U.S. Colleges that are Hardest to Get Into

Hampshire College

• 1,191enrollment
• $35,499net price
• 2%acceptance rate
• -SAT range
• -ACT range
• 3.45Avg GPA

Stanford University

#2 Best Colleges in America

• 17,381enrollment
• $16,779net price
• 4%acceptance rate
• 1440-1570SAT range
• 32-35ACT range
• 4.18Avg GPA

Harvard University

#4 Best Colleges in America

• 31,566enrollment
• $18,030net price
• 5%acceptance rate
• 1460-1570SAT range
• 33-35ACT range
• 4.04Avg GPA

Columbia University in the City of New York

#22 Best Colleges in America

• 31,077enrollment
• $21,828net price
• 5%acceptance rate
• 1440-1570SAT range
• 33-35ACT range
• 3.91*Avg GPA

California Institute of Technology

#7 Best Colleges in America

• 2,233enrollment
• $27,438net price
• 6%acceptance rate
• 1530-1560SAT range
• 35-36ACT range
• 3.97*Avg GPA

Yale University

#5 Best Colleges in America

• 13,433enrollment
• $18,073net price
• 6%acceptance rate
• 1460-1570SAT range
• 33-35ACT range
• 3.95*Avg GPA

University of Chicago

#6 Best Colleges in America

• 17,002enrollment
• $34,719net price
• 6%acceptance rate
• 1500-1570SAT range
• 33-35ACT range
• 4.0Avg GPA

Princeton University

#1 Best Colleges in America

• 8,374enrollment
• $18,712net price
• 6%acceptance rate
• 1460-1570SAT range
• 33-35ACT range
• 3.87Avg GPA

Pomona College

#19 Best Colleges in America

• 1,573enrollment
• $18,500net price
• 7%acceptance rate
• 1390-1540SAT range
• 32-35ACT range
• 3.89*Avg GPA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#9 Best Colleges in America

• 11,574enrollment
• $20,465net price
• 7%acceptance rate
• 1510-1570SAT range
• 34-36ACT range
• 3.96*Avg GPA

The Juilliard School

• 942enrollment
• $34,004net price
• 7%acceptance rate
• -SAT range
• -ACT range
• NAAvg GPA

Brown University

#10 Best Colleges in America

• 10,257enrollment
• $27,218net price
• 7%acceptance rate
• 1440-1570SAT range
• 33-35ACT range
• 3.94*Avg GPA

United States Naval Academy

• 4,512enrollment
• -net price
• 8%acceptance rate
• 1240-1460SAT range
• 26-32ACT range
• 3.8*Avg GPA

Dartmouth College

#11 Best Colleges in America

• 6,572enrollment
• $23,869net price
• 8%acceptance rate
• 1440-1560SAT range
• 32-35ACT range
• 3.9*Avg GPA

Duke University

#3 Best Colleges in America

• 16,606enrollment
• $24,386net price
• 8%acceptance rate
• 1480-1570SAT range
• 33-35ACT range
• 3.94*Avg GPA

University of Pennsylvania

#16 Best Colleges in America

• 25,860enrollment
• $24,771net price
• 8%acceptance rate
• 1450-1560SAT range
• 33-35ACT range
• 3.9Avg GPA

Northwestern University

#15 Best Colleges in America

• 22,127enrollment
• $26,196net price
• 9%acceptance rate
• 1440-1550SAT range
• 33-35ACT range
• 3.92*Avg GPA

Bowdoin College

• 1,828enrollment
• $23,808net price
• 9%acceptance rate
• -SAT range
• -ACT range
• NAAvg GPA