College Profiles · 2026-2027 Admissions Cycle

College Profiles: Acceptance Rates, Costs, Financial Aid and Deadlines, Verified

In-depth profiles of 100 leading colleges and universities, built from each school’s own Common Data Set, cost of attendance and admissions pages. Every number is cited, checked twice, and paired with ConnectPrep’s strategic read for families applying for fall 2027.

By Jeremy Fine, Founder of ConnectPrep

Updated October 11, 2026 · 100 colleges profiled

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Search or filter the table below, then open any college for its full profile: overall and early decision admit rates, SAT and ACT ranges, 2026-27 cost of attendance, average need-based grant, endowment, signature programs, which majors are hardest to get into, 2026-27 deadlines including the scholarship and honors deadlines families miss, and a ConnectPrep strategy for that school.

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Lowest admit rate (California Institute of Technology)

$80,302

Largest average need-based grant (Williams College)

College Directory

College	Admit rate	ED admit rate	Middle 50% SAT	Cost of attendance	Avg. need-based grant	Avg. net price	Endowment
Amherst College Amherst, MA	7.7%	22.2%	1470 to 1540	$98,160	$76,445	$23,367	$3.5 billion
Barnard College New York, NY	8.8%	33.1%	1480 to 1540	$89,538	$72,461	$28,800	$503 million
Bates College Lewiston, ME	14.9%	33.5%	ACT 32 to 34	$97,185	$59,701	$29,351	$485 million
Binghamton University Binghamton, NY	37.3%	No ED	1320 to 1480	$55,716	$13,511	$21,620	$221 million
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	16.2%	33.4%	1460 to 1520	$95,258	$60,503	$41,704	$4.3 billion
Boston University Boston, MA	12.8%	31.3%	1420 to 1510	$98,419	$66,926	$24,402	$4.7 billion
Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	6.8%	Not published	ACT 33 to 35	$97,900	Not published	$14,398	$2.9 billion
Brandeis University Waltham, MA	45.0%	Not published	1380 to 1480	$86,448	Not published	$35,736	$1.3 billion
Brown University Providence, RI	5.4%	14.4%	1510 to 1560	$99,994	$65,370	$25,184	$9.5 billion
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	2.6%	No ED	ACT 35 to 36	$98,622	$66,645	$16,075	$4.4 billion
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	11.4%	No ED	Not published	$93,944	$36,226	$13,481	$3.2 billion
University of California, Davis Davis, CA	44.3%	No ED	Not published	$88,279	$29,937	$14,741	$2.6 billion
University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA	28.9%	No ED	Not published	$84,476	Not published	$14,251	$2.9 billion
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	9.4%	No ED	Not published	$84,770	$29,317	$12,548	$3.5 billion
University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA	28.6%	No ED	Not published	Not published	$28,634	$12,470	$1.6 billion
University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	38.2%	No ED	Not published	$90,216	$32,900	$16,109	$1.3 billion
Carleton College Northfield, MN	20.4%	36.6%	1470 to 1540	$97,870	Not published	$25,407	$1.3 billion
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	11.1%	20.6%	1500 to 1560	$93,614	$61,136	$31,944	$3.5 billion
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	35.3%	25.0%	1440 to 1530	$95,704	$49,293	$41,190	$2.5 billion
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	4.5%	Not published	1500 to 1560	$104,541	$78,651	$14,860	$10.9 billion
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	9.4%	Not published	1480 to 1540	$101,990	$66,407	$28,849	$1.4 billion
Clemson University Clemson, SC	42.4%	No ED	1250 to 1400	$66,180	Not published	$22,253	$1.1 billion
Colby College Waterville, ME	8.0%	Not published	1430 to 1520	$98,270	Not published	$17,180	$1.2 billion
Colgate University Hamilton, NY	13.9%	19.5%	1450 to 1530	$100,224	$62,421	$28,786	$1.3 billion
Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	18.5%	31.8%	1240 to 1440	$97,990	$68,522	$33,375	$1.1 billion
Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO	60.7%	No ED	ACT 29 to 33	$71,470	Not published	$28,690	$386 million
Columbia University New York, NY	4.9%	14.0%	1510 to 1560	$99,774	$78,198	$21,590	$15.9 billion
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	54.4%	46.6%	1260 to 1420	$67,108	$21,494	$25,097	$669 million
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	7.9%	17.6%	1480 to 1550	$99,734	$59,302	$28,690	$11.8 billion
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	6.0%	21.6%	1440 to 1550	$98,427	$71,873	$29,519	$9 billion
Davidson College Davidson, NC	14.2%	Not published	ACT 31 to 34	$95,195	Not published	$17,379	$1.4 billion
Duke University Durham, NC	4.8%	12.6%	1510 to 1570	$103,180	$76,455	$29,612	$14.3 billion
Emory University Atlanta, GA	10.3%	22.2%	1480 to 1540	$97,948	$66,428	$22,585	$8.9 billion
University of Florida Gainesville, FL	20.3%	Not published	1330 to 1490	$54,010	$17,713	$6,541	$2.7 billion
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	23.8%	Not published	1300 to 1410	$43,916	Not published	$11,297	$1 billion
George Washington University Washington, DC	47.1%	Not published	1360 to 1470	$95,155	$43,676	$36,586	$2.6 billion
Georgetown University Washington, DC	13.5%	No ED	1405 to 1530	$100,864	$57,490	$40,815	$3.6 billion
University of Georgia Athens, GA	34.3%	No ED	1360 to 1500	$52,156	Not published	$13,936	$2.1 billion
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	13.3%	No ED	1370 to 1530	$55,314	$18,131	$12,116	$3.2 billion
Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	14.5%	34.2%	1430 to 1520	$93,338	$64,543	$17,648	$2.7 billion
Hamilton College Clinton, NY	13.6%	28.1%	1440 to 1510	$98,850	$66,176	$28,985	$1.5 billion
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	4.2%	No ED	ACT 33 to 35	$95,134	$72,749	$19,066	$56.9 billion
Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	12.3%	Not published	ACT 34 to 36	$104,512	Not published	$35,924	$500 million
Haverford College Haverford, PA	13.3%	32.6%	1460 to 1530	$100,026	$70,214	$25,314	$702 million
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	36.6%	No ED	1390 to 1520	$61,104	Not published	$14,355	$2.6 billion
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN	78.2%	No ED	1250 to 1450	$62,956	Not published	$16,264	$2.1 billion
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	6.1%	10.9%	1530 to 1565	$94,858	$69,291	$18,809	$13.1 billion
Kenyon College Gambier, OH	31.0%	Not published	ACT 31 to 34	$96,940	Not published	$38,512	$627 million
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	29.0%	47.4%	1380 to 1480	$89,820	$57,846	$36,931	$2 billion
Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	26.4%	Not published	ACT 30 to 34	$96,350	Not published	$32,149	$882 million
University of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD	45.0%	No ED	ACT 32 to 35	$62,374	Not published	$15,678	$1.2 billion
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	4.6%	No ED	1520 to 1570	$92,760	$73,398	$20,111	$27.4 billion
University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	22.1%	Not published	1350 to 1480	$98,872	Not published	$37,244	$1.6 billion
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI	16.4%	Not published	1370 to 1530	$88,394	$30,307	$13,138	$21.2 billion
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	84.8%	No ED	1100 to 1310	$67,030	$13,573	$19,680	$5 billion
Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	12.8%	39.0%	1460 to 1530	$97,386	$62,768	$31,483	$1.4 billion
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	79.7%	No ED	1320 to 1470	$63,762	$16,992	$16,778	$5.5 billion
New York University New York, NY	9.2%	Not published	ACT 34 to 35	$84,374	Not published	$37,050	$6.7 billion
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	39.5%	No ED	1310 to 1440	$54,779	$14,983	$17,303	$2.5 billion
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	16.7%	No ED	1400 to 1530	$70,264	$20,939	$11,655	$6.1 billion
Northeastern University Boston, MA	5.2%	43.0%	1450 to 1520	$98,322	$58,707	$30,915	$2.1 billion
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	7.5%	20.4%	1520 to 1560	$91,250	$65,946	$29,167	$11 billion
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	9.0%	No ED	1460 to 1540	$91,986	Not published	$26,780	$18.2 billion
Ohio State University Columbus, OH	49.2%	No ED	1360 to 1500	$64,990	Not published	$17,339	$8.6 billion
Penn State University Park University Park, PA	55.3%	No ED	1280 to 1410	Not published	$8,430	$32,875	$4.2 billion
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	4.9%	Not published	ACT 34 to 36	$99,082	Not published	$28,699	$24.8 billion
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	59.4%	No ED	ACT 29 to 33	$66,134	$17,157	$30,434	$5.8 billion
Pomona College Claremont, CA	7.1%	Not published	ACT 33 to 35	$95,670	Not published	$19,285	$3 billion
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	4.4%	No ED	1490 to 1560	$94,624	$79,320	$6,128	$36.4 billion
Purdue University West Lafayette, IN	49.9%	No ED	ACT 27 to 34	$49,388	Not published	$14,600	$4 billion
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	63.5%	Not published	ACT 30 to 34	$90,076	Not published	$36,228	$1 billion
Rice University Houston, TX	8.0%	11.3%	1510 to 1560	$97,309	$73,663	$13,370	$8.5 billion
University of Rochester Rochester, NY	41.9%	41.8%	1400 to 1510	$96,022	$67,488	$29,278	$3.8 billion
Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	65.3%	No ED	ACT 28 to 33	$62,782	Not published	$24,406	$2.4 billion
Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	48.0%	Not published	ACT 31 to 33	$92,556	Not published	$50,062	$1.6 billion
Smith College Northampton, MA	21.0%	38.2%	1450 to 1520	$102,668	$67,599	$27,579	$2.6 billion
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	11.2%	Not published	1470 to 1540	$103,162	$56,128	$32,740	$8.8 billion
Stanford University Stanford, CA	3.8%	No ED	1520 to 1570	$97,545	$72,166	$13,807	$40.8 billion
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	49.0%	No ED	1350 to 1470	$58,799	Not published	$18,784	$786 million
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	7.4%	Not published	ACT 33 to 35	$95,770	Not published	$23,149	$2.7 billion
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	45.9%	Not published	ACT 29 to 32	$95,676	Not published	$38,793	$2.1 billion
Texas A&M University College Station, TX	51.7%	No ED	1160 to 1390	$59,617	$14,880	$21,315	$19.1 billion
University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	26.6%	No ED	ACT 27 to 33	$64,204	Not published	$19,857	$6.2 billion
Tufts University Medford, MA	10.8%	Not published	1460 to 1520	$99,998	Not published	$39,998	$2.8 billion
Tulane University New Orleans, LA	14.0%	Not published	1430 to 1500	$98,710	Not published	$39,949	$2.3 billion
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	5.3%	Not published	ACT 34 to 35	$99,994	Not published	$15,846	$10.2 billion
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	18.6%	Not published	ACT 33 to 35	$99,210	Not published	$39,343	$1.3 billion
Villanova University Villanova, PA	28.1%	Not published	1420 to 1490	$96,886	$51,847	$43,756	$1.3 billion
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	16.8%	27.9%	1410 to 1520	Not published	$34,534	$21,565	$15.5 billion
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	54.8%	No ED	ACT 28 to 32	$66,906	Not published	$24,953	$1.9 billion
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	20.8%	Not published	ACT 32 to 34	$98,730	Not published	$28,719	$2 billion
University of Washington Seattle, WA	39.1%	No ED	Not published	$67,800	Not published	$14,091	$6 billion
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	11.9%	27.0%	1500 to 1550	$102,260	$75,880	$21,786	$13.4 billion
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	13.7%	27.6%	1430 to 1530	$87,000	$71,985	$23,781	$2.2 billion
Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	14.8%	29.4%	1460 to 1540	$98,186	$71,018	$25,496	$3 billion
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	16.4%	Not published	ACT 33 to 35	$101,080	Not published	$30,177	$1.6 billion
William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	37.0%	Not published	1390 to 1520	$75,652	Not published	$19,096	$1.5 billion
Williams College Williamstown, MA	8.6%	26.6%	1490 to 1550	$95,960	$80,302	$17,716	$3.5 billion
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	45.2%	No ED	ACT 29 to 33	$63,268	Not published	$17,354	$6.1 billion
Yale University New Haven, CT	4.7%	No ED	1480 to 1560	$97,985	$73,273	$23,777	$44.1 billion

Admit rates and aid averages come from each college’s most recent Common Data Set or official admissions report; cost of attendance is the 2026-27 published figure (out-of-state for public universities) unless the profile notes otherwise. “Not published” means the figure was not available in an official source we could confirm. Open any profile for sources.

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Which colleges have the lowest acceptance rates on this list?

Among the colleges profiled so far, the lowest published admit rates are California Institute of Technology (2.6%), Stanford University (3.8%), Harvard University (4.2%). Each profile shows the source and year.

Which colleges give the largest need-based grants?

Among the colleges profiled so far, the largest average need-based grants to first-year students are at Williams College ($80,302), Princeton University ($79,320), University of Chicago ($78,651), according to each school's Common Data Set.

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Jeremy Fine

Jeremy Fine founded ConnectPrep in 2013 and brings more than 20 years of experience in education, spanning test preparation, college advising and academic program management. He holds a BA from Washington University in St. Louis and an MPA from the University of Pittsburgh.

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