Early Decision Enrollment

When weighing the pros and cons of applying Early Decision, most applicants focus primarily on the differential between the admissions rates of the early and regular rounds.

Early Decision admit rates are typically higher, even when accounting for the fact that many athletes, legacy, and other “special” candidates are brought aboard via ED. However, another important factor that should be informing applicants’ decisions is the percentage of the total freshman class being admitted through Early Decision. For example, elite liberal arts schools Middlebury and Grinnell have already filled over 60% of their incoming classes by January (after ED II evaluations have concluded). On the other end of the spectrum, University of Virginia only fills 25% of their class through ED; Northeastern sits at a mere 23%. We hope that the following list of Early Decision enrollment data will help you make a more informed choice about when to apply to your dream school.

*Data collected from 2022-23 Common Data Set (CDS) forms.

Table updated November 2023

InstitutionTotal Admits (Freshman)Total Enrolled (Freshman Yield)Early Decision AdmitsED Admits (as % of Total Admits)ED Admits (as % of incoming class)
138600Agnes Scott College1,250276141%5%
210669Allegheny College2,889289361%12%
131159American UniversityAU7,9261,7617469%42%
164465Amherst College1,07946722020%47%
197869Appalachian State UniversityApp State18,4893,917N/AN/AN/A
104151Arizona State UniversityASU61,73915,151N/AN/AN/A
100858Auburn University19,9885,303N/AN/AN/A
164580Babson College1,70065629617%45%
189088Bard College3096473401%8%
189097Barnard College1,05670642941%61%
160977Bates College1,13751831428%61%
223232Baylor University18,6993,2962561%8%
238333Beloit College2,28023280%3%
230816Bennington College1,269220373%17%
164739Bentley University5,5921,1413226%28%
156295Berea College545353N/AN/AN/A
164748Berklee College of Music3,9511,627N/AN/AN/A
196079Binghamton University17,3843,108N/AN/AN/A
142115Boise State University14,0953,132N/AN/AN/A
164924Boston CollegeBC6,7482,3351,24618%53%
164988Boston UniversityBU11,6073,6351,59914%44%
161004Bowdoin College86250826731%53%
165015Brandeis University3,90898643311%44%
230038Brigham Young University-ProvoBYU7,0405,565N/AN/AN/A
217156Brown University2,5621,71789535%52%
217165Bryant University6,1249641252%13%
211273Bryn Mawr College1,10539620218%51%
211291Bucknell University3,8111,03455415%54%
150163Butler University10,9851,200N/AN/AN/A
110404California Institute of TechnologyCaltech448224N/AN/AN/A
111081California Institute of the Arts573314N/AN/AN/A
110422California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoCal Poly17,8855,111N/AN/AN/A
110529California State Polytechnic University-Pomona27,4383,655N/AN/AN/A
110556California State University-Fresno17,7033,178N/AN/AN/A
110565California State University-Fullerton32,5275,280N/AN/AN/A
110583California State University-Long Beach29,8515,365N/AN/AN/A
110592California State University-Los Angeles29,5073,892N/AN/AN/A
173258Carleton College1,42753225218%47%
211440Carnegie Mellon UniversityCMU3,8731,71656715%33%
201645Case Western Reserve University10,6071,5533563%23%
131283Catholic University of America4,965765551%7%
156408Centre College1,712401855%21%
230852Champlain College3,7745312767%52%
111948Chapman University9,9282,0761301%6%
112260Claremont McKenna CollegeCMC59132221937%68%
165334Clark University4,4227031153%16%
190044Clarkson University5,1715961463%24%
217882Clemson University22,7044,588N/AN/AN/A
161086Colby College1,28667333226%49%
190099Colgate University2,62481248719%60%
217819College of Charleston16,6662,2101801%8%
160959College of the Atlantic292964114%43%
166124College of the Holy Cross2,55890340716%45%
231624College of William and MaryW&M6,0591,64262010%38%
126678Colorado CollegeCC127953430624%57%
126775Colorado School of Mines6,3141,515N/AN/AN/A
126818Colorado State UniversityCSU29,9435,571N/AN/AN/A
190150Columbia University in the City of New York2255146378635%54%
128902Connecticut College3,5336302116%33%
190372Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art3361824513%25%
153162Cornell College2,425329N/AN/AN/A
190415Cornell University5,1683,4911,83135%52%
181002Creighton University6,0381,027N/AN/AN/A
190512CUNY Bernard M Baruch College12,7172,587N/AN/AN/A
190594CUNY Hunter College16,2113,108N/AN/AN/A
182670Dartmouth College1,8081,12456031%50%
198385Davidson College1,09854234932%64%
202523Denison University2,68468335313%52%
144740DePaul University22,3022,968N/AN/AN/A
150400DePauw University3,756535812%15%
212009Dickinson College2,8855772509%43%
153269Drake University5,786733N/AN/AN/A
184348Drew University2,801309532%17%
212054Drexel University29,4872,9353001%10%
198419Duke University3,1741,74582826%47%
212106Duquesne University10,8281,441N/AN/AN/A
150455Earlham College1,008173N/AN/AN/A
198464East Carolina UniversityECU19,7583,788N/AN/AN/A
133492Eckerd College3,612544N/AN/AN/A
212197Elizabethtown College2,415463N/AN/AN/A
198516Elon University13,0691,6922662%16%
133553Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University6,3721,839N/AN/AN/A
165662Emerson College5,1761,0021813%18%
165671Emmanuel College4,611568N/AN/AN/A
139658Emory University3,7671,42494025%66%
129242Fairfield University6,9711,3282373%18%
191126Fashion Institute of TechnologyFIT2,4651,343N/AN/AN/A
133669Florida Atlantic UniversityFAU19,7344,371N/AN/AN/A
133881Florida Institute of Technology8,974778N/AN/AN/A
133951Florida International UniversityFIU11,0754,424N/AN/AN/A
134079Florida Southern College6,295754501%7%
134097Florida State UniversityFSU19,5526,033N/AN/AN/A
191241Fordham University25,5502,5942281%9%
212577Franklin and Marshall CollegeF&M3,2334872829%58%
441982Franklin W Olin College of Engineering16575N/AN/AN/A
218070Furman University5,034647922%14%
232186George Mason UniversityGMU18,0014,144N/AN/AN/A
131469George Washington UniversityGWU13,3542,9417486%25%
131496Georgetown University3,2571,578N/AN/AN/A
139861Georgia College & State University3,5291,364N/AN/AN/A
139755Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Tech8,6723,647N/AN/AN/A
139940Georgia State University17,0415,609N/AN/AN/A
212674Gettysburg College3,2646442809%43%
235316Gonzaga University6,8951,217N/AN/AN/A
162654Goucher College2,365270N/AN/AN/A
153384Grinnell College1,07643729227%67%
212805Grove City College1,54360933622%55%
173647Gustavus Adolphus College2,794463N/AN/AN/A
191515Hamilton College1,16647825122%53%
166018Hampshire College1,440228131%6%
150756Hanover College2,362280311%11%
166027Harvard University1,9841,646N/AN/AN/A
115409Harvey Mudd CollegeHMC5932379616%41%
212911Haverford College80436219424%54%
107080Hendrix College1,645363N/AN/AN/A
170286Hillsdale College62138711318%29%
191630Hobart William Smith Colleges3,4754381655%38%
191649Hofstra University16,3461,710N/AN/AN/A
170301Hope College4,144955N/AN/AN/A
131520Howard UniversityHU10,2532,4931692%7%
145725Illinois Institute of TechnologyIIT4,450620511%8%
145646Illinois Wesleyan University1,861382N/AN/AN/A
151351Indiana University-BloomingtonIUB41,2729,736N/AN/AN/A
153603Iowa State University19,7765,728N/AN/AN/A
191968Ithaca College9,3591,3111021%8%
232423James Madison UniversityJMU24,0624,866N/AN/AN/A
162928Johns Hopkins UniversityJHU2,7451,40683430%59%
213251Juniata College1,952296312%10%
170532Kalamazoo College2,845359301%8%
155399Kansas State University9,2312,908N/AN/AN/A
203535Kenyon College2,7845312318%44%
169983Kettering University1,470294N/AN/AN/A
146427Knox College2,190247241%10%
213385Lafayette College3,53175736210%48%
146481Lake Forest College2,786445201%4%
239017Lawrence University2,127364472%13%
192323Le Moyne College5,531604N/AN/AN/A
213543Lehigh University5,6071,51186015%57%
209056Lewis & Clark College4,570626541%9%
159391Louisiana State UniversityLSU29,4197,401N/AN/AN/A
117946Loyola Marymount UniversityLMU8,9631,6082993%19%
146719Loyola University ChicagoLUC32,3792,864N/AN/AN/A
163046Loyola University Maryland8,0501,271N/AN/AN/A
173902Macalester College2,3975521777%32%
161299Maine Maritime Academy671219N/AN/AN/A
192819Marist College6,8921,3341692%13%
239105Marquette University13,8511,983N/AN/AN/A
166683Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMIT1,3371,136N/AN/AN/A
140447Mercer University5,643899N/AN/AN/A
204024Miami University-Oxford26,6994,0354372%11%
171100Michigan State UniversityMSU46,9149,829N/AN/AN/A
171128Michigan Technological University7,3941,388N/AN/AN/A
230959Middlebury College1,64463943927%69%
239318Milwaukee School of EngineeringMSOE3,482672N/AN/AN/A
176080Mississippi State University13,1693,367N/AN/AN/A
178411Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMUST5,1431,146N/AN/AN/A
180461Montana State University211163752N/AN/AN/A
140553Morehouse College3,1336741,26440%188%
166939Mount Holyoke CollegeMHC1,94654424312%45%
214175Muhlenberg College2,8364201586%38%
262129New College of Florida1,380188N/AN/AN/A
185828New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNJIT8,5851,5750%0%
187967New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyNMIT9083010%0%
193900New York UniversityNYU12,5396,184Not ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
199193North Carolina State UniversityNC State16,6515,539N/AN/AN/A
167358Northeastern University6,1912,51989014%35%
147767Northwestern University3,6952,0381,10930%54%
204501Oberlin College3,859882Not ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
120254Occidental CollegeOxy2,48453124110%45%
204796Ohio State UniversityOSU34,3708,060N/AN/AN/A
204857Ohio UniversityOU21,6104,441N/AN/AN/A
204909Ohio Wesleyan University2,778453181%4%
209542Oregon State UniversityOSU21,1694,513N/AN/AN/A
214777Pennsylvania State UniversityPSU; Penn State47,3609,216N/AN/AN/A
121150Pepperdine University5,585942N/AN/AN/A
121257Pitzer College64430916325%53%
121345Pomona College74941327737%67%
194578Pratt Institute-Main3,714737N/AN/AN/A
186131Princeton University2,1671,499N/AN/AN/A
217402Providence College5,8741,1563235%28%
243780Purdue University-Main Campus35,9959,354N/AN/AN/A
130226Quinnipiac University15,6411,605961%6%
186201Ramapo College of New Jersey5,079816882%11%
209922Reed College25284181235%29%
194824Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRPI10,8802,0021521%8%
217493Rhode Island School of DesignRISD88848314216%29%
221351Rhodes College2,8434781525%32%
227757Rice University2,7301,20351119%42%
195003Rochester Institute of TechnologyRIT15,9093,0891,3358%43%
136950Rollins College4,5106322776%44%
152318Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyRHIT3,659602N/AN/AN/A
184782Rowan University13,0922,585N/AN/AN/A
186371Rutgers University-Camden8,528528N/AN/AN/A
186380Rutgers University-New BrunswickRU27,6127,780N/AN/AN/A
186399Rutgers University-Newark11,0431,239N/AN/AN/A
183239Saint Anselm College2,892528381%7%
179159Saint Louis UniversitySLU11,0011,665Not ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
231059Saint Michael's College2,236258N/AN/AN/A
122409San Diego State UniversitySDSU30,3316,573N/AN/AN/A
122755San Jose State UniversitySJSU26,0834,037N/AN/AN/A
122931Santa Clara UniversitySCU8,6771,6413774%23%
195304Sarah Lawrence CollegeSLC2,587384753%20%
123165Scripps College86526010612%41%
236595Seattle University6,7771,004N/AN/AN/A
195474Siena College6,705864Not ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
167783Simmons University3,059395N/AN/AN/A
195526Skidmore College3,36778440912%52%
167835Smith College1,66261934821%56%
399911Soka University of America282129N/AN/AN/A
228246Southern Methodist UniversitySMU8,4391,6394165%25%
228343Southwestern University2,489436221%5%
195216St Lawrence UniversitySLU3,2845331996%37%
174844St Olaf College3,1168692428%28%
163976St. John's College491130316%24%
245652St. John's College24388104%11%
163912St. Mary's College of Maryland2,268410352%9%
243744Stanford University2,0751,736N/AN/AN/A
196176State University of New York at New Paltz7,7081,163N/AN/AN/A
137546Stetson University6,8896661252%19%
186867Stevens Institute of Technology5,7781,0104217%42%
167996Stonehill College5,3387251092%15%
196097Stony Brook University19,9083,347N/AN/AN/A
196219SUNY at Purchase College4,292686N/AN/AN/A
196167SUNY College at Geneseo6,7948721412%16%
196103SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry1,714356754%21%
216287Swarthmore College1,01943322222%51%
196413Syracuse University21,4714,1081,2356%30%
216339Temple University30,8174,664N/AN/AN/A
228723Texas A & M University-College Station27,20312,490N/AN/AN/A
228875Texas Christian UniversityTCU9,0872,4916898%28%
229115Texas Tech University23,8376,809N/AN/AN/A
187134The College of New JerseyTCNJ6,6381,5833435%22%
206589The College of Wooster4,0805781033%18%
193654The New School5,4461,424N/AN/AN/A
100751The University of Alabama43,2908,037N/AN/AN/A
180489The University of Montana8,5301,621N/AN/AN/A
137847The University of Tampa10,6151,878N/AN/AN/A
221759The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleUTK24,8266,846N/AN/AN/A
228778The University of Texas at AustinUT Austin18,7709,109N/AN/AN/A
228787The University of Texas at DallasUTD; UT Dallas18,2204,218N/AN/AN/A
221519The University of the South2,3954161215%29%
124292Thomas Aquinas College222139N/AN/AN/A
216366Thomas Jefferson University5,085757N/AN/AN/A
164076Towson University13,9672,671N/AN/AN/A
130590Trinity College2,24856525711%45%
229267Trinity University3,4976551183%18%
178615Truman State University2,213699N/AN/AN/A
168148Tufts University3,3811,695Not ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
160755Tulane University of Louisiana3,6211,8431,25835%68%
196866Union College3,9345751805%31%
128328United States Air Force AcademyUSAFA1,0721,054N/AN/AN/A
130624United States Coast Guard AcademyUSCGA293280N/AN/AN/A
197027United States Merchant Marine Academy419253N/AN/AN/A
197036United States Military AcademyUSMA1,5011,173N/AN/AN/A
164155United States Naval Academy1,3901,184N/AN/AN/A
196088University at Buffalo20,9484,215N/AN/AN/A
100663University of Alabama at BirminghamUAB8,6222,217N/AN/AN/A
104179University of ArizonaUA45,1959,069N/AN/AN/A
106397University of Arkansas20,6917,096N/AN/AN/A
110635University of California-BerkeleyUCB: UC Berkeley14,6146,726N/AN/AN/A
110644University of California-DavisUCD; UC Davis35,3806,432N/AN/AN/A
110653University of California-IrvineUCI; UC Irvine25,3585,794N/AN/AN/A
110662University of California-Los AngelesUCLA12,8446,462N/AN/AN/A
445188University of California-MercedUC Merced26,7792,393N/AN/AN/A
110671University of California-RiversideUCR; UC Riverside37,8535,574N/AN/AN/A
110680University of California-San DiegoUCSD; UC San Diego31,2746,546N/AN/AN/A
110705University of California-Santa BarbaraUCSB; UC Santa Barbara28,6894,968N/AN/AN/A
110714University of California-Santa CruzUCSC; UC Santa Cruz31,0963,869N/AN/AN/A
132903University of Central FloridaUCF22,5607,512N/AN/AN/A
144050University of ChicagoUChicago2,0391,729Not ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
201885University of Cincinnati-Main Campus25,0236,369N/AN/AN/A
126614University of Colorado Boulder43,4167,106N/AN/AN/A
129020University of ConnecticutUConn22,2934,069N/AN/AN/A
224323University of Dallas2,528404N/AN/AN/A
130943University of DelawareUD25,5194,632N/AN/AN/A
127060University of DenverUD15,0241,6391391%8%
134130University of FloridaUF15,0546,612N/AN/AN/A
139959University of GeorgiaUGA16,7306,273N/AN/AN/A
225511University of Houston19,7285,555N/AN/AN/A
142285University of Idaho9,8911,951N/AN/AN/A
145600University of Illinois at ChicagoUIC18,5414,244N/AN/AN/A
145637University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUIUC28,3547,957N/AN/AN/A
153658University of Iowa22,1285,178N/AN/AN/A
155317University of KansasKU14,2344,457N/AN/AN/A
157085University of KentuckyUK20,9796,061N/AN/AN/A
157289University of Louisville12,6912,931N/AN/AN/A
161253University of Maine14,1141,940N/AN/AN/A
232681University of Mary Washington4,040749732%10%
163268University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyUMBC9,2912,144N/AN/AN/A
163286University of Maryland-College ParkUMD25,2015,821N/AN/AN/A
166629University of Massachusetts-AmherstUMass Amherst28,8715,589N/AN/AN/A
166638University of Massachusetts-BostonUMass Boston15,7552,441N/AN/AN/A
166513University of Massachusetts-LowellUMass Lowell10,4551,889N/AN/AN/A
135726University of MiamiUM9,3112,37197310%41%
170976University of MichiganUMich14,9147,050N/AN/AN/A
174233University of Minnesota-Duluth7,6761,977N/AN/AN/A
174251University of Minnesota-Morris2,089273N/AN/AN/A
174066University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesUMN28,5046,737N/AN/AN/A
176017University of MississippiOle Miss21,7274,465N/AN/AN/A
178396University of Missouri-ColumbiaMizzou16,0654,983N/AN/AN/A
181464University of Nebraska-LincolnUNL15,0224,640N/AN/AN/A
182281University of Nevada-Las VegasUNLV11,3254,312N/AN/AN/A
182290University of Nevada-RenoUNR8,0433,296N/AN/AN/A
183044University of New HampshireUNH18,2812,942N/AN/AN/A
199111University of North Carolina at AshevilleUNC Asheville3,1805072077%41%
199120University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUNC Chapel Hill9,6404,435N/AN/AN/A
199139University of North Carolina at CharlotteUNCC; UNC Charlotte17,0074,157N/AN/AN/A
199148University of North Carolina at GreensboroUNCG; UNC Greensboro10,5872,343N/AN/AN/A
199218University of North Carolina WilmingtonUNC Wilmington11,6052,370N/AN/AN/A
152080University of Notre DameUND3,4212,037N/AN/AN/A
207500University of OklahomaOU15,7124,683N/AN/AN/A
209551University of Oregon32,0615,313N/AN/AN/A
215062University of PennsylvaniaUPenn3,5492,4091,21034%50%
215293University of Pittsburgh26,0794,390N/AN/AN/A
209825University of Portland9,364813N/AN/AN/A
236328University of Puget Sound4,418405461%11%
121691University of Redlands3,174541120%2%
217484University of Rhode IslandURI19,4653,420N/AN/AN/A
233374University of Richmond3,50185137911%45%
195030University of Rochester7,7681,6256148%38%
122436University of San DiegoUSD7,5411,234N/AN/AN/A
122612University of San FranciscoUSF16,4441,555911%6%
215929University of Scranton8,0391,058N/AN/AN/A
218663University of South CarolinaUSC27,0226,574N/AN/AN/A
137351University of South FloridaUSF28,8016,691N/AN/AN/A
123961University of Southern CaliforniaUSC8,3043,420N/AN/AN/A
174914University of St Thomas7,0951,459N/AN/AN/A
231174University of VermontUVM18,0753,000N/AN/AN/A
234076University of VirginiaUVA9,5044,0301,11212%28%
377555University of Washington-Bothell Campus39961168N/AN/AN/A
236948University of Washington-SeattleUW24,9427,415N/AN/AN/A
240444University of Wisconsin-MadisonUW-Madison29,5468,628N/AN/AN/A
216524Ursinus College2,661381492%13%
221999Vanderbilt UniversityVandy3,0931,61989029%55%
197133Vassar College2,12968136317%53%
216597Villanova University5,5761,77981115%46%
234030Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVCU16,6974,223N/AN/AN/A
233921Virginia TechVirginia Tech25,8257,16613895%19%
152673Wabash College1,177258585%22%
199847Wake Forest University3,6021,370Not ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
234207Washington and Lee UniversityW&L; WLU1,22547627522%58%
164216Washington College1,908231643%28%
236939Washington State UniversityWSU16,1233,991N/AN/AN/A
179867Washington University in St LouisWashU3,7641,8131,09229%60%
168218Wellesley College1,15258525922%44%
168227Wentworth Institute of Technology5,111832N/AN/AN/A
130697Wesleyan University2,09674342120%57%
216764West Chester University of Pennsylvania12,9823,006N/AN/AN/A
238032West Virginia UniversityWVU16,1394,540N/AN/AN/A
125727Westmont College1,907349N/AN/AN/A
149781Wheaton College (IL)1,660504Not ReportedNot ReportedNot Reported
168281Wheaton College (MA)3,2044941244%25%
237057Whitman College2,6293361114%33%
125763Whittier College2,388249N/AN/AN/A
210401Willamette University3,220524231%4%
168342Williams College1,30257725420%44%
218973Wofford College2,6635071526%30%
168421Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWPI6,6671,3541873%14%
130794Yale University2,2891,554N/AN/AN/A
197708Yeshiva UniversityYU1,02162111411%18%

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