Core colleges that report early decision applications and admits in their Common Data Set (item C21) for 2022-23 or later, highest early decision admit rate first. Each row shows the early decision rate with the number admitted of applicants, the college's overall admission rate from IPEDS, and the Common Data Set year the early decision numbers come from. The early decision pool is not the same as the regular pool, so the two rates are not a like-for-like comparison. Colleges with fewer than 50 early decision applicants are left out.
Source: Each college's Common Data Set, section C21; overall admission rate from College Scorecard / IPEDS
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| College | State | ED admit rate, overall rate, CDS year | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva University | NY | ED 100.0% (129 of 129) · overall 55.6% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Pace University | NY | ED 96.6% (85 of 88) · overall 75.9% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| University of Vermont | VT | ED 91.7% (363 of 396) · overall 65.3% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Hobart William Smith Colleges | NY | ED 90.1% (164 of 182) · overall 64.0% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Quinnipiac University | CT | ED 89.0% (81 of 91) · overall 72.2% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Coastal Carolina University | SC | ED 87.1% (303 of 348) · overall 75.3% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Providence College | RI | ED 86.6% (323 of 373) · overall 50.9% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Elon University | NC | ED 86.1% (304 of 353) · overall 66.4% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Lewis & Clark College | OR | ED 85.9% (55 of 64) · overall 78.5% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Clarkson University | NY | ED 85.5% (136 of 159) · overall 77.4% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Wabash College | IN | ED 85.3% (58 of 68) · overall 63.3% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| University of Mary Washington | VA | ED 84.9% (90 of 106) · overall 79.8% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Ithaca College | NY | ED 84.7% (83 of 98) · overall 69.0% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| University of Denver | CO | ED 84.6% (231 of 273) · overall 77.8% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Washington College | MD | ED 84.3% (43 of 51) · overall 56.9% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Miami University-Oxford | OH | ED 84.1% (438 of 521) · overall 75.4% · CDS 2024–25 | |
| Fairfield University | CT | ED 82.1% (566 of 689) · overall 33.3% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| College of the Atlantic | ME | ED 80.4% (41 of 51) · overall 70.2% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Baylor University | TX | ED 80.0% (453 of 566) · overall 51.3% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Lawrence University | WI | ED 80.0% (44 of 55) · overall 63.9% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Drexel University | PA | ED 78.3% (234 of 299) · overall 79.4% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Morehouse College | GA | ED 77.9% (1,264 of 1,623) · overall 44.0% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| The College of New Jersey | NJ | ED 76.8% (308 of 401) · overall 62.3% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Santa Clara University | CA | ED 76.4% (467 of 611) · overall 48.0% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | MA | ED 76.0% (95 of 125) · overall 67.7% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Saint Mary's College | IN | ED 75.6% (96 of 127) · overall 76.0% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Saint Mary's College of California | CA | ED 75.6% (96 of 127) · overall 86.5% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Virginia Military Institute | VA | ED 73.8% (225 of 305) · overall 71.3% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | NY | ED 73.2% (1,028 of 1,405) · overall 66.9% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| St Lawrence University | NY | ED 73.2% (199 of 272) · overall 54.3% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Muhlenberg College | PA | ED 73.1% (158 of 216) · overall 72.0% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Marist University | NY | ED 72.9% (172 of 236) · overall 56.5% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Centre College | KY | ED 72.6% (85 of 117) · overall 54.4% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| College of Charleston | SC | ED 72.0% (308 of 428) · overall 60.0% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Flagler College | FL | ED 70.1% (288 of 411) · overall 80.8% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | NJ | ED 69.8% (284 of 407) · overall 47.6% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| The University of the South | TN | ED 69.7% (147 of 211) · overall 56.9% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Union College | NY | ED 69.5% (180 of 259) · overall 43.9% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Susquehanna University | PA | ED 68.3% (56 of 82) · overall 81.4% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | IL | ED 68.1% (47 of 69) · overall 54.9% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Texas Christian University | TX | ED 68.1% (935 of 1,373) · overall 44.5% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Fordham University | NY | ED 67.5% (228 of 338) · overall 59.3% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| College of the Holy Cross | MA | ED 67.1% (511 of 761) · overall 17.6% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Bentley University | MA | ED 64.0% (460 of 719) · overall 45.1% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| St. John Fisher University | NY | ED 62.1% (77 of 124) · overall 66.4% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Villanova University | PA | ED 59.8% (1,005 of 1,680) · overall 27.0% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Rhodes College | TN | ED 58.2% (152 of 261) · overall 50.4% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Tulane University of Louisiana | LA | ED 58.2% (1,209 of 2,077) · overall 14.0% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Trinity University | TX | ED 57.3% (118 of 206) · overall 25.9% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| St Olaf College | MN | ED 55.0% (277 of 504) · overall 48.3% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Bucknell University | PA | ED 54.7% (656 of 1,200) · overall 28.9% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Grinnell College | IA | ED 52.8% (292 of 553) · overall 14.5% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Occidental College | CA | ED 52.2% (230 of 441) · overall 44.2% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| University of Puget Sound | WA | ED 51.7% (46 of 89) · overall 72.3% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Chapman University | CA | ED 51.4% (145 of 282) · overall 65.4% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Mount Holyoke College | MA | ED 50.6% (208 of 411) · overall 36.0% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| William & Mary | VA | ED 49.8% (735 of 1,477) · overall 34.1% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | VA | ED 49.7% (1,389 of 2,796) · overall 54.8% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| University of San Francisco | CA | ED 49.4% (42 of 85) · overall 61.7% · CDS 2024–25 | |
| Lake Forest College | IL | ED 49.3% (33 of 67) · overall 56.8% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Lehigh University | PA | ED 47.4% (966 of 2,040) · overall 25.9% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Scripps College | CA | ED 47.0% (135 of 287) · overall 38.3% · CDS 2024–25 | |
| The College of Wooster | OH | ED 47.0% (87 of 185) · overall 59.5% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| University of Connecticut | CT | ED 46.6% (672 of 1,442) · overall 52.4% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | ED 45.2% (1,112 of 2,462) · overall 16.8% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| University of Richmond | VA | ED 43.8% (379 of 865) · overall 22.2% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Whitman College | WA | ED 43.5% (111 of 255) · overall 38.2% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Northeastern University | MA | ED 43.0% (1,492 of 3,466) · overall 5.2% · CDS 2024–25 | |
| Wesleyan University | CT | ED 42.8% (522 of 1,220) · overall 16.5% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Loyola Marymount University | CA | ED 42.4% (364 of 858) · overall 45.1% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Skidmore College | NY | ED 42.4% (359 of 847) · overall 21.1% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Pitzer College | CA | ED 42.2% (177 of 419) · overall 25.2% · CDS 2024–25 | |
| University of Rochester | NY | ED 41.8% (472 of 1,129) · overall 40.1% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Washington and Lee University | VA | ED 41.7% (275 of 660) · overall 14.0% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Connecticut College | CT | ED 41.1% (216 of 526) · overall 37.0% · CDS 2024–25 | |
| Kenyon College | OH | ED 40.9% (249 of 609) · overall 31.0% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Trinity College | CT | ED 40.6% (261 of 643) · overall 29.3% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Smith College | MA | ED 38.2% (353 of 924) · overall 21.0% · CDS 2024–25 | |
| Lafayette College | PA | ED 38.0% (356 of 937) · overall 31.5% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Gettysburg College | PA | ED 35.8% (251 of 701) · overall 38.9% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Brandeis University | MA | ED 35.6% (242 of 680) · overall 40.5% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Southwestern University | TX | ED 34.4% (22 of 64) · overall 43.1% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Boston College | MA | ED 33.4% (1,434 of 4,288) · overall 16.4% · CDS 2024–25 | |
| Reed College | OR | ED 33.2% (123 of 370) · overall 24.6% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Haverford College | PA | ED 33.1% (206 of 622) · overall 12.4% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Tufts University | MA | ED 32.0% (1,071 of 3,344) · overall 11.5% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Colorado College | CO | ED 31.8% (292 of 918) · overall 18.5% · CDS 2024–25 | |
| Boston University | MA | ED 31.3% (2,165 of 6,907) · overall 11.1% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Williams College | MA | ED 31.2% (254 of 814) · overall 8.3% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Hamilton College | NY | ED 30.2% (247 of 819) · overall 13.6% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Bennington College | VT | ED 30.1% (37 of 123) · overall 44.5% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Wellesley College | MA | ED 29.4% (301 of 1,023) · overall 14.1% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Franklin and Marshall College | PA | ED 28.1% (270 of 961) · overall 28.2% · CDS 2024–25 | |
| DePauw University | IN | ED 27.9% (103 of 369) · overall 57.2% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Washington University in St Louis | MO | ED 27.0% (1,333 of 4,934) · overall 12.1% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Queens University of Charlotte | NC | ED 25.1% (63 of 251) · overall 62.1% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Case Western Reserve University | OH | ED 25.0% (263 of 1,053) · overall 36.5% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Denison University | OH | ED 24.8% (394 of 1,589) · overall 17.4% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Claremont McKenna College | CA | ED 23.4% (226 of 967) · overall 9.6% · CDS 2024–25 | |
| Emory University | GA | ED 22.2% (1,049 of 4,728) · overall 10.7% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Dartmouth College | NH | ED 21.6% (768 of 3,552) · overall 5.4% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Carnegie Mellon University | PA | ED 20.6% (553 of 2,680) · overall 11.7% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Northwestern University | IL | ED 20.4% (1,212 of 5,939) · overall 7.7% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Swarthmore College | PA | ED 19.2% (222 of 1,158) · overall 7.5% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Bowdoin College | ME | ED 17.6% (276 of 1,572) · overall 7.1% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| Pomona College | CA | ED 17.4% (277 of 1,596) · overall 7.1% · CDS 2022–23 | |
| Spelman College | GA | ED 16.0% (70 of 437) · overall 24.9% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Vanderbilt University | TN | ED 14.1% (874 of 6,202) · overall 5.9% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | ED 14.0% (819 of 5,868) · overall 4.0% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Johns Hopkins University | MD | ED 13.6% (853 of 6,266) · overall 6.4% · CDS 2023–24 | |
| University of Pennsylvania | PA | ED 13.3% (1,266 of 9,503) · overall 5.4% · CDS 2025–26 | |
| Rice University | TX | ED 11.3% (647 of 5,748) · overall 8.0% · CDS 2025–26 |
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