger universities have different acceptance rates and stats for their colleges/majors. If you are planning on engineering or CS, be sure you are looking at those majors specifically.
@evergreen5 is correct. Some schools post it, but most don’t. I’ve been able to find some of that data in news articles too. You have to dig for it, if it is available at all.