Top 300 universities in United States | 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 Chicago	Chicago	9%
34	University of California - Davis	Davis	43%
35	University of Arizona	Tucson	84%
36	Arizona State University - Tempe	Tempe	84%
37	University of Virginia - Main Campus	Charlottesville	27%
38	University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign	Champaign	62%
39	Ohio State University - Main Campus	Columbus	48%
40	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Raleigh	51%
41	Boston University	Boston	25%
42	University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder	80%
43	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Blacksburg	70%
44	University of Massachusetts - Amherst	Amherst	58%
45	University of Missouri - Columbia	Columbia	78%
46	Iowa State University	Ames	89%
47	Washington University in St Louis	St. Louis	16%
48	Michigan Career and Technical Institute	Plainwell
49	University of Nebraska - Lincoln	Lincoln	64%
50	University of California - Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	51%

51	Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus	Atlanta	23%
52	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Pittsburgh	60%
53	University of Utah	Salt Lake City	66%
54	University of Georgia	Athens	54%
55	University of California - Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	33%
56	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena	8%
57	University of Hawaii System Office	Honolulu
58	University of Kentucky	Lexington	96%
59	University of California - San Francisco	San Francisco
60	University of Iowa	Iowa City	86%
61	Vanderbilt University	Nashville	11%
62	Emory University	Atlanta	22%
63	Florida State University	Tallahassee	49%
64	Colorado State University - Fort Collins	Fort Collins	83%
65	University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame	19%
66	University of South Florida - Main Campus	Tampa	45%
67	George Mason University	Fairfax	81%
68	Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences	Rochester
69	Dartmouth College	Hanover	10%
70	Rice University	Houston	16%
71	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	77%
72	Georgetown University	Washington	16%
73	Washington State University	Pullman	73%
74	Oregon State University	Corvallis	79%
75	University of Oregon	Eugene	83%
76	CUNY System Office	New York
77	University of Rochester	Rochester	34%
78	Brown University	Providence	8%
79	University of Delaware	Newark	63%
80	University at Buffalo	Buffalo	57%
81	George Washington University	Washington	41%
82	Tufts University	Medford	15%
83	Brigham Young University - Provo	Provo	52%
84	University of Connecticut	Storrs	48%
85	The University of Tennessee - Knoxville	Knoxville	77%
86	University of New Mexico - Main Campus	Albuquerque	67%
87	University of Kansas	Lawrence	93%
88	University of California - Riverside	Riverside	57%
89	University of Miami	Coral Gables	36%
90	Boston College	Chestnut Hill	32%
91	University of Central Florida	Orlando	50%
92	University of South Carolina - Columbia	Columbia	72%
93	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Baton Rouge	74%
94	Georgia State University	Atlanta	70%
95	University of Houston	Houston	61%
96	University of North Texas	Denton	72%
97	University of Cincinnati - Main Campus	Cincinnati	76%
98	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	Norman	74%
99	University of New Hampshire - Main Campus	Durham	77%
100	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy	43%

101	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham	92%
102	Santa Clara University	Santa Clara	54%
103	Clemson University	Clemson	47%
104	Temple University	Philadelphia	57%
105	Cleveland Clinic Health System - School of Diagnostic Imaging	Euclid
106	San Diego State University	San Diego	35%
107	Utah State University	Logan	89%
108	West Virginia University	Morgantown	72%
109	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland	33%
110	Drexel University	Philadelphia	79%
111	Oklahoma State University - Main Campus	Stillwater	74%
112	Auburn University	Auburn	84%
113	University of West Alabama	Livingston	28%
114	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	84%
115	Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis	Indianapolis	80%
116	American University	Washington	29%
117	Florida International University	Miami	54%
118	Wayne State University	Detroit	67%
119	Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester	57%
120	The University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa	53%
121	University of Vermont	Burlington	67%
122	Texas Tech University	Lubbock	69%
123	University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee	Milwaukee	72%
124	Portland State University	Portland	92%
125	University of Nevada - Reno	Reno	88%
126	East Carolina University	Greenville	79%
127	SUNY at Albany	Albany	54%
128	Gemological Institute of America - Carlsbad	Carlsbad
129	Kansas State University	Manhattan	94%
130	The University of Texas at Arlington	Arlington	71%
131	Yeshiva University	New York	63%
132	University of Arkansas	Fayetteville	66%
133	Southern Methodist University	Dallas	49%
134	University of Maryland - Baltimore County	Baltimore	60%
135	University of Maine-System Central Office	Orono
136	Northeastern University	Boston	27%
137	New Mexico State University - Main Campus	Las Cruces	64%
138	Kent State University at Kent	Kent	88%
139	Nova Southeastern University	Fort Lauderdale	58%
140	University of Maryland, Baltimore	Baltimore
141	Memorial Hospital School of Radiation Therapy Technology	New York
142	Fordham University	Bronx	46%
143	The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	Houston
144	Tulane University of Louisiana	New Orleans	21%
145	University of Idaho	Moscow	73%
146	The University of Texas at Dallas	Richardson	76%
147	Northern Arizona University	Flagstaff	81%
148	Mississippi State University	Mississippi State	62%
149	San Francisco State University	San Francisco	70%
150	University of Alaska System of Higher Education	Fairbanks

151	Ball State University	Muncie	62%
152	Oregon Health & Science University	Portland	5%
153	University of Rhode Island	Kingston	70%
154	Baylor University	Waco	39%
155	City University of Seattle	Seattle	85%
156	University of Louisville	Louisville	75%
157	Southern Illinois University - Carbondale	Carbondale	76%
158	University of Wyoming	Laramie	97%
159	Montana State University	Bozeman	83%
160	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	Denver	65%
161	California State University - Northridge	Northridge	58%
162	Chicago State University	Chicago	78%
163	Illinois Institute of Technology	Chicago	54%
164	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte	66%
165	The University of Tennessee - Martin	Martin	62%
166	Michigan Technological University	Houghton	74%
167	Northern Illinois University	Dekalb	53%
168	Western Michigan University	Kalamazoo	82%
169	The University of Montana	Missoula	93%
170	Old Dominion University	Norfolk	86%
171	Southeastern University	Lakeland	53%
172	Lehigh University	Bethlehem	25%
173	College of William and Mary	Williamsburg	36%
174	Saint Louis University	St. Louis	64%
175	Brandeis University	Waltham	34%
176	University of Denver	Denver	58%
177	Binghamton University	Vestal	40%
178	Stony Brook University	Stony Brook	42%
179	The New School	New York	62%
180	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester	48%
181	Loyola University Chicago	Chicago	71%
182	Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton	60%
183	University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester	Worcester
184	International Technological University	San Jose
185	The University of Texas at San Antonio	San Antonio	79%
186	University of Nevada - Las Vegas	Las Vegas	81%
187	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Greensboro	78%
188	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston
189	DePaul University	Chicago	72%
190	Texas State University	San Marcos	73%
191	North Dakota State University - Main Campus	Fargo	92%
192	University of Massachusetts - Boston	Boston	75%
193	University of Missouri - Kansas City	Kansas City	64%
194	San Jose State University	San Jose	67%
195	University of Mississippi	University	84%
196	Bowling Green State University - Main Campus	Bowling Green	73%
197	Ohio University - Main Campus	Athens	74%
198	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Fairbanks	77%
199	California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	35%
200	Pace University	New York	80%

201	Seton Hall University	South Orange	73%
202	James Madison University	Harrisonburg	75%
203	Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem	28%
204	California State University - Long Beach	Long Beach	28%
205	Appalachian State University	Boone	70%
206	California State University - Fullerton	Fullerton	46%
207	Middlebury College	Middlebury	17%
208	Boise State University	Boise	84%
209	Marquette University	Milwaukee	89%
210	Swarthmore College	Swarthmore	11%
211	Carleton College	Northfield	21%
212	University of Richmond	University of Richmond	33%
213	Idaho State University	Pocatello	85%
214	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Dallas
215	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	San Antonio	45%
216	University of Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls	81%
217	University of San Francisco	San Francisco	66%
218	University of Maine	Orono	92%
219	University of Jamestown	Jamestown	65%
220	New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark	61%
221	University of Memphis	Memphis	85%
222	Pepperdine University	Malibu	40%
223	Clark Atlanta University	Atlanta	58%
224	Liberty University	Lynchburg	30%
225	Northcentral University	San Diego
226	Medical College of Wisconsin	Milwaukee
227	Alhambra Medical University	Alhambra
228	The University of Texas at El Paso	El Paso	100%
229	Berklee College of Music	Boston	53%
230	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Shadyside School of Nursing	Pittsburgh	100%
231	University of Colorado System Office	Denver
232	American Film Institute Conservatory	Los Angeles
233	University of Akron Main Campus	Akron	93%
234	School of Professional Horticulture, New York Botanical Garden	Bronx	100%
235	University of Massachusetts - Lowell	Lowell	69%
236	La Salle University	Philadelphia	79%
237	Rockefeller University	New York
238	Medical University of South Carolina	Charleston
239	Wright State University - Main Campus	Dayton	97%
240	University of Southern Mississippi	Hattiesburg	98%
241	Quinnipiac University	Hamden	74%
242	University of Western States	Portland	75%
243	University of New England	Biddeford	81%
244	The University of Texas Medical Branch	Galveston
245	Villanova University	Villanova	36%
246	University of Toledo	Toledo	94%
247	Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia
248	Western Washington University	Bellingham	85%
249	Grand Valley State University	Allendale	81%
250	University of Central Arkansas	Conway	90%

251	Western Kentucky University	Bowling Green	95%
252	Smith College	Northampton	32%
253	University of Dayton	Dayton	72%
254	Creighton University	Omaha	72%
255	Vassar College	Poughkeepsie	24%
256	University of Nebraska Medical Center	Omaha
257	Hawaii Pacific University	Honolulu	75%
258	University of Wisconsin Extension	Madison
259	Colorado School of Mines	Golden	56%
260	Hofstra University	Hempstead	64%
261	California State University - Sacramento	Sacramento	68%
262	Williams College	Williamstown	15%
263	Bryn Mawr College	Bryn Mawr	38%
264	University of Illinois at Springfield	Springfield	52%
265	Wichita State University	Wichita	94%
266	Missouri University of Science and Technology	Rolla	84%
267	Naval Postgraduate School	Monterey
268	Bucknell University	Lewisburg	31%
269	Wesleyan University	Middletown	16%
270	University of North Dakota	Grand Forks	83%
271	University of California-System Administration Central Office	Oakland
272	Wellesley College	Wellesley	22%
273	University of Puerto Rico-Central Administration	San Juan
274	Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles	52%
275	California State University - Chico	Chico	68%
276	University of Nebraska at Omaha	Omaha	87%
277	University of West Georgia	Carrollton	59%
278	Babson College	Wellesley	24%
279	University of Missouri-St Louis	St. Louis	76%
280	University of San Diego	San Diego	50%
281	Texas Christian University	Fort Worth	41%
282	Harvey Mudd College	Claremont	15%
283	Miami University - Oxford	Oxford	68%
284	Oakland University	Rochester Hills	84%
285	University of Illinois University Administration	Urbana
286	Calvin College	Grand Rapids	83%
287	Chapman University	Orange	57%
288	University of Alabama in Huntsville	Huntsville	81%
289	Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant	68%
290	North Carolina Central University	Durham	83%
291	Oberlin College	Oberlin	34%
292	Georgia Southern University	Statesboro	68%
293	Middle Tennessee State University	Murfreesboro	59%
294	Cleveland State University	Cleveland	90%
295	Teachers College at Columbia University	New York
296	Florida Institute of Technology	Melbourne	63%
297	Towson University	Towson	77%
298	Marist College	Poughkeepsie	43%
299	Kennesaw State University	Kennesaw	61%
300	Claremont Graduate University	Claremont