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See how any two colleges stack up on acceptance rate, admitted-student SAT scores, and what each school weighs most in its admissions review. Pick a matchup below, or run the free calculator to estimate your personal odds at both.
257 comparisons, most selective first.
California Institute of Technology vs Columbia University
3% vs 4% acceptance · Most selective
California Institute of Technology vs Stanford University
3% vs 4% acceptance · Most selective
Columbia University vs Harvard University
4% vs 4% acceptance · Most selective
Harvard University vs Stanford University
4% vs 4% acceptance · Most selective
Stanford University vs Yale University
4% vs 4% acceptance · Most selective
University of Chicago vs Yale University
4% vs 4% acceptance · Most selective
Columbia University vs Stanford University
4% vs 4% acceptance · Most selective
Columbia University vs Yale University
4% vs 4% acceptance · Most selective
Columbia University vs University of Chicago
4% vs 4% acceptance · Most selective
Brown University vs University of Chicago
5% vs 4% acceptance · Most selective
Harvard University vs Northeastern University
4% vs 5% acceptance · Most selective
Brown University vs Dartmouth College
5% vs 5% acceptance · Most selective
Dartmouth College vs Northeastern University
5% vs 5% acceptance · Most selective
Northeastern University vs Princeton University
5% vs 5% acceptance · Most selective
Princeton University vs University of Pennsylvania
5% vs 5% acceptance · Most selective
Massachusetts Institute of Technology vs University of Pennsylvania
5% vs 5% acceptance · Most selective
Brown University vs Northeastern University
5% vs 5% acceptance · Most selective
Brown University vs Princeton University
5% vs 5% acceptance · Most selective
Brown University vs University of Pennsylvania
5% vs 5% acceptance · Most selective
Brown University vs Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5% vs 5% acceptance · Most selective
Massachusetts Institute of Technology vs Northeastern University
5% vs 5% acceptance · Most selective
Duke University vs Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6% vs 5% acceptance · Most selective
Pomona College vs Stanford University
7% vs 4% acceptance · Most selective
Duke University vs Vanderbilt University
6% vs 6% acceptance · Most selective
Johns Hopkins University vs Vanderbilt University
6% vs 6% acceptance · Most selective
Duke University vs Johns Hopkins University
6% vs 6% acceptance · Most selective
Northwestern University vs University of Chicago
8% vs 4% acceptance · Most selective
Swarthmore College vs University of Pennsylvania
7% vs 5% acceptance · Most selective
Bowdoin College vs Johns Hopkins University
7% vs 6% acceptance · Most selective
Columbia University vs Cornell University
4% vs 9% acceptance · Most selective
Bowdoin College vs Colby College
7% vs 7% acceptance · Most selective
Colby College vs Pomona College
7% vs 7% acceptance · Most selective
Pomona College vs Swarthmore College
7% vs 7% acceptance · Most selective
Bowdoin College vs Pomona College
7% vs 7% acceptance · Most selective
Bowdoin College vs Swarthmore College
7% vs 7% acceptance · Most selective
Johns Hopkins University vs U.S. Naval Academy
6% vs 9% acceptance · Most selective
Northwestern University vs Swarthmore College
8% vs 7% acceptance · Most selective
Northwestern University vs Rice University
8% vs 8% acceptance · Most selective
Rice University vs Williams College
8% vs 8% acceptance · Most selective
Northwestern University vs Williams College
8% vs 8% acceptance · Most selective
Cornell University vs Williams College
9% vs 8% acceptance · Most selective
Cornell University vs U.S. Naval Academy
9% vs 9% acceptance · Most selective
UCLA vs U.S. Naval Academy
9% vs 9% acceptance · Most selective
Amherst College vs UCLA
9% vs 9% acceptance · Most selective
Amherst College vs New York University
9% vs 9% acceptance · Most selective
Amherst College vs Cornell University
9% vs 9% acceptance · Most selective
Cornell University vs New York University
9% vs 9% acceptance · Most selective
New York University vs University of Southern California
9% vs 10% acceptance · Most selective
Davidson College vs Duke University
13% vs 6% acceptance · Highly selective
Carnegie Mellon University vs Swarthmore College
12% vs 7% acceptance · Highly selective
Claremont McKenna College vs University of Southern California
10% vs 10% acceptance · Most selective
Wesleyan University vs Yale University
16% vs 4% acceptance · Highly selective
Bates College vs Colby College
13% vs 7% acceptance · Highly selective
Boston University vs Claremont McKenna College
11% vs 10% acceptance · Highly selective
Boston University vs University of California, Berkeley
11% vs 11% acceptance · Highly selective
University of California, Berkeley vs University of Notre Dame
11% vs 11% acceptance · Highly selective
Emory University vs University of Notre Dame
11% vs 11% acceptance · Highly selective
Emory University vs Middlebury College
11% vs 11% acceptance · Highly selective
Middlebury College vs Tufts University
11% vs 11% acceptance · Highly selective
Boston University vs University of Notre Dame
11% vs 11% acceptance · Highly selective
Boston University vs Emory University
11% vs 11% acceptance · Highly selective
Boston University vs Middlebury College
11% vs 11% acceptance · Highly selective
Boston University vs Tufts University
11% vs 11% acceptance · Highly selective
Tufts University vs U.S. Military Academy
11% vs 12% acceptance · Highly selective
University of California, Berkeley vs U.S. Military Academy
11% vs 12% acceptance · Highly selective
Carnegie Mellon University vs U.S. Military Academy
12% vs 12% acceptance · Highly selective
Carnegie Mellon University vs Haverford College
12% vs 12% acceptance · Highly selective
Haverford College vs Washington University in St. Louis
12% vs 12% acceptance · Highly selective
College of the Ozarks vs Washington University in St. Louis
12% vs 12% acceptance · Highly selective
Carnegie Mellon University vs Washington University in St. Louis
12% vs 12% acceptance · Highly selective
Carnegie Mellon University vs College of the Ozarks
12% vs 12% acceptance · Highly selective
College of the Ozarks vs Davidson College
12% vs 13% acceptance · Highly selective
Emory University vs Georgia Tech
11% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Davidson College vs Georgetown University
13% vs 13% acceptance · Highly selective
Bates College vs Georgetown University
13% vs 13% acceptance · Highly selective
Bates College vs Davidson College
13% vs 13% acceptance · Highly selective
Bates College vs Colgate University
13% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Colgate University vs Georgia Tech
14% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Georgia Tech vs Tulane University
14% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Tulane University vs U.S. Air Force Academy
14% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Hamilton College vs U.S. Air Force Academy
14% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Hamilton College vs Washington and Lee University
14% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Washington and Lee University vs Wellesley College
14% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Colgate University vs Tulane University
14% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Georgia Tech vs U.S. Air Force Academy
14% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Colgate University vs Hamilton College
14% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Colgate University vs Washington and Lee University
14% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Colgate University vs Wellesley College
14% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Davidson College vs University of North Carolina
13% vs 15% acceptance · Highly selective
University of North Carolina vs Wellesley College
15% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Georgia Tech vs University of North Carolina
14% vs 15% acceptance · Highly selective
Colgate University vs Grinnell College
14% vs 15% acceptance · Highly selective
Grinnell College vs University of North Carolina
15% vs 15% acceptance · Highly selective
Boston College vs Grinnell College
16% vs 15% acceptance · Highly selective
University of Michigan vs University of North Carolina
16% vs 15% acceptance · Highly selective
University of Virginia vs Washington and Lee University
17% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
Boston College vs University of Michigan
16% vs 16% acceptance · Highly selective
University of Michigan vs Wesleyan University
16% vs 16% acceptance · Highly selective
Boston College vs Wesleyan University
16% vs 16% acceptance · Highly selective
Colorado College vs U.S. Air Force Academy
18% vs 14% acceptance · Highly selective
University of Virginia vs Wesleyan University
17% vs 16% acceptance · Highly selective
University of Michigan vs University of Virginia
16% vs 17% acceptance · Highly selective
Babson College vs University of Virginia
17% vs 17% acceptance · Highly selective
Babson College vs Denison University
17% vs 17% acceptance · Highly selective
Rice University vs Trinity University (TX)
8% vs 26% acceptance · Most selective
College of the Holy Cross vs Denison University
18% vs 17% acceptance · Highly selective
College of the Holy Cross vs Colorado College
18% vs 18% acceptance · Highly selective
Colorado College vs University of Miami
18% vs 19% acceptance · Highly selective
Hillsdale College vs University of Michigan
21% vs 16% acceptance · Highly selective
Berea College vs University of Miami
19% vs 19% acceptance · Highly selective
Berea College vs Vassar College
19% vs 19% acceptance · Highly selective
University of Miami vs Vassar College
19% vs 19% acceptance · Highly selective
Carleton College vs Vassar College
20% vs 19% acceptance · Highly selective
University of Richmond vs University of Virginia
22% vs 17% acceptance · Highly selective
Florida A&M University vs University of Miami
21% vs 19% acceptance · Highly selective
Carleton College vs Florida A&M University
20% vs 21% acceptance · Highly selective
Carleton College vs Hillsdale College
20% vs 21% acceptance · Highly selective
Florida A&M University vs Hillsdale College
21% vs 21% acceptance · Highly selective
Hillsdale College vs Skidmore College
21% vs 21% acceptance · Highly selective
Skidmore College vs Smith College
21% vs 21% acceptance · Highly selective
Hillsdale College vs Smith College
21% vs 21% acceptance · Highly selective
Smith College vs University of Richmond
21% vs 22% acceptance · Highly selective
Fisk University vs Vanderbilt University
37% vs 6% acceptance · Selective
Carleton College vs Crown College
20% vs 23% acceptance · Highly selective
University of Richmond vs Wake Forest University
22% vs 22% acceptance · Highly selective
Florida A&M University vs Florida State University
21% vs 24% acceptance · Highly selective
Trinity College vs Wesleyan University
29% vs 16% acceptance · Selective
Crown College vs Wake Forest University
23% vs 22% acceptance · Highly selective
Crown College vs University of Richmond
23% vs 22% acceptance · Highly selective
Crown College vs Florida State University
23% vs 24% acceptance · Highly selective
Illinois Wesleyan University vs Northwestern University
39% vs 8% acceptance · Selective
Florida State University vs University of Florida
24% vs 24% acceptance · Highly selective
Denison University vs Kenyon College
17% vs 31% acceptance · Highly selective
Southern University vs Tulane University
35% vs 14% acceptance · Selective
Lehigh University vs University of Florida
26% vs 24% acceptance · Selective
College of the Ozarks vs William Jewell College
12% vs 38% acceptance · Highly selective
Lehigh University vs Trinity University (TX)
26% vs 26% acceptance · Selective
Georgia Tech vs University of Georgia
14% vs 38% acceptance · Highly selective
Crown College vs Macalester College
23% vs 29% acceptance · Highly selective
Trinity University (TX) vs UC San Diego
26% vs 27% acceptance · Selective
Lehigh University vs Villanova University
26% vs 27% acceptance · Selective
Trinity University (TX) vs University of Texas at Austin
26% vs 27% acceptance · Selective
Princeton University vs Stevens Institute of Technology
5% vs 48% acceptance · Most selective
UC San Diego vs University of Texas at Austin
27% vs 27% acceptance · Selective
University of Texas at Austin vs Villanova University
27% vs 27% acceptance · Selective
Berea College vs Brescia University
19% vs 35% acceptance · Highly selective
University of Maryland vs U.S. Naval Academy
45% vs 9% acceptance · Selective
Georgetown University vs Howard University
13% vs 41% acceptance · Highly selective
Franklin & Marshall College vs Villanova University
28% vs 27% acceptance · Selective
UC Irvine vs UC San Diego
29% vs 27% acceptance · Selective
Brown University vs Providence College
5% vs 51% acceptance · Most selective
Bucknell University vs Franklin & Marshall College
29% vs 28% acceptance · Selective
Bucknell University vs UC Irvine
29% vs 29% acceptance · Selective
Bryn Mawr College vs UC Irvine
29% vs 29% acceptance · Selective
Bryn Mawr College vs Macalester College
29% vs 29% acceptance · Selective
Macalester College vs Mississippi College
29% vs 29% acceptance · Selective
Mississippi College vs Trinity College
29% vs 29% acceptance · Selective
Bryn Mawr College vs Bucknell University
29% vs 29% acceptance · Selective
Bucknell University vs Macalester College
29% vs 29% acceptance · Selective
Bucknell University vs Mississippi College
29% vs 29% acceptance · Selective
Bucknell University vs Trinity College
29% vs 29% acceptance · Selective
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo vs Trinity College
31% vs 29% acceptance · Selective
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo vs UC Irvine
31% vs 29% acceptance · Selective
Purdue University vs University of Notre Dame
50% vs 11% acceptance · Selective
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo vs Lafayette College
31% vs 31% acceptance · Selective
Kenyon College vs Lafayette College
31% vs 31% acceptance · Selective
Fairfield University vs Kenyon College
33% vs 31% acceptance · Selective
Kenyon College vs Oberlin College
31% vs 34% acceptance · Selective
Fairfield University vs UC Santa Barbara
33% vs 33% acceptance · Selective
Hope International University vs UC Santa Barbara
33% vs 33% acceptance · Selective
Fairfield University vs Hope International University
33% vs 33% acceptance · Selective
Hope International University vs William & Mary
33% vs 34% acceptance · Selective
UC Santa Barbara vs William & Mary
33% vs 34% acceptance · Selective
Grinnell College vs William Penn University
15% vs 52% acceptance · Highly selective
Oberlin College vs William & Mary
34% vs 34% acceptance · Selective
Oberlin College vs Southern University
34% vs 35% acceptance · Selective
Southern University vs William & Mary
35% vs 34% acceptance · Selective
Brescia University vs Oberlin College
35% vs 34% acceptance · Selective
Brescia University vs Southern University
35% vs 35% acceptance · Selective
Brescia University vs San Diego State University
35% vs 36% acceptance · Selective
San Diego State University vs Southern University
36% vs 35% acceptance · Selective
Mount Holyoke College vs San Diego State University
36% vs 36% acceptance · Selective
Millsaps College vs Mississippi College
43% vs 29% acceptance · Selective
Case Western Reserve University vs Mount Holyoke College
37% vs 36% acceptance · Selective
Hillsdale College vs Spring Arbor University
21% vs 52% acceptance · Highly selective
Case Western Reserve University vs Connecticut College
37% vs 37% acceptance · Selective
Connecticut College vs Dickinson State University
37% vs 37% acceptance · Selective
Case Western Reserve University vs Fisk University
37% vs 37% acceptance · Selective
Clemson University vs Dickinson State University
38% vs 37% acceptance · Selective
Clemson University vs University of Georgia
38% vs 38% acceptance · Selective
Whitman College vs William Jewell College
38% vs 38% acceptance · Selective
Regent University vs Whitman College
38% vs 38% acceptance · Selective
Thomas University vs Whitman College
38% vs 38% acceptance · Selective
Middlebury College vs University of Vermont
11% vs 65% acceptance · Highly selective
University of Washington vs Whitman College
39% vs 38% acceptance · Selective
Dillard University vs Southern University
42% vs 35% acceptance · Selective
Binghamton University vs University of Washington
39% vs 39% acceptance · Selective
Gettysburg College vs Illinois Wesleyan University
39% vs 39% acceptance · Selective
Bethany Lutheran College vs Gettysburg College
39% vs 39% acceptance · Selective
Gettysburg College vs Huston-Tillotson University
39% vs 39% acceptance · Selective
Fisk University vs University of Tennessee
37% vs 42% acceptance · Selective
Colorado College vs Colorado School of Mines
18% vs 61% acceptance · Highly selective
Clark University vs University of Rochester
40% vs 40% acceptance · Selective
Clark University vs University of Tampa
40% vs 40% acceptance · Selective
Carolina University vs Clark University
40% vs 40% acceptance · Selective
Clark University vs Paul Quinn College
40% vs 40% acceptance · Selective
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff vs University of Central Florida
41% vs 40% acceptance · Selective
Clemson University vs Furman University
38% vs 43% acceptance · Selective
Brandeis University vs Howard University
41% vs 41% acceptance · Selective
Dartmouth College vs Saint Anselm College
5% vs 78% acceptance · Most selective
George Washington University vs Howard University
47% vs 41% acceptance · Selective
Alcorn State University vs Millsaps College
45% vs 43% acceptance · Selective
Brescia University vs Centre College
35% vs 54% acceptance · Selective
Philander Smith University vs University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
50% vs 41% acceptance · Selective
Auburn University vs Oakwood University
46% vs 45% acceptance · Selective
Furman University vs Morris College
43% vs 50% acceptance · Selective
Auburn University vs Tuskegee University
46% vs 49% acceptance · Selective
College of Saint Mary (NE) vs York University (NE)
45% vs 52% acceptance · Selective
Central Christian College vs Sterling College
53% vs 48% acceptance · Moderately selective
Dickinson State University vs Minot State University
37% vs 65% acceptance · Selective
University of Washington vs Walla Walla University
39% vs 65% acceptance · Selective
Hendrix College vs Philander Smith University
56% vs 50% acceptance · Moderately selective
Central Christian College vs Central Christian College of Kansas
53% vs 53% acceptance · Moderately selective
Rutgers University vs Stevens Institute of Technology
58% vs 48% acceptance · Moderately selective
DePauw University vs Purdue University
57% vs 50% acceptance · Moderately selective
East Central University vs Oklahoma Baptist University
58% vs 49% acceptance · Moderately selective
Mount Mary University vs University of Wisconsin
62% vs 45% acceptance · Moderately selective
Augustana University vs Mount Marty University
68% vs 43% acceptance · Moderately selective
College of Idaho vs Northwest Nazarene University
49% vs 65% acceptance · Selective
Delaware State University vs Wilmington University (DE)
47% vs 68% acceptance · Selective
Bryant University vs Providence College
65% vs 51% acceptance · Moderately selective
Drake University vs William Penn University
64% vs 52% acceptance · Moderately selective
Bellevue University vs York University (NE)
65% vs 52% acceptance · Moderately selective
East Central University vs Langston University
58% vs 59% acceptance · Moderately selective
Bethany College (WV) vs Charleston University (WV)
59% vs 62% acceptance · Moderately selective
Beloit College vs Mount Mary University
63% vs 62% acceptance · Moderately selective
Charleston University (WV) vs Wheeling University
62% vs 63% acceptance · Moderately selective
Benedictine University at Mesa vs Ottawa University Arizona
65% vs 65% acceptance · Moderately selective
Brigham Young University vs Westminster University (UT)
68% vs 67% acceptance · Moderately selective
Providence University (MT) vs Rocky Mountain College
65% vs 70% acceptance · Moderately selective
Arizona Christian University vs Ottawa University Arizona
71% vs 65% acceptance · Moderately selective
Mayville State University vs Minot State University
71% vs 65% acceptance · Moderately selective
Bushnell University vs Warner Pacific University
67% vs 71% acceptance · Moderately selective
University of Delaware vs Wilmington University (DE)
71% vs 68% acceptance · Moderately selective
Norwich University vs University of Vermont
74% vs 65% acceptance · Moderately selective
Eastern New Mexico University vs University of the Southwest
75% vs 65% acceptance · Moderately selective
Alaska Anchorage vs Alaska Fairbanks
65% vs 75% acceptance · Moderately selective
Carroll College (MT) vs Rocky Mountain College
71% vs 70% acceptance · Moderately selective
Northwest Nazarene University vs University of Idaho
65% vs 76% acceptance · Moderately selective
Augustana University vs Dakota Wesleyan University
68% vs 73% acceptance · Moderately selective
Hawaii Hilo vs Hawaii Pacific University
61% vs 86% acceptance · Moderately selective
Oregon State University vs Warner Pacific University
77% vs 71% acceptance · Accessible
Brigham Young University vs Southern Utah University
68% vs 82% acceptance · Moderately selective
Eastern New Mexico University vs New Mexico Highlands
75% vs 75% acceptance · Moderately selective
Saint Anselm College vs University of New Hampshire
78% vs 88% acceptance · Accessible
University of Nevada, Las Vegas vs University of Nevada, Reno
96% vs 74% acceptance · Accessible
Hawaii Pacific University vs University of Hawaiʻi
86% vs 87% acceptance · Accessible