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Early Action and Early Decision vs. Regular Decision Admission Rates

Here’s a fact that may surprise you—college admissions offices will be sweating every bit as much as college applicants during this college application season.

While anxiety-filled students are praying for acceptance into their first-choices schools, equally nervous admissions directors are trying desperately to ensure that they meet their enrollment targets in the spring. Amazingly, the majority of colleges fail to meet this goal and they are pining for strong candidates that are willing to commit to their school. This is why applying early decision, which is binding, can be a strategic advantage for applicants. Below you will find the ED acceptance rates and regular decision acceptance rates for some of the most prestigious schools in the United States. Where applicable, we included non-binding, early action admission rates as well.

*Data collected from 2023-24 Common Data Set (CDS) forms and institution websites indicates admission outcomes for students entering Fall 2023, the most recent year for which data is made available.

Table updated October 2024

InstitutionED Admission RateAdmission Rate (Freshman Overall)Regular Admission Rate (Excluding EA and ED)
138600Agnes Scott College89%68%68%
210669Allegheny College28%59%51%
131159American UniversityAU85%47%47%
164465Amherst College27%10%10%
197869Appalachian State UniversityApp StateN/A89%89%
104151Arizona State UniversityASUN/A90%90%
100858Auburn UniversityN/A50%50%
164580Babson College33%20%15%
189088Bard CollegeNot Reported46%Not Reported
189097Barnard College27%8%5%
160977Bates College42%13%10%
223232Baylor UniversityNot Reported51%51%
238333Beloit CollegeN/A57%46%
230816Bennington College21%48%42%
164739Bentley University67%48%47%
156295Berea CollegeN/A33%33%
164748Berklee College of MusicN/A50%50%
196079Binghamton UniversityN/A38%26%
142115Boise State UniversityN/A84%84%
164924Boston CollegeBC30%16%14%
164988Boston UniversityBU26%11%9%
161004Bowdoin College18%8%6%
165015Brandeis University49%35%35%
230038Brigham Young University-ProvoBYUN/A69%69%
217156Brown University13%5%4%
217165Bryant University78%66%41%
211273Bryn Mawr College58%31%28%
211291Bucknell University55%32%29%
150163Butler UniversityN/A86%64%
110404California Institute of TechnologyCaltechN/A3%3%
111081California Institute of the ArtsN/A25%25%
110422California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoCal PolyN/A30%30%
110529California State Polytechnic University-PomonaN/A73%73%
110556California State University-FresnoN/A96%96%
110565California State University-FullertonN/A87%87%
110583California State University-Long BeachN/A47%47%
110592California State University-Los AngelesN/A92%92%
173258Carleton College44%22%20%
211440Carnegie Mellon UniversityCMU14%11%11%
201645Case Western Reserve University26%29%34%
131283Catholic University of AmericaNot Reported84%84%
156408Centre College72%56%36%
230852Champlain College97%66%64%
111948Chapman University62%56%43%
112260Claremont McKenna CollegeCMC25%11%11%
165334Clark University23%42%28%
190044Clarkson University86%77%77%
217882Clemson UniversityN/A38%47%
161086Colby CollegeNot Reported7%7%
190099Colgate University23%12%11%
217819College of Charleston85%72%53%
160959College of the Atlantic60%69%69%
166124College of the Holy Cross67%21%17%
231624College of William and MaryW&M45%33%32%
126678Colorado CollegeCC35%16%Not Reported
126775Colorado School of MinesN/A60%60%
126818Colorado State UniversityCSUN/A90%80%
190150Columbia University in the City of New York15%4%3%
128902Connecticut College51%38%38%
190372Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art21%19%19%
153162Cornell CollegeN/A79%Not Reported
190415Cornell University18%8%6%
181002Creighton UniversityN/A72%64%
190512CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeN/A51%51%
190594CUNY Hunter CollegeN/A54%54%
182670Dartmouth College21%6%5%
198385Davidson College35%14%11%
202523Denison University22%17%16%
144740DePaul UniversityN/A74%74%
150400DePauw University28%54%54%
212009Dickinson College44%43%43%
153269Drake UniversityN/A65%65%
184348Drew UniversityNot Reported69%69%
212054Drexel University90%78%65%
198419Duke UniversityNot Reported7%7%
212106Duquesne UniversityN/A79%65%
150455Earlham CollegeN/A74%64%
198464East Carolina UniversityECUN/A90%90%
133492Eckerd CollegeN/A69%59%
212197Elizabethtown CollegeN/A77%77%
198516Elon University92%67%80%
133553Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityN/A66%66%
165662Emerson College53%48%38%
165671Emmanuel CollegeNot Reported81%69%
139658Emory University25%11%9%
129242Fairfield University80%45%39%
191126Fashion Institute of TechnologyFITN/A58%58%
133669Florida Atlantic UniversityFAUN/A73%73%
133881Florida Institute of TechnologyN/A63%63%
133951Florida International UniversityFIUN/A59%59%
134079Florida Southern College72%59%52%
134097Florida State UniversityFSUN/A25%19%
191241Fordham University68%56%55%
212577Franklin and Marshall CollegeF&M40%32%31%
441982Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringN/A22%22%
218070Furman University28%53%30%
232186George Mason UniversityGMUN/A89%89%
131469George Washington UniversityGWU64%44%43%
131496Georgetown UniversityN/A13%14%
139861Georgia College & State UniversityN/A88%82%
139755Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia TechN/A16%18%
139940Georgia State UniversityN/A52%52%
212674Gettysburg College36%48%49%
235316Gonzaga UniversityN/A76%76%
162654Goucher CollegeN/A75%75%
153384Grinnell College41%13%10%
212805Grove City College96%73%69%
173647Gustavus Adolphus CollegeN/A74%Not Reported
191515Hamilton College30%12%10%
166018Hampshire CollegeNot Reported70%70%
150756Hanover CollegeN/A84%84%
166027Harvard UniversityN/A3%3%
115409Harvey Mudd CollegeHMC18%13%12%
212911Haverford College33%13%13%
107080Hendrix CollegeN/A53%43%
170286Hillsdale CollegeNot Reported21%21%
191630Hobart William Smith Colleges79%57%43%
191649Hofstra UniversityN/A71%61%
170301Hope CollegeN/A76%76%
131520Howard UniversityHU49%35%35%
145725Illinois Institute of TechnologyIIT68%55%44%
145646Illinois Wesleyan UniversityN/A45%38%
151351Indiana University-BloomingtonIUBN/A80%69%
153603Iowa State UniversityN/A89%89%
191968Ithaca College79%70%56%
232423James Madison UniversityJMUN/A76%76%
162928Johns Hopkins UniversityJHU14%8%8%
213251Juniata College67%72%72%
170532Kalamazoo College76%76%65%
155399Kansas State UniversityN/A80%80%
203535Kenyon College40%31%30%
169983Kettering UniversityN/A79%61%
146427Knox College48%71%65%
213385Lafayette College44%31%30%
146481Lake Forest College49%59%59%
239017Lawrence University80%63%43%
192323Le Moyne CollegeN/A75%76%
213543Lehigh University53%29%27%
209056Lewis & Clark College86%75%66%
159391Louisiana State UniversityLSUN/A74%74%
117946Loyola Marymount UniversityLMU62%40%28%
146719Loyola University ChicagoLUCN/A81%81%
163046Loyola University MarylandN/A76%76%
173902Macalester College46%28%16%
161299Maine Maritime AcademyN/A63%54%
192819Marist College81%65%50%
239105Marquette UniversityN/A87%87%
166683Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMITN/A5%4%
140447Mercer UniversityN/A66%44%
204024Miami University-OxfordNot Reported82%82%
171100Michigan State UniversityMSUN/A84%84%
171128Michigan Technological UniversityN/A53%53%
230959Middlebury College34%10%8%
239318Milwaukee School of EngineeringMSOEN/A60%60%
176080Mississippi State UniversityN/A76%76%
178411Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMUSTN/A73%73%
180461Montana State UniversityN/A73%Not Reported
140553Morehouse College71%52%43%
166939Mount Holyoke CollegeMHC58%38%36%
214175Muhlenberg College75%64%64%
262129New College of FloridaN/A74%75%
185828New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNJITN/A67%67%
187967New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyNMITN/A74%74%
193900New York UniversityNYUNot Reported9%9%
199193North Carolina State UniversityNC StateN/A40%40%
167358Northeastern University39%6%6%
147767Northwestern University23%7%6%
204501Oberlin College36%33%33%
120254Occidental CollegeOxy52%40%39%
204796Ohio State UniversityOSUN/A51%29%
204857Ohio UniversityOUN/A85%71%
204909Ohio Wesleyan University55%51%51%
209542Oregon State UniversityOSUN/A79%79%
214777Pennsylvania State UniversityPSU; Penn StateN/A54%43%
121150Pepperdine UniversityN/A50%50%
121257Pitzer College33%17%14%
121345Pomona College13%7%7%
194578Pratt Institute-MainN/A53%51%
186131Princeton UniversityN/A4%3%
217402Providence College84%49%34%
243780Purdue University-Main CampusN/A50%38%
130226Quinnipiac University89%77%66%
186201Ramapo College of New Jersey79%73%60%
209922Reed College22%31%18%
194824Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRPI59%59%47%
217493Rhode Island School of DesignRISD28%17%Not Reported
221351Rhodes College50%50%35%
227757Rice University16%8%7%
195003Rochester Institute of TechnologyRIT73%71%71%
136950Rollins College41%41%41%
152318Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyRHITN/A73%73%
184782Rowan UniversityN/A78%78%
186371Rutgers University-CamdenN/A78%78%
186380Rutgers University-New BrunswickRUN/A65%65%
186399Rutgers University-NewarkN/A79%79%
183239Saint Anselm College88%78%63%
179159Saint Louis UniversitySLUNot Reported81%81%
231059Saint Michael's CollegeN/A92%84%
122409San Diego State UniversitySDSUN/A34%34%
122755San Jose State UniversitySJSUN/A80%80%
122931Santa Clara UniversitySCU71%44%25%
195304Sarah Lawrence CollegeSLC66%59%53%
123165Scripps College47%34%33%
236595Seattle UniversityN/A75%69%
195474Siena CollegeNot Reported71%71%
167783Simmons UniversityN/A66%56%
195526Skidmore College42%23%21%
167835Smith College33%20%18%
399911Soka University of AmericaN/A70%74%
228246Southern Methodist UniversitySMU74%61%38%
228343Southwestern University38%39%30%
195216St Lawrence UniversitySLU63%58%58%
174844St Olaf College68%52%40%
163976St. John's College (MD)66%44%39%
245652St. John's College (NM)81%49%36%
163912St. Mary's College of Maryland95%75%58%
243744Stanford UniversityN/A4%4%
196176State University of New York at New PaltzN/A59%47%
137546Stetson University89%86%87%
186867Stevens Institute of Technology55%43%43%
167996Stonehill CollegeNot Reported73%73%
196097Stony Brook UniversityN/A49%49%
196219SUNY at Purchase CollegeN/A73%73%
196167SUNY College at GeneseoN/A64%49%
196103SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestryN/A83%72%
216287Swarthmore College16%7%7%
196413Syracuse University66%42%40%
216339Temple UniversityN/A83%76%
228723Texas A&M University-College StationN/A63%63%
228875Texas Christian UniversityTCU59%43%24%
229115Texas Tech UniversityN/A71%71%
187134The College of New JerseyTCNJ76%62%62%
206589The College of Wooster57%54%38%
193654The New SchoolN/A63%63%
100751The University of AlabamaN/A76%76%
180489The University of MontanaN/A85%85%
137847The University of TampaNot Reported41%10%
221759The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleUTKN/A46%23%
228778The University of Texas at AustinUT AustinN/A29%29%
228787The University of Texas at DallasUTD; UT DallasN/A65%65%
221519The University of the South70%51%25%
124292Thomas Aquinas CollegeN/A79%79%
216366Thomas Jefferson UniversityN/A86%86%
164076Towson UniversityN/A83%72%
130590Trinity CollegeNot Reported34%34%
229267Trinity University54%28%12%
178615Truman State UniversityN/A80%80%
168148Tufts UniversityNot Reported10%10%
160755Tulane University of Louisiana68%15%3%
196866Union College48%44%35%
128328United States Air Force AcademyUSAFAN/A14%14%
130624United States Coast Guard AcademyUSCGAN/A16%16%
197027United States Merchant Marine AcademyN/A32%32%
197036United States Military AcademyUSMAN/A14%14%
164155United States Naval AcademyN/A9%9%
196088University at BuffaloN/A69%62%
100663University of Alabama at BirminghamUABN/A88%88%
104179University of ArizonaUAN/A86%86%
106397University of ArkansasN/A72%46%
110635University of California-BerkeleyUCB: UC BerkeleyN/A12%12%
110644University of California-DavisUCD; UC DavisN/A42%42%
110653University of California-IrvineUCI; UC IrvineN/A26%26%
110662University of California-Los AngelesUCLAN/A9%9%
445188University of California-MercedUC MercedN/A89%89%
110671University of California-RiversideUCR; UC RiversideN/A70%70%
110680University of California-San DiegoUCSD; UC San DiegoN/A25%25%
110705University of California-Santa BarbaraUCSB; UC Santa BarbaraN/A28%28%
110714University of California-Santa CruzUCSC; UC Santa CruzN/A61%61%
132903University of Central FloridaUCFN/A43%43%
144050University of ChicagoUChicagoNot Reported5%5%
201885University of Cincinnati-Main CampusN/A88%88%
126614University of Colorado BoulderN/A81%64%
129020University of ConnecticutUConnN/A54%54%
224323University of DallasN/A54%54%
130943University of DelawareUDN/A64%64%
127060University of DenverUD83%71%56%
134130University of FloridaUFN/A24%24%
139959University of GeorgiaUGAN/A37%37%
225511University of HoustonN/A70%70%
142285University of IdahoN/A79%79%
145600University of Illinois at ChicagoUICN/A79%71%
145637University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUIUCN/A44%44%
153658University of IowaN/A85%85%
155317University of KansasKUN/A88%88%
157085University of KentuckyUKN/A92%92%
157289University of LouisvilleN/A81%81%
161253University of MaineN/A96%96%
232681University of Mary Washington96%86%75%
163268University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyUMBCN/A74%90%
163286University of Maryland-College ParkUMDN/A45%45%
166629University of Massachusetts-AmherstUMass AmherstN/A58%53%
166638University of Massachusetts-BostonUMass BostonN/A83%83%
166513University of Massachusetts-LowellUMass LowellN/A85%85%
135726University of MiamiUM60%19%4%
170976University of MichiganUMichN/A18%18%
174233University of Minnesota-DuluthN/A82%82%
174251University of Minnesota-MorrisN/A71%71%
174066University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesUMNN/A77%77%
176017University of MississippiOle MissN/A98%98%
178396University of Missouri-ColumbiaMizzouN/A77%77%
181464University of Nebraska-LincolnUNLN/A77%77%
182281University of Nevada-Las VegasUNLVN/A86%86%
182290University of Nevada-RenoUNRN/A85%85%
183044University of New HampshireUNHN/A87%87%
199111University of North Carolina at AshevilleUNC AshevilleN/A94%96%
199120University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUNC Chapel HillN/A19%10%
199139University of North Carolina at CharlotteUNCC; UNC CharlotteN/A80%67%
199148University of North Carolina at GreensboroUNCG; UNC GreensboroN/A90%82%
199218University of North Carolina WilmingtonUNC WilmingtonN/A74%55%
152080University of Notre DameUNDN/A12%10%
207500University of OklahomaOUN/A76%76%
209551University of OregonN/A85%85%
215062University of PennsylvaniaUPenn15%6%4%
215293University of PittsburghN/A50%50%
209825University of PortlandN/A95%95%
236328University of Puget Sound62%76%68%
121691University of RedlandsN/A81%76%
217484University of Rhode IslandURINot Reported77%77%
233374University of Richmond40%23%21%
195030University of Rochester39%36%36%
122436University of San DiegoUSDN/A47%47%
122612University of San FranciscoUSF47%51%42%
215929University of ScrantonN/A81%74%
218663University of South CarolinaUSCN/A61%61%
137351University of South FloridaUSFN/A41%41%
123961University of Southern CaliforniaUSCN/A10%14%
174914University of St ThomasN/A82%74%
231174University of VermontUVM84%60%44%
234076University of VirginiaUVA24%17%16%
377555University of Washington-Bothell CampusN/A92%Not Reported
236948University of Washington-SeattleUWN/A43%43%
240444University of Wisconsin-MadisonUW-MadisonN/A43%43%
216524Ursinus College98%87%78%
221999Vanderbilt UniversityVandy17%6%5%
197133Vassar College33%18%16%
216597Villanova University49%25%40%
234030Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVCUN/A93%93%
233921Virginia TechVirginia TechN/A57%57%
152673Wabash College89%63%61%
199847Wake Forest UniversityNot Reported22%22%
234207Washington and Lee UniversityW&L; WLU34%17%15%
164216Washington College84%66%54%
236939Washington State UniversityWSUN/A85%85%
179867Washington University in St LouisWashU26%12%10%
168218Wellesley College30%14%12%
168227Wentworth Institute of TechnologyN/A85%85%
130697Wesleyan University41%17%15%
216764West Chester University of PennsylvaniaN/A79%79%
238032West Virginia UniversityWVUN/A88%88%
125727Westmont CollegeN/A80%77%
168281Wheaton College (MA)82%63%47%
149781Wheaton College (IL)N/A90%83%
237057Whitman College38%50%51%
125763Whittier CollegeN/A86%86%
210401Willamette University61%79%70%
168342Williams College27%10%10%
218973Wofford College86%59%31%
168421Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWPI73%58%33%
130794Yale UniversityN/A5%5%
197708Yeshiva UniversityYU100%64%61%

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