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Waitlist Statistics

Being waitlisted isn’t as crushing a result as being rejected, but it can feel like you’ve been exiled to admissions purgatory.

It’s important to know if your waitlisted status means you still have a serious shot at being admitted to your first-choice university or if it’s the equivalent of a Powerball ticket. For example, at Amherst, Stanford, and Yale somewhere between zero and 25 students are likely to be plucked from the waitlist. On the other hand, Colby College, Vanderbilt, and Washington University all took more than 80 students off of their waitlists. The following table indicates waitlist statistics at some of America’s most selective colleges and universities for the 2024-25 academic year.

*Data collected from Common Data Set (CDS) forms and institutional websites. An asterisk (*) denotes that 2024 data was unavailable, and the most recent data available is provided instead.

Table updated October 2025

InstituteAdmissions Waitlist?Applicants Offered Spot on WaitlistApplicants Accepting Spot on WaitlistStudents Accepted from Waitlist% Accepted From Waitlist Who Accepted Spot
138600Agnes Scott CollegeYes000-
210669Allegheny CollegeYes2020Not Reported-
131159American UniversityAUYes4,07994832835%
164465Amherst CollegeYes1,10562381%
197869Appalachian State UniversityApp StateYes1,39156654797%
104151Arizona State UniversityASUNo----
100858Auburn UniversityNo----
164580Babson CollegeYes3,5791,4581057%
189088Bard CollegeNo----
189097Barnard CollegeYes2,0551,5671489%
160977Bates CollegeYes1,940883344%
223232Baylor UniversityYes3,35475624132%
238333Beloit CollegeNo----
230816Bennington CollegeYes80732027%
164739Bentley UniversityYes1,66541022555%
156295Berea CollegeNo----
164748Berklee College of MusicYes515151100%
196079Binghamton UniversityYes13,3414,27284220%
142115Boise State UniversityNo----
164924Boston CollegeBCYes8671*5232*116*2%*
164988Boston UniversityBUYes15,3398,99618<1%
161004Bowdoin CollegeYesNot ReportedNot Reported22Not Reported
165015Brandeis UniversityYes1,75461633655%
230038Brigham Young University-ProvoBYUNo----
217156Brown UniversityYesNot ReportedNot Reported118Not Reported
217165Bryant UniversityYes2501182017%
211273Bryn Mawr CollegeYes494285238%
211291Bucknell UniversityYes3,1221,4701157.8%
150163Butler UniversityYes000-
110404California Institute of TechnologyCaltechYes2061714124%
111081California Institute of the ArtsYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
110422California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoCal PolyYes6,988Not Reported2,905Not Reported
110529California State Polytechnic University-PomonaYes1,32286925529%
110556California State University-FresnoNo----
110565California State University-FullertonYes931*332*0*0%*
110583California State University-Long BeachYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
110592California State University-Los AngelesNo----
173258Carleton CollegeYes5732425221%
211440Carnegie Mellon UniversityCMUYes16,48410,06232<1%
201645Case Western Reserve UniversityYes9,0854,4781,28229%
131283Catholic University of AmericaNo----
156408Centre CollegeYes160151067%
230852Champlain CollegeYes2142150%
111948Chapman UniversityYes1,9001,14452346%
112260Claremont McKenna CollegeCMCYes997621335%
165334Clark UniversityYes7303095718%
190044Clarkson UniversityYes5937719%
217882Clemson UniversityYes11,1023,5981123%
161086Colby CollegeYes5,0821,829824%
190099Colgate UniversityYes2,4331,338484%
217819College of CharlestonYes3,3781,30349138%
160959College of the AtlanticYes123267%
166124College of the Holy CrossYes4,1861,8041056%
231624College of William and MaryW&MYes4,2322,06320710%
126678Colorado CollegeCCYes6961403223%
126775Colorado School of MinesYes77877823130%
126818Colorado State UniversityCSUNo----
190150Columbia University in the City of New YorkYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
128902Connecticut CollegeYes1,55060791%
190372Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtYes1321171513%
153162Cornell CollegeNo----
190415Cornell UniversityYes8,1036,1903886%
181002Creighton UniversityYes65321959%
190512CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNo----
190594CUNY Hunter CollegeYes2,6592,6592,11780%
182670Dartmouth CollegeYes2,5892,189291%
198385Davidson CollegeYes1,856860354%
202523Denison UniversityYes2,2134647616%
144740DePaul UniversityYes80928222881%
150400DePauw UniversityYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
212009Dickinson CollegeYes252762432%
153269Drake UniversityNo----
184348Drew UniversityYes12912343%
212054Drexel UniversityYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
198419Duke UniversityYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
212106Duquesne UniversityYes56053718334%
150455Earlham CollegeNo----
198464East Carolina UniversityECUNo----
133492Eckerd CollegeYes11110933%
212197Elizabethtown CollegeNo----
198516Elon UniversityYes3,98481510112%
133553Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityNo----
165662Emerson CollegeYes6223996015%
165671Emmanuel CollegeYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
139658Emory UniversityYes6,0983,3551093%
129242Fairfield UniversityYes8,8982,47722<1%
191126Fashion Institute of TechnologyFITYes365Not Reported63Not Reported
133669Florida Atlantic UniversityFAUYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
133881Florida Institute of TechnologyNo----
133951Florida International UniversityFIUNo----
134079Florida Southern CollegeNo----
134097Florida State UniversityFSUYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
191241Fordham UniversityYes8,2672,89844015%
212577Franklin and Marshall CollegeF&MYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
441982Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringYes53*53*10*19%*
218070Furman UniversityYes523Not Reported106Not Reported
232186George Mason UniversityGMUYes1,24884321926%
131469George Washington UniversityGWUYes6,5172,8441,18842%
131496Georgetown UniversityYes2,6902,0231638%
139861Georgia College & State UniversityYes36936910328%
139755Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia TechYes6,4814,4712014%
139940Georgia State UniversityYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
212674Gettysburg CollegeYes2213*1126*5*<1%*
235316Gonzaga UniversityYes6152435924%
162654Goucher CollegeNo----
153384Grinnell CollegeYes2,0211,180363%
212805Grove City CollegeYes86352057%
173647Gustavus Adolphus CollegeNo----
191515Hamilton CollegeYes1,709946354%
166018Hampshire CollegeYes10*8*8*100%*
150756Hanover CollegeYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
166027Harvard UniversityYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
115409Harvey Mudd CollegeHMCYes6634035313%
212911Haverford CollegeYes1,2487183<1%
107080Hendrix CollegeNo----
170286Hillsdale CollegeYes163743243%
191630Hobart William Smith CollegesNo----
191649Hofstra UniversityYes2671172320%
170301Hope CollegeNo----
131520Howard UniversityHUYes5,972476Not ReportedNot Reported
145725Illinois Institute of TechnologyIITNo----
145646Illinois Wesleyan UniversityNo----
151351Indiana University-BloomingtonIUBYes7,5243,0593,04199%
153603Iowa State UniversityNo----
191968Ithaca CollegeYes2151361914%
232423James Madison UniversityJMUYes2,9262,877411%
162928Johns Hopkins UniversityJHUYes2,3741,614302%
213251Juniata CollegeNo----
170532Kalamazoo CollegeNo----
155399Kansas State UniversityNo----
203535Kenyon CollegeYes1,591797435%
169983Kettering UniversityNo----
146427Knox CollegeNo----
213385Lafayette CollegeYes2,3641,120817%
146481Lake Forest CollegeYes75543972%
239017Lawrence UniversityYes222100%
192323Le Moyne CollegeYes120321444%
213543Lehigh UniversityYes4,0751,7171137%
209056Lewis & Clark CollegeYes191731622%
159391Louisiana State UniversityLSUNo----
117946Loyola Marymount UniversityLMUYes6,802Not Reported222Not Reported
146719Loyola University ChicagoLUCNo----
163046Loyola University MarylandYes1,13446316636%
173902Macalester CollegeYes9095076312%
161299Maine Maritime AcademyNo----
192819Marist CollegeYes3,8671,01421521%
239105Marquette UniversityYes45245211325%
166683Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMITYes59050992%
140447Mercer UniversityYes205Not Reported116Not Reported
204024Miami University-OxfordYes5,14463223637%
171100Michigan State UniversityMSUYes4,3344,1343,59687%
171128Michigan Technological UniversityNo----
230959Middlebury CollegeYes2,2852,256452%
239318Milwaukee School of EngineeringMSOENo----
176080Mississippi State UniversityNo----
178411Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMUSTNo----
180461Montana State UniversityNo----
140553Morehouse CollegeYes1,170527265%
166939Mount Holyoke CollegeMHCYes792322124%
214175Muhlenberg CollegeYes732614%
262129New College of FloridaYes100-
185828New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNJITYes3,6212,52082733%
187967New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyNMITNo----
193900New York UniversityNYUYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
199193North Carolina State UniversityNC StateYes9,7044,1942616%
167358Northeastern UniversityYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
147767Northwestern UniversityYesNot ReportedNot Reported59Not Reported
204501Oberlin CollegeYes7483304112%
120254Occidental CollegeOxyYes1,2384377116%
204796Ohio State UniversityOSUYes000-
204857Ohio UniversityOUYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
204909Ohio Wesleyan UniversityNo----
209542Oregon State UniversityOSUYes1,0132568433%
214777Pennsylvania State UniversityPSU; Penn StateYes1,8181,24865452%
121150Pepperdine UniversityYes1,44379078599%
121257Pitzer CollegeYes5702093416%
121345Pomona CollegeYes937680589%
194578Pratt Institute-MainYes68266041%
186131Princeton UniversityYes1,7341,396403%
217402Providence CollegeYes3,1991,09825123%
243780Purdue University-Main CampusYes3,3441,8609<1%
130226Quinnipiac UniversityYes2,2541,24167154%
186201Ramapo College of New JerseyYes1,3832208840%
209922Reed CollegeYes5,1702,2371015%
194824Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRPIYes1,9581,236333%
217493Rhode Island School of DesignRISDYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
221351Rhodes CollegeYes1,200Not Reported117Not Reported
227757Rice UniversityYes3,9202,7941224%
195003Rochester Institute of TechnologyRITYes2,55671110014%
136950Rollins CollegeYes611682740%
152318Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyRHITYes272128119%
184782Rowan UniversityNo----
186371Rutgers University-CamdenNo----
186380Rutgers University-New BrunswickRUYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
186399Rutgers University-NewarkNo----
183239Saint Anselm CollegeYes26910233%
179159Saint Louis UniversitySLUNo----
231059Saint Michael's CollegeNo----
122409San Diego State UniversitySDSUYes10,5204,8021,80438%
122755San Jose State UniversitySJSUNo----
122931Santa Clara UniversitySCUYes5,8713,3121976%
195304Sarah Lawrence CollegeSLCYes9894167017%
123165Scripps CollegeYes55223942%
236595Seattle UniversityYes133674060%
195474Siena CollegeYes201200158%
167783Simmons UniversityYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
195526Skidmore CollegeYes2,778861799%
167835Smith CollegeYes1,531803435%
399911Soka University of AmericaYes2411892312%
228246Southern Methodist UniversitySMUYes1,4806076711%
228343Southwestern UniversityYes701313100%
141060Spelman CollegeYes1,14000-
195216St. Lawrence UniversitySLUYes1903339%
174844St. Olaf CollegeYes1,69946172%
163976St. John's College (MD)Yes261300%
245652St. John's College (NM)Yes100-
163912St. Mary's College of MarylandYes5291803117%
243744Stanford UniversityYes483414256%
196176State University of New York at New PaltzYes318*285*28*10%*
137546Stetson UniversityYes58572951%
186867Stevens Institute of TechnologyYes3,1681,38155840%
167996Stonehill CollegeYes1,696254146%
196097Stony Brook UniversityYes5,9072,89412<1%
196219SUNY at Purchase CollegeNo----
196167SUNY College at GeneseoYes1,22227513649%
196103SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestryYes142101101100%
216287Swarthmore CollegeYesNot ReportedNot Reported0Not Reported
196413Syracuse UniversityYes14,6946,8531,04415%
216339Temple UniversityYes2,03035411833%
228723Texas A&M University-College StationNo----
228875Texas Christian UniversityTCUYes3,70790975383%
229115Texas Tech UniversityNo----
187134The College of New JerseyTCNJYes6962150%
206589The College of WoosterYes196912426%
193654The New SchoolYes1,42596132133%
100751The University of AlabamaNo----
180489The University of MontanaNo----
137847The University of TampaYes13,25376656173%
221759The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleUTKYes15,8175,9544,78780%
228778The University of Texas at AustinUT AustinNo----
228787The University of Texas at DallasUTD; UT DallasNo----
221519The University of the SouthYes2064437%
124292Thomas Aquinas CollegeYes5530.6
216366Thomas Jefferson UniversityNo----
164076Towson UniversityNo----
130590Trinity CollegeYes2,4121,326272%
229267Trinity UniversityYes1,87065510516%
178615Truman State UniversityNo----
168148Tufts UniversityYes2,80099135436%
160755Tulane University of LouisianaYes4,1922,29043219%
196866Union CollegeYes2939688%
128328United States Air Force AcademyUSAFANo----
130624United States Coast Guard AcademyUSCGAYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
197027United States Merchant Marine AcademyYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
197036United States Military AcademyUSMANo----
164155United States Naval AcademyYes2382387029%
196088University at BuffaloYes4,2671,78570640%
100663University of Alabama at BirminghamUABNo----
104179University of ArizonaUANo----
106397University of ArkansasYes1,2891,2271,17095%
110635University of California-BerkeleyUCB: UC BerkeleyYes10,8947,85326<1%
110644University of California-DavisUCD; UC DavisYes17,1669,6094,30945%
110653University of California-IrvineUCI; UC IrvineYes13,1556,2596,259100%
110662University of California-Los AngelesUCLAYes15,0239,1981,21113%
445188University of California-MercedUC MercedNo----
110671University of California-RiversideUCR; UC RiversideYes7,2153,8842,78972%
110680University of California-San DiegoUCSD; UC San DiegoYes27,52119,1564,53924%
110705University of California-Santa BarbaraUCSB; UC Santa BarbaraYes15,95810,6418,71582%
110714University of California-Santa CruzUCSC; UC Santa CruzYes15,39710,1113,33933%
132903University of Central FloridaUCFYes2,5001,300504%
144050University of ChicagoUChicagoYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
201885University of Cincinnati-Main CampusNo----
126614University of Colorado-BoulderYes5,7401,1581,00787%
129020University of ConnecticutUConnYes2,438642284%
224323University of DallasNo----
130943University of DelawareUDYes3,417Not Reported2,087Not Reported
127060University of DenverUDYes6261522919%
134130University of FloridaUFNo----
139959University of GeorgiaUGAYes3,6201,8711578%
225511University of HoustonNo----
142285University of IdahoNo----
145600University of Illinois at ChicagoUICNo----
145637University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUIUCYes2,7941,8741<1%
153658University of IowaYes13,96913,96913<1%
155317University of KansasKUNo----
157085University of KentuckyUKYes727*727*418*57%*
157289University of LouisvilleNo----
161253University of MaineNo----
232681University of Mary WashingtonYes436992222%
163268University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyUMBCYes1,5921,59264541%
163286University of Maryland-College ParkUMDYes25000-
166629University of Massachusetts-AmherstUMass AmherstYes9,7426,4781,14218%
166638University of Massachusetts-BostonUMass BostonNo----
166513University of Massachusetts-LowellUMass LowellYes5722404519%
135726University of MiamiUMYes18,0787,3646819%
170976University of MichiganUMichYes24,80418,7939735%
174233University of Minnesota-DuluthNo----
174251University of Minnesota-MorrisNo----
174066University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesUMNYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
176017University of MississippiOle MissNo----
178396University of Missouri-ColumbiaMizzouNo----
181464University of Nebraska-LincolnUNLNo----
182281University of Nevada-Las VegasUNLVNo----
182290University of Nevada-RenoUNRNo----
183044University of New HampshireUNHYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
199111University of North Carolina at AshevilleUNC AshevilleYes113392769%
199120University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUNC Chapel HillYes6,1204,0842957%
199139University of North Carolina at CharlotteUNCC; UNC CharlotteNo----
199148University of North Carolina at GreensboroUNCG; UNC GreensboroNo----
199218University of North Carolina-WilmingtonUNC WilmingtonYes2,050Not Reported389Not Reported
152080University of Notre DameUNDYes2,2061,385423%
207500University of OklahomaOUYes2,3421,560815%
209551University of OregonYes1,59864163198%
215062University of PennsylvaniaUPennYes2,9582,288663%
215293University of PittsburghYes9,6574,3383,75487%
209825University of PortlandYes135864755%
236328University of Puget SoundYes1023213%
121691University of RedlandsNo----
217484University of Rhode IslandURIYes2,45979547460%
233374University of RichmondYes3,8662,117713%
195030University of RochesterYes1,69693412313%
122436University of San DiegoUSDYes3,8851,9861,44173%
122612University of San FranciscoUSFYes1,32776836447%
215929University of ScrantonYes8181616100%
218663University of South CarolinaUSCYes7,3322,91550017%
137351University of South FloridaUSFNo----
123961University of Southern CaliforniaUSCNo----
174914University of St. ThomasNo----
230764University of UtahNo---
231174University of VermontUVMYes5,2552,13239118%
234076University of VirginiaUVAYes10,4706,7592424%
377555University of Washington-Bothell CampusYes234182182100%
236948University of Washington-SeattleUWYes15,5917,9831,59620%
240444University of Wisconsin-MadisonUW-MadisonYes12,5847,6444936%
216524Ursinus CollegeYes225480%
221999Vanderbilt UniversityVandyYesNot ReportedNot Reported279Not Reported
197133Vassar CollegeYes94952317133%
216597Villanova UniversityYes4,0261,93856329%
234030Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVCUYes28281761%
233921Virginia TechVirginia TechYes17,65911,0671,52414%
152673Wabash CollegeYes400-
199847Wake Forest UniversityYesNot ReportedNot ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
234207Washington and Lee UniversityW&L; WLUYes1,476735679%
164216Washington CollegeNo----
236939Washington State UniversityWSUNo----
179867Washington University in St. LouisWashUYesNot Reported2,6582108%
168218Wellesley CollegeYes2,4951,299343%
168227Wentworth Institute of TechnologyNo----
130697Wesleyan UniversityYes2,8441,7345<1%
216764West Chester University of PennsylvaniaYes3,62092438842%
238032West Virginia UniversityWVUNo----
125727Westmont CollegeNo----
149781Wheaton College (IL)Yes133*31*0*0%*
168281Wheaton College (MA)Yes92*89*6*7%*
237057Whitman CollegeYes1,2231,160121%
125763Whittier CollegeNo----
210401Willamette UniversityYes000-
168342Williams CollegeYes2,30385811313%
218973Wofford CollegeYes1,0042094220%
168421Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWPIYes2,4751,11139235%
130794Yale UniversityYes773565234%
197708Yeshiva UniversityYUNo---

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