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Early decision acceptance rates

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

112 colleges

112 colleges

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CollegeStateED admit rate, overall rate, CDS yearDistance
Yeshiva UniversityNYED 100.0% (129 of 129) · overall 55.6% · CDS 2023–24
Pace UniversityNYED 96.6% (85 of 88) · overall 75.9% · CDS 2022–23
University of VermontVTED 91.7% (363 of 396) · overall 65.3% · CDS 2025–26
Hobart William Smith CollegesNYED 90.1% (164 of 182) · overall 64.0% · CDS 2023–24
Quinnipiac UniversityCTED 89.0% (81 of 91) · overall 72.2% · CDS 2023–24
Coastal Carolina UniversitySCED 87.1% (303 of 348) · overall 75.3% · CDS 2025–26
Providence CollegeRIED 86.6% (323 of 373) · overall 50.9% · CDS 2022–23
Elon UniversityNCED 86.1% (304 of 353) · overall 66.4% · CDS 2025–26
Lewis & Clark CollegeORED 85.9% (55 of 64) · overall 78.5% · CDS 2023–24
Clarkson UniversityNYED 85.5% (136 of 159) · overall 77.4% · CDS 2023–24
Wabash CollegeINED 85.3% (58 of 68) · overall 63.3% · CDS 2022–23
University of Mary WashingtonVAED 84.9% (90 of 106) · overall 79.8% · CDS 2025–26
Ithaca CollegeNYED 84.7% (83 of 98) · overall 69.0% · CDS 2025–26
University of DenverCOED 84.6% (231 of 273) · overall 77.8% · CDS 2025–26
Washington CollegeMDED 84.3% (43 of 51) · overall 56.9% · CDS 2023–24
Miami University-OxfordOHED 84.1% (438 of 521) · overall 75.4% · CDS 2024–25
Fairfield UniversityCTED 82.1% (566 of 689) · overall 33.3% · CDS 2025–26
College of the AtlanticMEED 80.4% (41 of 51) · overall 70.2% · CDS 2022–23
Baylor UniversityTXED 80.0% (453 of 566) · overall 51.3% · CDS 2025–26
Lawrence UniversityWIED 80.0% (44 of 55) · overall 63.9% · CDS 2023–24
Drexel UniversityPAED 78.3% (234 of 299) · overall 79.4% · CDS 2025–26
Morehouse CollegeGAED 77.9% (1,264 of 1,623) · overall 44.0% · CDS 2022–23
The College of New JerseyNJED 76.8% (308 of 401) · overall 62.3% · CDS 2025–26
Santa Clara UniversityCAED 76.4% (467 of 611) · overall 48.0% · CDS 2025–26
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)MAED 76.0% (95 of 125) · overall 67.7% · CDS 2022–23
Saint Mary's CollegeINED 75.6% (96 of 127) · overall 76.0% · CDS 2023–24
Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaCAED 75.6% (96 of 127) · overall 86.5% · CDS 2023–24
Virginia Military InstituteVAED 73.8% (225 of 305) · overall 71.3% · CDS 2025–26
Rochester Institute of TechnologyNYED 73.2% (1,028 of 1,405) · overall 66.9% · CDS 2025–26
St Lawrence UniversityNYED 73.2% (199 of 272) · overall 54.3% · CDS 2022–23
Muhlenberg CollegePAED 73.1% (158 of 216) · overall 72.0% · CDS 2022–23
Marist UniversityNYED 72.9% (172 of 236) · overall 56.5% · CDS 2025–26
Centre CollegeKYED 72.6% (85 of 117) · overall 54.4% · CDS 2022–23
College of CharlestonSCED 72.0% (308 of 428) · overall 60.0% · CDS 2025–26
Flagler CollegeFLED 70.1% (288 of 411) · overall 80.8% · CDS 2023–24
Stevens Institute of TechnologyNJED 69.8% (284 of 407) · overall 47.6% · CDS 2025–26
The University of the SouthTNED 69.7% (147 of 211) · overall 56.9% · CDS 2023–24
Union CollegeNYED 69.5% (180 of 259) · overall 43.9% · CDS 2022–23
Susquehanna UniversityPAED 68.3% (56 of 82) · overall 81.4% · CDS 2025–26
Illinois Institute of TechnologyILED 68.1% (47 of 69) · overall 54.9% · CDS 2023–24
Texas Christian UniversityTXED 68.1% (935 of 1,373) · overall 44.5% · CDS 2025–26
Fordham UniversityNYED 67.5% (228 of 338) · overall 59.3% · CDS 2022–23
College of the Holy CrossMAED 67.1% (511 of 761) · overall 17.6% · CDS 2023–24
Bentley UniversityMAED 64.0% (460 of 719) · overall 45.1% · CDS 2025–26
St. John Fisher UniversityNYED 62.1% (77 of 124) · overall 66.4% · CDS 2025–26
Villanova UniversityPAED 59.8% (1,005 of 1,680) · overall 27.0% · CDS 2025–26
Rhodes CollegeTNED 58.2% (152 of 261) · overall 50.4% · CDS 2022–23
Tulane University of LouisianaLAED 58.2% (1,209 of 2,077) · overall 14.0% · CDS 2025–26
Trinity UniversityTXED 57.3% (118 of 206) · overall 25.9% · CDS 2022–23
St Olaf CollegeMNED 55.0% (277 of 504) · overall 48.3% · CDS 2025–26
Bucknell UniversityPAED 54.7% (656 of 1,200) · overall 28.9% · CDS 2025–26
Grinnell CollegeIAED 52.8% (292 of 553) · overall 14.5% · CDS 2022–23
Occidental CollegeCAED 52.2% (230 of 441) · overall 44.2% · CDS 2023–24
University of Puget SoundWAED 51.7% (46 of 89) · overall 72.3% · CDS 2022–23
Chapman UniversityCAED 51.4% (145 of 282) · overall 65.4% · CDS 2025–26
Mount Holyoke CollegeMAED 50.6% (208 of 411) · overall 36.0% · CDS 2025–26
William & MaryVAED 49.8% (735 of 1,477) · overall 34.1% · CDS 2025–26
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityVAED 49.7% (1,389 of 2,796) · overall 54.8% · CDS 2022–23
University of San FranciscoCAED 49.4% (42 of 85) · overall 61.7% · CDS 2024–25
Lake Forest CollegeILED 49.3% (33 of 67) · overall 56.8% · CDS 2023–24
Lehigh UniversityPAED 47.4% (966 of 2,040) · overall 25.9% · CDS 2025–26
Scripps CollegeCAED 47.0% (135 of 287) · overall 38.3% · CDS 2024–25
The College of WoosterOHED 47.0% (87 of 185) · overall 59.5% · CDS 2022–23
University of ConnecticutCTED 46.6% (672 of 1,442) · overall 52.4% · CDS 2025–26
University of Virginia-Main CampusVAED 45.2% (1,112 of 2,462) · overall 16.8% · CDS 2022–23
University of RichmondVAED 43.8% (379 of 865) · overall 22.2% · CDS 2022–23
Whitman CollegeWAED 43.5% (111 of 255) · overall 38.2% · CDS 2022–23
Northeastern UniversityMAED 43.0% (1,492 of 3,466) · overall 5.2% · CDS 2024–25
Wesleyan UniversityCTED 42.8% (522 of 1,220) · overall 16.5% · CDS 2025–26
Loyola Marymount UniversityCAED 42.4% (364 of 858) · overall 45.1% · CDS 2025–26
Skidmore CollegeNYED 42.4% (359 of 847) · overall 21.1% · CDS 2025–26
Pitzer CollegeCAED 42.2% (177 of 419) · overall 25.2% · CDS 2024–25
University of RochesterNYED 41.8% (472 of 1,129) · overall 40.1% · CDS 2025–26
Washington and Lee UniversityVAED 41.7% (275 of 660) · overall 14.0% · CDS 2022–23
Connecticut CollegeCTED 41.1% (216 of 526) · overall 37.0% · CDS 2024–25
Kenyon CollegeOHED 40.9% (249 of 609) · overall 31.0% · CDS 2023–24
Trinity CollegeCTED 40.6% (261 of 643) · overall 29.3% · CDS 2025–26
Smith CollegeMAED 38.2% (353 of 924) · overall 21.0% · CDS 2024–25
Lafayette CollegePAED 38.0% (356 of 937) · overall 31.5% · CDS 2025–26
Gettysburg CollegePAED 35.8% (251 of 701) · overall 38.9% · CDS 2023–24
Brandeis UniversityMAED 35.6% (242 of 680) · overall 40.5% · CDS 2025–26
Southwestern UniversityTXED 34.4% (22 of 64) · overall 43.1% · CDS 2022–23
Boston CollegeMAED 33.4% (1,434 of 4,288) · overall 16.4% · CDS 2024–25
Reed CollegeORED 33.2% (123 of 370) · overall 24.6% · CDS 2022–23
Haverford CollegePAED 33.1% (206 of 622) · overall 12.4% · CDS 2023–24
Tufts UniversityMAED 32.0% (1,071 of 3,344) · overall 11.5% · CDS 2025–26
Colorado CollegeCOED 31.8% (292 of 918) · overall 18.5% · CDS 2024–25
Boston UniversityMAED 31.3% (2,165 of 6,907) · overall 11.1% · CDS 2025–26
Williams CollegeMAED 31.2% (254 of 814) · overall 8.3% · CDS 2022–23
Hamilton CollegeNYED 30.2% (247 of 819) · overall 13.6% · CDS 2023–24
Bennington CollegeVTED 30.1% (37 of 123) · overall 44.5% · CDS 2022–23
Wellesley CollegeMAED 29.4% (301 of 1,023) · overall 14.1% · CDS 2025–26
Franklin and Marshall CollegePAED 28.1% (270 of 961) · overall 28.2% · CDS 2024–25
DePauw UniversityINED 27.9% (103 of 369) · overall 57.2% · CDS 2023–24
Washington University in St LouisMOED 27.0% (1,333 of 4,934) · overall 12.1% · CDS 2025–26
Queens University of CharlotteNCED 25.1% (63 of 251) · overall 62.1% · CDS 2023–24
Case Western Reserve UniversityOHED 25.0% (263 of 1,053) · overall 36.5% · CDS 2025–26
Denison UniversityOHED 24.8% (394 of 1,589) · overall 17.4% · CDS 2025–26
Claremont McKenna CollegeCAED 23.4% (226 of 967) · overall 9.6% · CDS 2024–25
Emory UniversityGAED 22.2% (1,049 of 4,728) · overall 10.7% · CDS 2025–26
Dartmouth CollegeNHED 21.6% (768 of 3,552) · overall 5.4% · CDS 2025–26
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPAED 20.6% (553 of 2,680) · overall 11.7% · CDS 2025–26
Northwestern UniversityILED 20.4% (1,212 of 5,939) · overall 7.7% · CDS 2025–26
Swarthmore CollegePAED 19.2% (222 of 1,158) · overall 7.5% · CDS 2022–23
Bowdoin CollegeMEED 17.6% (276 of 1,572) · overall 7.1% · CDS 2023–24
Pomona CollegeCAED 17.4% (277 of 1,596) · overall 7.1% · CDS 2022–23
Spelman CollegeGAED 16.0% (70 of 437) · overall 24.9% · CDS 2025–26
Vanderbilt UniversityTNED 14.1% (874 of 6,202) · overall 5.9% · CDS 2025–26
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNYED 14.0% (819 of 5,868) · overall 4.0% · CDS 2025–26
Johns Hopkins UniversityMDED 13.6% (853 of 6,266) · overall 6.4% · CDS 2023–24
University of PennsylvaniaPAED 13.3% (1,266 of 9,503) · overall 5.4% · CDS 2025–26
Rice UniversityTXED 11.3% (647 of 5,748) · overall 8.0% · CDS 2025–26

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