{
  "id": 6619892,
  "title": "How hard is it to get into the nation's most selective universities? See the 25 lowest acceptance rates in the US.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/how-hard-is-it-to-get-into-the-nations-most-selective-universities",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-10T18:13:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/the-25-hardest-universities-get-into-in-the-us-ranked-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "These are the hardest universities across the US to receive an acceptance letter from.",
  "key_points": [
    "University of Notre Dame had 11.3% acceptance rate in 2024",
    "Boston University accepted 11.1% of 78,769 applicants",
    "University of California-Berkeley accepted 11.0% of 124,242 applicants"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}