Academics & admissions
Most selective
The share of applicants admitted. For a recruit, a coach’s support changes this number; the academic floor does not move.
3%
#1 · California Institute of Technology
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Pasadena, CA
77%
Median
of 417 schools, Division III
25.7×
Median vs top
how many times the median the leader is below
10%
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list
Top 15
Every school, Division III
#1 · California Institute of Technologyevery school
The spread across 417 schools; the median is 77%.
How it is measured
Open-admission schools are left out.
Related
The full list · top 100
| # | School | Admission rate | SAT mid 50% | Graduate | Undergrads | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Pasadena, CA | 3% | — | 93% | 1,023 | |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Cambridge, MA | 5% | 1510–1580 | 96% | 4,576 | |
| 3 | University of Chicago Division III · University Athletic Association · Chicago, IL | 5% | 1510–1570 | 95% | 7,643 | |
| 4 | Colby College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Waterville, ME | 7% | 1440–1550 | 90% | 2,284 | |
| 5 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA | 7% | 1480–1560 | 93% | 1,664 | |
| 6 | Swarthmore College Division III · Centennial Conference · Swarthmore, PA | 7% | 1460–1560 | 94% | 1,644 | |
| 7 | Bowdoin College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Brunswick, ME | 8% | 1480–1550 | 96% | 1,850 | |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins University Division III · Centennial Conference · Baltimore, MD | 8% | 1530–1580 | 95% | 6,089 | |
| 9 | New York University Division III · University Athletic Association · New York, NY | 9% | 1480–1570 | 89% | 29,760 | |
| 10 | Amherst College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Amherst, MA | 10% | 1360–1550 | 93% | 1,910 | |
| 11 | Tufts University Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Medford, MA | 10% | 1460–1550 | 93% | 6,877 | |
| 12 | Williams College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Williamstown, MA | 10% | 1470–1560 | 97% | 2,112 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University Division III · University Athletic Association · Pittsburgh, PA | 11% | 1500–1570 | 93% | 7,289 | |
| 14 | Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA | 11% | 1450–1560 | 95% | 1,381 | |
| 15 | Emory University Division III · University Athletic Association · Atlanta, GA | 11% | 1460–1550 | 92% | 7,359 | |
| 16 | Hamilton College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Clinton, NY | 12% | 1410–1550 | 91% | 2,048 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St. Louis Division III · University Athletic Association · St. Louis, MO | 12% | 1500–1570 | 94% | 8,267 | |
| 18 | Bates College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Lewiston, ME | 13% | 1400–1510 | 91% | 1,753 | |
| 19 | Grinnell College Division III · Midwest Conference · Grinnell, IA | 13% | 1418–1550 | 87% | 1,775 | |
| 20 | Haverford College Division III · Centennial Conference · Haverford, PA | 13% | 1430–1540 | 89% | 1,424 | |
| 21 | Wellesley College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Wellesley, MA | 14% | 1440–1550 | 91% | 2,418 | |
| 22 | Denison University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Granville, OH | 17% | 1300–1470 | 80% | 2,405 | |
| 23 | Washington and Lee University Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Lexington, VA | 17% | 1410–1530 | 95% | 1,898 | |
| 24 | Wesleyan University (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middletown, CT | 17% | 1450–1540 | 92% | 3,066 | |
| 25 | Vassar College Division III · Liberty League · Poughkeepsie, NY | 18% | 1435–1550 | 89% | 2,456 | |
| 26 | Babson College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Babson Park, MA | 20% | 1380–1500 | 92% | 2,752 | |
| 27 | Colorado College Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Colorado Springs, CO | 20% | 1365–1520 | 86% | 2,145 | |
| 28 | Smith College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Northampton, MA | 20% | 1408–1540 | 90% | 2,506 | |
| 29 | Carleton College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Northfield, MN | 22% | 1430–1550 | 91% | 2,069 | |
| 30 | Skidmore College Division III · Liberty League · Saratoga Springs, NY | 23% | 1300–1460 | 82% | 2,776 | |
| 31 | U.S. Coast Guard Academy Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · New London, CT | 24% | 1210–1380 | 88% | 1,081 | |
| 32 | Macalester College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN | 28% | 1350–1510 | 90% | 2,142 | |
| 33 | Trinity University (Texas) Division III · Southern Athletic Association · San Antonio, TX | 28% | 1320–1465 | 82% | 2,531 | |
| 34 | Case Western Reserve University Division III · University Athletic Association · Cleveland, OH | 29% | 1430–1540 | 87% | 6,186 | |
| 35 | Bryn Mawr College Division III · Centennial Conference · Bryn Mawr, PA | 31% | 1300–1470 | 86% | 1,349 | |
| 36 | Kenyon College Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Gambier, OH | 31% | 1360–1500 | 87% | 2,184 | |
| 37 | Franklin & Marshall College Division III · Centennial Conference · Lancaster, PA | 32% | 1298–1460 | 86% | 1,911 | |
| 38 | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Division III · Skyline Conference · Kings Point, NY | 32% | 1140–1300 | 81% | 947 | |
| 39 | Berea College Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Berea, KY | 33% | 1156–1335 | 62% | 1,487 | |
| 40 | Oberlin College Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Oberlin, OH | 33% | 1370–1510 | 79% | 2,966 | |
| 41 | Trinity College (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Hartford, CT | 34% | 1310–1460 | 83% | 2,237 | |
| 42 | Brandeis University Division III · University Athletic Association · Waltham, MA | 35% | 1390–1530 | 86% | 3,675 | |
| 43 | University of Rochester Division III · University Athletic Association · Rochester, NY | 36% | 1400–1540 | 84% | 6,764 | |
| 44 | Connecticut College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · New London, CT | 38% | 1340–1470 | 84% | 1,995 | |
| 45 | Mount Holyoke College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · South Hadley, MA | 38% | 1350–1500 | 85% | 2,209 | |
| 46 | Southwestern University (Texas) Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Georgetown, TX | 39% | 1170–1340 | 69% | 1,457 | |
| 47 | Brevard College Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Brevard, NC | 40% | 870–1220 | 39% | 764 | |
| 48 | Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Los Angeles, CA | 40% | 1360–1500 | 85% | 1,854 | |
| 49 | LeTourneau University Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Longview, TX | 41% | 1140–1370 | 61% | 3,227 | |
| 50 | Regent University Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Virginia Beach, VA | 41% | 1050–1250 | 53% | 4,577 | |
| 51 | Clark University (Massachusetts) Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Worcester, MA | 42% | 1240–1400 | 77% | 2,369 | |
| 52 | Dickinson College Division III · Centennial Conference · Carlisle, PA | 43% | — | 83% | 2,204 | |
| 53 | Stevens Institute of Technology Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Hoboken, NJ | 43% | 1370–1500 | 90% | 4,092 | |
| 54 | Principia College Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Elsah, IL | 44% | 1040–1250 | 76% | 338 | |
| 55 | Union College (New York) Division III · Liberty League · Schenectady, NY | 44% | 1310–1480 | 85% | 2,082 | |
| 56 | Illinois Wesleyan University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Bloomington, IL | 45% | 1140–1330 | 83% | 1,576 | |
| 57 | Austin College Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Sherman, TX | 47% | 1170–1340 | 69% | 1,128 | |
| 58 | Emerson College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Boston, MA | 47% | 1250–1410 | 79% | 4,171 | |
| 59 | Alfred University Division III · Empire 8 · Alfred, NY | 48% | 1100–1280 | 56% | 1,422 | |
| 60 | Averett University Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Danville, VA | 48% | 960–1191 | 44% | 1,180 | |
| 61 | Gettysburg College Division III · Centennial Conference · Gettysburg, PA | 48% | 1240–1460 | 83% | 2,216 | |
| 62 | University of La Verne Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · La Verne, CA | 48% | 970–1303 | 65% | 3,352 | |
| 63 | Millsaps College Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Jackson, MS | 49% | — | 60% | 582 | |
| 64 | Baruch College Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY | 50% | 1210–1410 | 72% | 16,086 | |
| 65 | Hampden-Sydney College Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Hampden-Sydney, VA | 50% | 1060–1230 | 65% | 876 | |
| 66 | Rhodes College Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Memphis, TN | 50% | 1290–1490 | 82% | 1,936 | |
| 67 | Whitman College Division III · Northwest Conference · Walla Walla, WA | 50% | 1270–1480 | 81% | 1,544 | |
| 68 | Bethany Lutheran College Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Mankato, MN | 51% | 1000–1260 | 60% | 850 | |
| 69 | Ohio Wesleyan University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Delaware, OH | 51% | 1105–1350 | 62% | 1,452 | |
| 70 | State University of New York at Cortland Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference · Cortland, NY | 51% | — | 68% | 5,905 | |
| 71 | University of the South Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Sewanee, TN | 51% | 1236–1398 | 82% | 1,615 | |
| 72 | Bard College Division III · Liberty League · Annandale-On-Hudson, NY | 52% | 1290–1440 | 73% | 2,453 | |
| 73 | St. Olaf College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Northfield, MN | 52% | 1260–1470 | 84% | 3,074 | |
| 74 | Anderson University (Indiana) Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Anderson, IN | 53% | 940–1170 | 49% | 1,095 | |
| 75 | Belhaven University Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Jackson, MS | 53% | — | 51% | 1,452 | |
| 76 | Hendrix College Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Conway, AR | 53% | 1185–1385 | 69% | 1,098 | |
| 77 | Pratt Institute Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Brooklyn, NY | 53% | 1220–1420 | 73% | 3,814 | |
| 78 | Brooklyn College Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Brooklyn, NY | 54% | 1140–1420 | 57% | 11,330 | |
| 79 | Centenary College (Louisiana) Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Shreveport, LA | 54% | 1040–1210 | 59% | 620 | |
| 80 | Centre College Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Danville, KY | 54% | 1230–1423 | 85% | 1,356 | |
| 81 | DePauw University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Greencastle, IN | 54% | 1140–1430 | 80% | 1,819 | |
| 82 | Hunter College Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY | 54% | 1210–1470 | 61% | 17,378 | |
| 83 | Millikin University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Decatur, IL | 54% | 860–1170 | 59% | 1,570 | |
| 84 | Moravian University Division III · Landmark Conference · Bethlehem, PA | 54% | 1060–1230 | 71% | 2,006 | |
| 85 | The College of Wooster Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Wooster, OH | 54% | 1250–1450 | 74% | 1,876 | |
| 86 | University of Dallas Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Irving, TX | 54% | 1170–1370 | 68% | 1,427 | |
| 87 | Illinois Institute of Technology Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Chicago, IL | 55% | 1180–1410 | 72% | 3,316 | |
| 88 | Lehman College Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Bronx, NY | 55% | 860–1220 | 49% | 11,227 | |
| 89 | Chapman University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Orange, CA | 56% | 1250–1430 | 80% | 7,874 | |
| 90 | Beloit College Division III · Midwest Conference · Beloit, WI | 57% | 1210–1360 | 67% | 948 | |
| 91 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges Division III · Liberty League · Geneva, NY | 57% | 1220–1360 | 73% | 1,618 | |
| 92 | John Jay College of Criminal Justice Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY | 57% | 1000–1250 | 55% | 11,678 | |
| 93 | Mount St. Joseph University Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Cincinnati, OH | 57% | 880–1083 | 55% | 1,446 | |
| 94 | Rockford University Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Rockford, IL | 57% | 850–1070 | 38% | 968 | |
| 95 | Carroll University (Wisconsin) Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Waukesha, WI | 58% | 1050–1260 | 70% | 2,623 | |
| 96 | McMurry University Division III · American Southwest Conference · Abilene, TX | 58% | 1010–1170 | 39% | 2,544 | |
| 97 | North Central College Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Naperville, IL | 58% | 1065–1280 | 71% | 2,397 | |
| 98 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Division III · Liberty League · Troy, NY | 58% | 1330–1500 | 83% | 5,954 | |
| 99 | St. Lawrence University Division III · Liberty League · Canton, NY | 58% | 1255–1410 | 80% | 2,060 | |
| 100 | The City College of New York Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY | 58% | 1220–1460 | 55% | 12,356 |
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