Acceptance rate describes the share of a reported applicant cohort offered admission. It is historical context, not an individual admission probability.
Build a college shortlistAcceptance rate = applicants offered admission ÷ applicants in the same reported cohort × 100. In a hypothetical cohort of 50,000 applicants with 2,500 offers, the rate is 5%. Use the same reporting period and applicant definition for both counts.
The IPEDS Admissions survey covers first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate admission at institutions without an open-admission policy. Check the source before treating a campus figure as a transfer, graduate, program-specific or current-cycle rate.
Applicants differ in preparation, intended major, residency and other factors used in review. A single campus rate does not measure admission for applicants with your exact circumstances. It also cannot isolate the effect of submitting a score, choosing an application plan or changing your major.
IPEDS SAT/ACT percentiles describe enrolled first-time students in the reported score cohort, including students who submitted scores used in admission. They do not describe everyone offered admission. A score at a percentile is not an admission cutoff or a measured chance of acceptance.
Our imported fields do not retain a verified reporting year for every value. Where the year or denominator is missing, treat the number as limited historical context. Read the source and cohort limitations.
Admit Coach uses historical rates and available academic comparisons in a planning heuristic. The estimates have not been calibrated against a representative set of individual application outcomes. Use them to identify questions and broaden your list, then verify major access, residency rules and affordability. See how the heuristic works.
Divide applicants offered admission by applicants in the same reporting period and cohort, then multiply by 100. In a hypothetical cohort of 50,000 applicants and 2,500 offers, the rate is 5%. Check the year, campus and applicant definition before comparing colleges.
No. It describes a historical applicant cohort, not your individual outcome. Intended major, residency, academic preparation and review criteria can differ. Academic score percentiles describe an enrolled score cohort and do not convert the campus rate into an individual prediction.
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