Top 300 universities in North America: Rankings & Acceptance rate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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