Best Colleges - 2025 Ranking by Selectivity Index (top 50)

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https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/Selectivity/

Rank / School Name / Selectivity Index

1 Harvard University 24.3
2 Stanford University 20.7
3 California Institute of Technology 20.6
4 University of Chicago 18.4
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 18.1
6 Princeton University 17.0
7 Minerva University 15.9
8 Yale University 15.6
9 Columbia University 14.9
10 Brown University 12.1
11 University of Pennsylvania 11.8
12 Curtis Institute of Music 11.6
13 Dartmouth College 10.8
14 Barnard College 9.5
15 United States Naval Academy 9.1
16 Vanderbilt University 9.1
17 Northeastern University 8.9
18 Washington University of Science and Technology 8.7
19 Stanbridge University 8.4
20 Duke University 8.2
21 Cornell University 8.1
22 Northwestern University 8.0
23 Pomona College 7.4
24 Colby College 7.3
25 Bowdoin College 7.1
26 Johns Hopkins University 6.4
27 Swarthmore College 6.0
28 University of California-Los Angeles 5.9
29 Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science 5.9
30 The Juilliard School 5.9
31 Rice University 5.8
32 New York University 5.8
33 United States Air Force Academy 5.7
34 United States Military Academy 5.4
35 Tufts University 5.0
36 University of Notre Dame 4.8
37 Williams College 4.7
38 College of the Ozarks 4.6
39 University of Southern California 4.5
40 Claremont McKenna College 4.5
41 Middlebury College 4.3
42 Amherst College 4.0
43 Washington University in St Louis 4.0
44 Carnegie Mellon University 3.9
45 University of California-Berkeley 3.9
46 Rhode Island School of Design 3.7
47 Georgetown University 3.7
48 Webb Institute 3.6
49 Emory University 3.6
50 Wellesley College 3.6

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meaningless

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Anonymous wrote:meaningless

+1

[Anonymous]

Selectivity has nothing to do with yeild. And they don't include test scores.

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Anonymous wrote:meaningless

This is very important information for applicants.

[Anonymous]

Is it though? To quote Mata Rudolph in that meme—“to what end?”

[Anonymous]

Yay! Another utterly meaningless list.

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Is Stanbridge supposed to be Stanford?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Selectivity has nothing to do with yeild. And they don't include test scores.

Yes, it's missing cohort quality factor, but yield is an important part in selectivity.

Selectivity = acceptance rate + yield rate + cohort quality and additionally retention rate + graduation rate.

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Anonymous wrote:Is Stanbridge supposed to be Stanford?!

Stanford University is right there #2

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Chicago (ranked #3) is uber selective due to its high yield rate (86%). Also its retention rate is high and graduation rate is high. Overall a top-notch school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is Stanbridge supposed to be Stanford?!

A highly selective nursing school. No surprise here because nursing is highly selective anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chicago (ranked #3) is uber selective due to its high yield rate (86%). Also its retention rate is high and graduation rate is high. Overall a top-notch school.

#4

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Anonymous wrote:Yay! Another utterly meaningless list.

This is actually very useful for applicants in making school list with reaches, targets, safeties, etc.

[Anonymous]

Chicago ahead of MIT, Princeton, Yale…

Northeastern ahead of Duke, Northwestern, Williams, Amherst, Hopkins…

Please be serious.