How hard is it to get into the nation's most selective universities? See the 25 lowest acceptance rates in the US.
These are the hardest universities across the US to receive an acceptance letter from.
The University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, had a Class of 2028 acceptance rate of 11.3%, accepting only 2,946 out of 29,942 applicants. With an annual tuition of $69,280 and 13,000 students enrolled, it ranked 25th among the hardest-to-get-into US universities in 2024. Similarly, Boston University had 11.1% acceptance with 78,769 applicants and a student body of 38,093.
The University of California-Berkeley, a large public university, accepted 11.0% of its 124,242 applicants, with an in-state tuition of $18,214. Emory University in Atlanta accepted 10.6% of its 33,450 applicants, charging $70,300 per year. University of Southern California in Los Angeles accepted 9.8% of its 82,027 applicants, with a student population of 46,000.
New York University in New York City accepted 9.2% of its 110,807 applicants, with an enrollment of 56,800. The University of California, Los Angeles accepted 9.0% of its 146,272 applicants and costs $16,430 for in-state students. Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, accepted 8.8% of its 62,993 applicants, with a student body of 26,561 and a tuition of $49,816. Rice University in Houston accepted 8.6% of its 12,123 applicants.
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