A new study has identified some of the most selective colleges and universities in the United States, and several of these institutions are in New York state.
The study, by 24/7 Wall St,. analyzed data from the National Center for Education Statistics to find the hardest colleges and universities in which to gain admission. The schools were identified using a two-part index composed of the admissions rate and the median SAT score among students admitted in fall 2022.
Every school on the list has admitted fewer than one in every five applicants, and for several schools on this list, the admissions rate is less than 5%. The median SAT score at these institutions ranges from 1450 to 1560 out of a maximum possible score of 1600.
Of the 50 schools listed in the study, seven are located in New York state. Those included:
- #49 — Vassar College in Poughkeepsie
- #40 — Colgate University in Hamilton
- #35 — Hamilton College in Clinton
- #28 — New York University in Manhattan
- #24 — Barnard College in Manhattan
- #15 — Cornell University in Ithaca
- #6 — Columbia University in Manhattan
Here are the 25 hardest colleges to get into in the United States, according to the study by 24/7 Wall St.:
25 - Washington University in St. Louis — Saint Louis, Missouri.
24 - Barnard College — Manhattan, New York
23 - Bowdoin College — Brunswick, Maine
22 - Northeastern University — Boston, Massachusetts
21 - Carnegie Mellon University — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
20 - Amherst College — Amherst, Massachusetts
19 - Williams College — Williamstown, Massachusetts
18 - Pomona College — Claremont, California
17 - Swarthmore College — Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
16 - Rice University — Houston, Texas
15 - Cornell University — Ithaca, New York
14 - Northwestern University — Evanston, Illinois
13 - Vanderbilt University — Nashville, Tennessee
12 - University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11 - Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland
10 - Princeton University — Princeton, New Jersey
9 - University of Chicago — Chicago, Illlinois
8 - Dartmouth College — Hanover, New Hampshire
7 - Duke University — Durham, North Carolina
6 - Columbia University — Manhattan, New York
5 - Brown University — Providence, Rhode Island
4 - Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut
3 - Stanford University — Stanford, California
2 - Harvard University — Cambridge, Massachusetts
1 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Cambridge, Massachusetts
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