Top 300 universities in North America: Rankings & Acceptance rate

Rank 🏆	University name	Acceptance rate Acc. rate	Country & City
1	Harvard University	5%	Cambridge
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	7%	Cambridge
3	Stanford University	5%	Stanford
4	University of California - Berkeley	17%	Berkeley
5	Cornell University	13%	Ithaca
6	University of Washington - Seattle Campus	46%	Seattle
7	Columbia University in the City of New York	7%	New York
8	University of California - Los Angeles	16%	Los Angeles
9	Yale University	7%	New Haven
10	Princeton University	6%	Princeton

11	Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus	50%	University Park
12	University of California - Irvine	37%	Irvine
13	Purdue University - Main Campus	57%	West Lafayette
14	Duke University	10%	Durham
15	Carnegie Mellon University	22%	Pittsburgh
16	Texas A & M University - College Station	71%	College Station
17	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	27%	Ann Arbor
18	University of Minnesota	45%	Minneapolis
19	University of Wisconsin - Madison	54%	Madison
20	Indiana University - Bloomington	76%	Bloomington
21	New York University	28%	New York
22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	24%	Chapel Hill
23	University of Pennsylvania	9%	Philadelphia
24	Michigan State University	72%	East Lansing
25	University of Maryland - College Park	45%	College Park
26	Johns Hopkins University	13%	Baltimore
27	University of Florida	42%	Gainesville
28	Northwestern University	9%	Evanston
29	The University of Texas at Austin	36%	Austin
30	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	65%	New Brunswick
31	University of California-San Diego	34%	San Diego
32	University of Southern California	16%	Los Angeles
33	University of Toronto		Toronto
34	University of Chicago	9%	Chicago
35	University of California - Davis	43%	Davis
36	University of Arizona	84%	Tucson
37	The University of British Columbia	45%	Vancouver
38	Arizona State University - Tempe	84%	Tempe
39	University of Virginia - Main Campus	27%	Charlottesville
40	University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign	62%	Champaign
41	Ohio State University - Main Campus	48%	Columbus
42	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	51%	Raleigh
43	Simon Fraser University	85%	Burnaby
44	Boston University	25%	Boston
45	University of Colorado Boulder	80%	Boulder
46	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	70%	Blacksburg
47	McGill University		Montreal
48	University of Massachusetts - Amherst	58%	Amherst
49	University of Missouri - Columbia	78%	Columbia
50	Iowa State University	89%	Ames

51	Washington University in St Louis	16%	St. Louis
52	Michigan Career and Technical Institute		Plainwell
53	University of Nebraska - Lincoln	64%	Lincoln
54	University of Alberta		Edmonton
55	University of California - Santa Cruz	51%	Santa Cruz
56	Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus	23%	Atlanta
57	University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus	60%	Pittsburgh
58	University of Utah	66%	Salt Lake City
59	University of Georgia	54%	Athens
60	University of California - Santa Barbara	33%	Santa Barbara
61	California Institute of Technology	8%	Pasadena
62	University of Hawaii - System Office		Honolulu
63	University of Kentucky	96%	Lexington
64	University of California - San Francisco		San Francisco
65	University of Iowa	86%	Iowa City
66	University of Waterloo		Waterloo
67	Vanderbilt University	11%	Nashville
68	Emory University	22%	Atlanta
69	Florida State University	49%	Tallahassee
70	Colorado State University - Fort Collins	83%	Fort Collins
71	University of Notre Dame	19%	Notre Dame
72	University of South Florida - Main Campus	45%	Tampa
73	George Mason University	81%	Fairfax
74	Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences		Rochester
75	Dartmouth College	10%	Hanover
76	Rice University	16%	Houston
77	University of Illinois at Chicago	77%	Chicago
78	Georgetown University	16%	Washington
79	Washington State University	73%	Pullman
80	Oregon State University	79%	Corvallis
81	University of Oregon	83%	Eugene
82	CUNY System Office		New York
83	University of Rochester	34%	Rochester
84	Brown University	8%	Providence
85	University of Delaware	63%	Newark
86	University at Buffalo	57%	Buffalo
87	George Washington University	41%	Washington
88	Tufts University	15%	Medford
89	Brigham Young University - Provo	52%	Provo
90	University of Connecticut	48%	Storrs
91	The University of Tennessee - Knoxville	77%	Knoxville
92	University of Calgary	15%	Calgary
93	University of New Mexico - Main Campus	67%	Albuquerque
94	University of Montreal	45%	Montreal
95	University of Kansas	93%	Lawrence
96	University of California - Riverside	57%	Riverside
97	University of Miami	36%	Coral Gables
98	McMaster University		Hamilton
99	Queen's University	45%	Kingston
100	Boston College	32%	Boston

101	University of Central Florida	50%	Orlando
102	Western University		London
103	University of South Carolina - Columbia	72%	Columbia
104	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	74%	Baton Rouge
105	Georgia State University	70%	Atlanta
106	University of Houston	61%	Houston
107	University of North Texas	72%	Denton
108	Laval University		Quebec City
109	University of Cincinnati - Main Campus	76%	Cincinnati
110	University of Oklahoma - Norman Campus	74%	Norman
111	York University		Toronto
112	University of Victoria		Victoria
113	University of New Hampshire - Main Campus	77%	Durham
114	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	43%	Troy
115	University of Alabama at Birmingham	92%	Birmingham
116	Santa Clara University	54%	Santa Clara
117	Clemson University	47%	Clemson
118	Temple University	57%	Philadelphia
119	Cleveland Clinic Health System - School of Diagnostic Imaging		Euclid
120	San Diego State University	35%	San Diego
121	Utah State University	89%	Logan
122	West Virginia University	72%	Morgantown
123	Case Western Reserve University	33%	Cleveland
124	Drexel University	79%	Philadelphia
125	Oklahoma State University - Main Campus	74%	Stillwater
126	University of Ottawa		Ottawa
127	Dalhousie University	65%	Halifax
128	Auburn University	84%	Auburn
129	University of West Alabama	28%	Livingston
130	Virginia Commonwealth University	84%	Richmond
131	Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis	80%	Indianapolis
132	American University	29%	Washington
133	Florida International University	54%	Miami
134	Wayne State University	67%	Detroit
135	Rochester Institute of Technology	57%	Rochester
136	The University of Alabama	53%	Tuscaloosa
137	University of Vermont	67%	Burlington
138	University of Saskatchewan	85%	Saskatoon
139	University of Manitoba		Winnipeg
140	Texas Tech University	69%	Lubbock
141	University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee	72%	Milwaukee
142	Concordia University		Montreal
143	Portland State University	92%	Portland
144	University of Nevada - Reno	88%	Reno
145	University of Guelph	75%	Guelph
146	East Carolina University	79%	Greenville
147	SUNY at Albany	54%	Albany
148	Gemological Institute of America - Carlsbad		Carlsbad
149	Carleton University	25%	Ottawa
150	Kansas State University	94%	Manhattan

151	The University of Texas at Arlington	71%	Arlington
152	Yeshiva University	63%	New York
153	University of Arkansas	66%	Fayetteville
154	Southern Methodist University	49%	Dallas
155	University of Maryland - Baltimore County	60%	Baltimore
156	University of Quebec in Montreal		Montreal
157	University of Maine - System Central Office		Orono
158	Northeastern University	27%	Boston
159	New Mexico State University - Main Campus	64%	Las Cruces
160	Kent State University at Kent	88%	Kent
161	Nova Southeastern University	58%	Fort Lauderdale
162	University of Maryland, Baltimore		Baltimore
163	Memorial Hospital School of Radiation Therapy Technology		New York
164	Fordham University	46%	New York
165	The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center		Houston
166	Tulane University of Louisiana	21%	New Orleans
167	University of Idaho	73%	Moscow
168	The University of Texas at Dallas	76%	Richardson
169	Northern Arizona University	81%	Flagstaff
170	Mississippi State University	62%	Mississippi State
171	San Francisco State University	70%	San Francisco
172	University of Alaska System of Higher Education		Fairbanks
173	Ball State University	62%	Muncie
174	Oregon Health & Science University	5%	Portland
175	University of Rhode Island	70%	Kingston
176	Baylor University	39%	Waco
177	City University of Seattle	85%	Seattle
178	University of Louisville	75%	Louisville
179	Memorial University of Newfoundland	65%	St Johns
180	Southern Illinois University - Carbondale	76%	Carbondale
181	University of Wyoming	97%	Laramie
182	Montana State University	83%	Bozeman
183	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	65%	Denver
184	California State University - Northridge	58%	Los Angeles
185	Chicago State University	78%	Chicago
186	Illinois Institute of Technology	54%	Chicago
187	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	66%	Charlotte
188	The University of Tennessee - Martin	62%	Martin
189	Michigan Technological University	74%	Houghton
190	Northern Illinois University	53%	Dekalb
191	Western Michigan University	82%	Kalamazoo
192	The University of Montana	93%	Missoula
193	Old Dominion University	86%	Norfolk
194	Southeastern University	53%	Lakeland
195	Lehigh University	25%	Bethlehem
196	College of William and Mary	36%	Williamsburg
197	Saint Louis University	64%	St. Louis
198	Brandeis University	34%	Waltham
199	University of Denver	58%	Denver
200	Binghamton University	40%	Vestal

201	Stony Brook University	42%	Stony Brook
202	Ryerson University		Toronto
203	The New School	62%	New York
204	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	48%	Worcester
205	Loyola University Chicago	71%	Chicago
206	Florida Atlantic University	60%	Boca Raton
207	University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester		Worcester
208	International Technological University		San Jose
209	The University of Texas at San Antonio	79%	San Antonio
210	University of Nevada - Las Vegas	81%	Las Vegas
211	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	78%	Greensboro
212	Baylor College of Medicine		Houston
213	DePaul University	72%	Chicago
214	Texas State University	73%	San Marcos
215	North Dakota State University - Main Campus	92%	Fargo
216	University of Massachusetts - Boston	75%	Boston
217	University of Missouri - Kansas City	64%	Kansas City
218	San Jose State University	67%	San Jose
219	Bowling Green State University - Main Campus	73%	Bowling Green
220	Ohio University - Main Campus	74%	Athens
221	University of Mississippi	84%	University
222	University of Alaska Fairbanks	77%	Fairbanks
223	California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo	35%	San Luis Obispo
224	Pace University	80%	New York
225	Seton Hall University	73%	South Orange
226	James Madison University	75%	Harrisonburg
227	Wake Forest University	28%	Winston-Salem
228	California State University - Long Beach	28%	Long Beach
229	Appalachian State University	70%	Boone
230	California State University - Fullerton	46%	Fullerton
231	Middlebury College	17%	Middlebury
232	Boise State University	84%	Boise
233	Marquette University	89%	Milwaukee
234	Swarthmore College	11%	Swarthmore
235	Carleton College	21%	Northfield
236	University of Richmond	33%	Richmond
237	Idaho State University	85%	Pocatello
238	University of New Brunswick	75%	Fredericton
239	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center		Dallas
240	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	45%	San Antonio
241	University of Northern Iowa	81%	Cedar Falls
242	University of San Francisco	66%	San Francisco
243	University of Maine	92%	Orono
244	University of Sherbrooke		Sherbrooke
245	University of Jamestown	65%	Jamestown
246	New Jersey Institute of Technology	61%	Newark
247	University of Memphis	85%	Memphis
248	Pepperdine University	40%	Malibu
249	Clark Atlanta University	58%	Atlanta
250	Liberty University	30%	Lynchburg

251	Northcentral University		San Diego
252	Medical College of Wisconsin		Milwaukee
253	Alhambra Medical University		Alhambra
254	The University of Texas at El Paso	100%	El Paso
255	Berklee College of Music	53%	Boston
256	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Shadyside School of Nursing	100%	Pittsburgh
257	University of Colorado System Office		Denver
258	American Film Institute Conservatory		Los Angeles
259	University of Akron Main Campus	93%	Akron
260	School of Professional Horticulture, New York Botanical Garden	100%	New York
261	University of Massachusetts - Lowell	69%	Lowell
262	La Salle University	79%	Philadelphia
263	Medical University of South Carolina		Charleston
264	Rockefeller University		New York
265	Wright State University - Main Campus	97%	Dayton
266	Polytechnic School of Montreal		Montreal
267	University of Southern Mississippi	98%	Hattiesburg
268	Quinnipiac University	74%	Hamden
269	University of Western States	75%	Portland
270	University of Windsor	65%	Windsor
271	University of New England	81%	Biddeford
272	The University of Texas Medical Branch		Galveston
273	Villanova University	36%	Villanova
274	University of Toledo	94%	Toledo
275	Thomas Jefferson University		Philadelphia
276	Western Washington University	85%	Bellingham
277	Grand Valley State University	81%	Allendale
278	University of Central Arkansas	90%	Conway
279	Western Kentucky University	95%	Bowling Green
280	Smith College	32%	Northampton
281	University of Dayton	72%	Dayton
282	Creighton University	72%	Omaha
283	Vassar College	24%	Poughkeepsie
284	University of Nebraska Medical Center		Omaha
285	Hawaii Pacific University	75%	Honolulu
286	University of Wisconsin Extension		Madison
287	Colorado School of Mines	56%	Golden
288	Hofstra University	64%	Hempstead
289	California State University - Sacramento	68%	Sacramento
290	Williams College	15%	Williamstown
291	Bryn Mawr College	38%	Bryn Mawr
292	University of Illinois at Springfield	52%	Springfield
293	Wichita State University	94%	Wichita
294	Missouri University of Science and Technology	84%	Rolla
295	Naval Postgraduate School		Monterey
296	Bucknell University	31%	Lewisburg
297	Wesleyan University	16%	Middletown
298	University of North Dakota	83%	Grand Forks
299	University of California-System Administration Central Office		Oakland
300	Wellesley College	22%	Wellesley