Waitlist Statistics

Being waitlisted isn’t as crushing a result as being rejected, but it can feel like you’ve been exiled to admissions purgatory.

It’s important to know if your waitlisted status means you still have a serious shot at being admitted to your first-choice university or if it’s the equivalent of a Powerball ticket. For example, at Amherst, Tufts, and Yale somewhere between zero and 20 students are likely to be plucked from the waitlist. On the other hand, Stanford, Colby College, and Northwestern all took more than 60 students off of their waitlists. The following table indicates waitlist statistics at some of America’s most selective colleges and universities for the 2022-23 academic year.

*Data collected from Common Data Set (CDS) forms and institutional websites.

Table updated November 2023

unitID	Institute	TAG	Applicants Placed on Waitlist	Applicants Accepting Spot on Waitlist	Student Accepted from Waitlist
138600	Agnes Scott College		Yes	0	N/A
210669	Allegheny College		Yes	48	2
131159	American University	AU	Yes	9,146	88
164465	Amherst College		Yes	1,419	36
197869	Appalachian State University	App State	Yes	1,350	194
104151	Arizona State University	ASU	No	N/A	N/A
100858	Auburn University		No	N/A	N/A
164580	Babson College		Yes	2,699	0
189088	Bard College		No	N/A	N/A
189097	Barnard College		Yes	2,524	66
160977	Bates College		Yes	2,441	0
223232	Baylor University		Yes	3,767	491
238333	Beloit College		Yes	20	19
230816	Bennington College		Yes	88	23
164739	Bentley University		Yes	1,594	22
156295	Berea College		No	N/A	N/A
164748	Berklee College of Music		Yes	82	12
196079	Binghamton University		Yes	7,669	309
142115	Boise State University		No	N/A	N/A
164924	Boston College	BC	Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
164988	Boston University	BU	Yes	9,643	3
161004	Bowdoin College		Yes	Not Reported	10
165015	Brandeis University		Yes	1,638	7
230038	Brigham Young University-Provo	BYU	No	N/A	N/A
217156	Brown University		Yes	Not Reported	15
217165	Bryant University		Yes	280	8
211273	Bryn Mawr College		Yes	1,293	0
211291	Bucknell University		Yes	3,463	10
150163	Butler University		Yes	62	12
110404	California Institute of Technology	Caltech	Yes	195	15
111081	California Institute of the Arts		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
110422	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	Cal Poly	Yes	10,233	345
110529	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona		Yes	10,742	381
110556	California State University-Fresno		No	N/A	N/A
110565	California State University-Fullerton		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
110583	California State University-Long Beach		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
110592	California State University-Los Angeles		No	N/A	N/A
173258	Carleton College		Yes	1,363	30
211440	Carnegie Mellon University	CMU	Yes	8,986	43
201645	Case Western Reserve University		Yes	11,620	436
131283	Catholic University of America		No	N/A	N/A
156408	Centre College		Yes	328	22
230852	Champlain College		Yes	1,288	114
111948	Chapman University		Yes	992	0
112260	Claremont McKenna College	CMC	Yes	850	11
165334	Clark University		Yes	802	45
190044	Clarkson University		Yes	112	3
217882	Clemson University		Yes	10,057	1,667
161086	Colby College		Yes	5,130	32
190099	Colgate University		Yes	3,663	0
217819	College of Charleston		Yes	2,659	1,041
160959	College of the Atlantic		Yes	47	1
166124	College of the Holy Cross		Yes	2,005	1
231624	College of William and Mary	W&M	Yes	4,004	4
126678	Colorado College	CC	Yes	193	2
126775	Colorado School of Mines		Yes	765	6
126818	Colorado State University	CSU	No	N/A	N/A
190150	Columbia University in the City of New York		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
128902	Connecticut College		Yes	2,484	5
190372	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art		Yes	96	24
153162	Cornell College		No	N/A	N/A
190415	Cornell University		Yes	7,729	260
181002	Creighton University		Yes	74	0
190512	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College		No	N/A	N/A
190594	CUNY Hunter College		Yes	5,353	1,676
182670	Dartmouth College		Yes	2,098	41
198385	Davidson College		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
202523	Denison University		Yes	1,564	33
144740	DePaul University		Yes	2,637	78
150400	DePauw University		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
212009	Dickinson College		Yes	974	18
153269	Drake University		No	N/A	N/A
184348	Drew University		Yes	141	20
212054	Drexel University		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
198419	Duke University		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
212106	Duquesne University		Yes	999	274
150455	Earlham College		No	N/A	N/A
198464	East Carolina University	ECU	No	N/A	N/A
133492	Eckerd College		Yes	379	1
212197	Elizabethtown College		No	N/A	N/A
198516	Elon University		Yes	2,915	220
133553	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University		No	N/A	N/A
165662	Emerson College		Yes	2,026	50
165671	Emmanuel College		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
139658	Emory University		Yes	6,448	107
129242	Fairfield University		Yes	4,574	10
191126	Fashion Institute of Technology	FIT	Yes	928	117
133669	Florida Atlantic University	FAU	No	N/A	N/A
133881	Florida Institute of Technology		No	N/A	N/A
133951	Florida International University	FIU	No	N/A	N/A
134079	Florida Southern College		No	N/A	N/A
134097	Florida State University	FSU	Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
191241	Fordham University		Yes	10,496	229
212577	Franklin and Marshall College	F&M	No	N/A	N/A
441982	Franklin W Olin College of Engineering		Yes	59	28
218070	Furman University		Yes	769	28
232186	George Mason University	GMU	Yes	794	302
131469	George Washington University	GWU	Yes	5,098	1
131496	Georgetown University		Yes	2,455	40
139861	Georgia College & State University		Yes	0	0
139755	Georgia Institute of Technology	Georgia Tech	Yes	7,122	41
139940	Georgia State University		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
212674	Gettysburg College		Yes	754	Not Reported
235316	Gonzaga University		Yes	1,829	495
162654	Goucher College		No	N/A	N/A
153384	Grinnell College		Yes	2,699	58
212805	Grove City College		Yes	146	19
173647	Gustavus Adolphus College		Yes	0	0
191515	Hamilton College		Yes	3,054	0
166018	Hampshire College		Yes	7	1
150756	Hanover College		Yes	10	9
166027	Harvard University		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
115409	Harvey Mudd College	HMC	Yes	612	17
212911	Haverford College		Yes	1,742	7
107080	Hendrix College		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
170286	Hillsdale College		Yes	193	7
191630	Hobart William Smith Colleges		Yes	227	1
191649	Hofstra University		Yes	173	130
170301	Hope College		No	N/A	N/A
131520	Howard University	HU	Yes	2,931	0
145725	Illinois Institute of Technology	IIT	No	N/A	N/A
145646	Illinois Wesleyan University		Yes	0	0
151351	Indiana University-Bloomington	IUB	Yes	782	25
153603	Iowa State University		No	N/A	N/A
191968	Ithaca College		Yes	216	73
232423	James Madison University	JMU	Yes	4,666	1,198
162928	Johns Hopkins University	JHU	Yes	3,443	0
213251	Juniata College		No	N/A	N/A
170532	Kalamazoo College		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
155399	Kansas State University		No	N/A	N/A
203535	Kenyon College		Yes	2,165	23
169983	Kettering University		No	N/A	N/A
146427	Knox College		Yes	8	1
213385	Lafayette College		Yes	2,456	17
146481	Lake Forest College		Yes	0	0
239017	Lawrence University		Yes	18	1
192323	Le Moyne College		Yes	102	3
213543	Lehigh University		Yes	5,034	93
209056	Lewis & Clark College		Yes	937	69
159391	Louisiana State University	LSU	No	N/A	N/A
117946	Loyola Marymount University	LMU	Yes	6,788	69
146719	Loyola University Chicago	LUC	No	N/A	N/A
163046	Loyola University Maryland		Yes	526	0
173902	Macalester College		Yes	1,081	0
161299	Maine Maritime Academy		No	N/A	N/A
192819	Marist College		Yes	3,052	136
239105	Marquette University		Yes	344	168
166683	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MIT	Yes	763	0
140447	Mercer University		Yes	295	255
204024	Miami University-Oxford		Yes	2,739	257
171100	Michigan State University	MSU	Yes	3,000	12
171128	Michigan Technological University		No	N/A	N/A
230959	Middlebury College		Yes	2,259	12
239318	Milwaukee School of Engineering	MSOE	No	N/A	N/A
176080	Mississippi State University		No	N/A	N/A
178411	Missouri University of Science and Technology	MUST	No	N/A	N/A
180461	Montana State University		No	N/A	N/A
140553	Morehouse College		Yes	732	351
166939	Mount Holyoke College	MHC	Yes	1,085	7
214175	Muhlenberg College		Yes	606	3
262129	New College of Florida		Yes	1	0
185828	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJIT	Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
187967	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	NMIT	No	N/A	N/A
193900	New York University	NYU	Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
199193	North Carolina State University	NC State	Yes	7,439	14
167358	Northeastern University		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
147767	Northwestern University		Yes	Not Reported	83
204501	Oberlin College		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
120254	Occidental College	Oxy	Yes	1,470	11
204796	Ohio State University	OSU	Yes	3,236	468
204857	Ohio University	OU	Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
204909	Ohio Wesleyan University		No	N/A	N/A
209542	Oregon State University	OSU	No	N/A	N/A
214777	Pennsylvania State University	PSU; Penn State	Yes	3,796	419
121150	Pepperdine University		Yes	1,651	0
121257	Pitzer College		Yes	775	1
121345	Pomona College		Yes	866	13
194578	Pratt Institute-Main		Yes	1,306	203
186131	Princeton University		Yes	1,710	0
217402	Providence College		Yes	3,005	3
243780	Purdue University-Main Campus		Yes	13,290	19
130226	Quinnipiac University		Yes	1,043	256
186201	Ramapo College of New Jersey		Yes	873	175
209922	Reed College		Yes	1675	76
194824	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	RPI	Yes	1,728	2
217493	Rhode Island School of Design	RISD	Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
221351	Rhodes College		Yes	1,187	9
227757	Rice University		Yes	4,244	0
195003	Rochester Institute of Technology	RIT	Yes	2,115	210
136950	Rollins College		Yes	902	21
152318	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	RHIT	Yes	230	17
184782	Rowan University		No	N/A	N/A
186371	Rutgers University-Camden		No	N/A	N/A
186380	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	RU	Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
186399	Rutgers University-Newark		No	N/A	N/A
183239	Saint Anselm College		Yes	190	8
179159	Saint Louis University	SLU	No	N/A	N/A
231059	Saint Michael's College		Yes	79	7
122409	San Diego State University	SDSU	Yes	8,585	0
122755	San Jose State University	SJSU	No	N/A	N/A
122931	Santa Clara University	SCU	Yes	4,009	8
195304	Sarah Lawrence College	SLC	Yes	1,241	32
123165	Scripps College		Yes	722	2
236595	Seattle University		Yes	309	1
195474	Siena College		Yes	214	2
167783	Simmons University		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
195526	Skidmore College		Yes	3,023	0
167835	Smith College		Yes	2,254	37
399911	Soka University of America		Yes	126	35
228246	Southern Methodist University	SMU	Yes	1,547	3
228343	Southwestern University		Yes	90	9
195216	St Lawrence University	SLU	Yes	304	19
174844	St Olaf College		Yes	883	14
163976	St. John's College		Yes	39	0
245652	St. John's College		Yes	4	1
163912	St. Mary's College of Maryland		Yes	242	9
243744	Stanford University		Yes	553	8
196176	State University of New York at New Paltz		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
137546	Stetson University		Yes	284	33
186867	Stevens Institute of Technology		Yes	2,173	172
167996	Stonehill College		Yes	1,164	41
196097	Stony Brook University		Yes	4,253	1,028
196219	SUNY at Purchase College		No	N/A	N/A
196167	SUNY College at Geneseo		Yes	1,095	334
196103	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry		Yes	55	3
216287	Swarthmore College		Yes	Not Reported	0
196413	Syracuse University		Yes	12,638	321
216339	Temple University		Yes	3,813	633
228723	Texas A & M University-College Station		No	N/A	N/A
228875	Texas Christian University	TCU	Yes	1,733	2
229115	Texas Tech University		No	N/A	N/A
187134	The College of New Jersey	TCNJ	Yes	1,018	18
206589	The College of Wooster		Yes	377	11
193654	The New School		Yes	714	204
100751	The University of Alabama		No	N/A	N/A
180489	The University of Montana		No	N/A	N/A
137847	The University of Tampa		Yes	6,055	0
221759	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	UTK	Yes	2,198	140
228778	The University of Texas at Austin	UT Austin	No	N/A	N/A
228787	The University of Texas at Dallas	UTD; UT Dallas	No	N/A	N/A
221519	The University of the South		Yes	321	10
124292	Thomas Aquinas College		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
216366	Thomas Jefferson University		No	N/A	N/A
164076	Towson University		Yes	1,101	240
130590	Trinity College		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
229267	Trinity University		Yes	1,505	49
178615	Truman State University		No	N/A	N/A
168148	Tufts University		Yes	2,664	183
160755	Tulane University of Louisiana		Yes	6,232	3
196866	Union College		Yes	582	10
128328	United States Air Force Academy	USAFA	No	N/A	N/A
130624	United States Coast Guard Academy	USCGA	Yes	36	27
197027	United States Merchant Marine Academy		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
197036	United States Military Academy	USMA	No	N/A	N/A
164155	United States Naval Academy		Yes	233	61
196088	University at Buffalo		Yes	4,199	1,115
100663	University of Alabama at Birmingham	UAB	No	N/A	N/A
104179	University of Arizona	UA	No	N/A	N/A
106397	University of Arkansas		Yes	343	15
110635	University of California-Berkeley	UCB: UC Berkeley	Yes	8,456	44
110644	University of California-Davis	UCD; UC Davis	Yes	4960	3919
110653	University of California-Irvine	UCI; UC Irvine	Yes	1288	189
110662	University of California-Los Angeles	UCLA	Yes	16,979	367
445188	University of California-Merced	UC Merced	No	N/A	N/A
110671	University of California-Riverside	UCR; UC Riverside	Yes	11,882	2,282
110680	University of California-San Diego	UCSD; UC San Diego	Yes	51,350	2,400
110705	University of California-Santa Barbara	UCSB; UC Santa Barbara	Yes	16,340	2,793
110714	University of California-Santa Cruz	UCSC; UC Santa Cruz	Yes	18,099	1,573
132903	University of Central Florida	UCF	Yes	6,410	19
144050	University of Chicago	UChicago	Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
201885	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
126614	University of Colorado Boulder		Yes	6,570	101
129020	University of Connecticut	UConn	Yes	3,966	122
224323	University of Dallas		No	N/A	N/A
130943	University of Delaware	UD	Yes	819	17
127060	University of Denver	UD	Yes	500	3
134130	University of Florida	UF	No	N/A	N/A
139959	University of Georgia	UGA	Yes	3,022	34
225511	University of Houston		No	N/A	N/A
142285	University of Idaho		No	N/A	N/A
145600	University of Illinois at Chicago	UIC	No	N/A	N/A
145637	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	UIUC	Yes	6,423	166
153658	University of Iowa		Yes	0	0
155317	University of Kansas	KU	No	N/A	N/A
157085	University of Kentucky	UK	No	N/A	N/A
157289	University of Louisville		No	N/A	N/A
161253	University of Maine		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
232681	University of Mary Washington		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
163268	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	UMBC	Yes	1,116	977
163286	University of Maryland-College Park	UMD	Yes	300	0
166629	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	UMass Amherst	Yes	8,531	74
166638	University of Massachusetts-Boston	UMass Boston	No	N/A	N/A
166513	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	UMass Lowell	Yes	297	31
135726	University of Miami	UM	Yes	20,206	115
170976	University of Michigan	UMich	Yes	21,078	77
174233	University of Minnesota-Duluth		No	N/A	N/A
174251	University of Minnesota-Morris		No	N/A	N/A
174066	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	UMN	Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
176017	University of Mississippi	Ole Miss	No	N/A	N/A
178396	University of Missouri-Columbia	Mizzou	No	N/A	N/A
181464	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	UNL	No	N/A	N/A
182281	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	UNLV	No	N/A	N/A
182290	University of Nevada-Reno	UNR	No	N/A	N/A
183044	University of New Hampshire	UNH	Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
199111	University of North Carolina at Asheville	UNC Asheville	Yes	403	26
199120	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	UNC Chapel Hill	Yes	7,258	383
199139	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	UNCC; UNC Charlotte	No	N/A	N/A
199148	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	UNCG; UNC Greensboro	No	N/A	N/A
199218	University of North Carolina Wilmington	UNC Wilmington	Yes	1,360	454
152080	University of Notre Dame	UND	Yes	3,046	0
207500	University of Oklahoma	OU	Yes	2,965	191
209551	University of Oregon		Yes	1,111	235
215062	University of Pennsylvania	UPenn	Yes	3,351	147
215293	University of Pittsburgh		Yes	6,905	1,666
209825	University of Portland		Yes	408	60
236328	University of Puget Sound		Yes	21	0
121691	University of Redlands		No	N/A	N/A
217484	University of Rhode Island	URI	Yes	850	0
233374	University of Richmond		Yes	3,903	0
195030	University of Rochester		Yes	2,236	42
122436	University of San Diego	USD	Yes	3,072	37
122612	University of San Francisco	USF	Yes	1,863	68
215929	University of Scranton		Yes	808	21
218663	University of South Carolina	USC	Yes	5,847	28
137351	University of South Florida	USF	No	N/A	N/A
123961	University of Southern California	USC	No	N/A	N/A
174914	University of St Thomas		No	N/A	N/A
231174	University of Vermont	UVM	Yes	7,348	3
234076	University of Virginia	UVA	Yes	8,368	7
377555	University of Washington-Bothell Campus		Yes	88	82
236948	University of Washington-Seattle	UW	Yes	9,450	127
240444	University of Wisconsin-Madison	UW-Madison	Yes	6,449	11
216524	Ursinus College		Yes	192	16
221999	Vanderbilt University	Vandy	Yes	Not Reported	221
197133	Vassar College		Yes	1,336	32
216597	Villanova University		Yes	3,355	36
234030	Virginia Commonwealth University	VCU	Yes	2	2
233921	Virginia Tech	Virginia Tech	Yes	7587	2458
152673	Wabash College		No	N/A	N/A
199847	Wake Forest University		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
234207	Washington and Lee University	W&L; WLU	Yes	1,816	11
164216	Washington College		No	N/A	N/A
236939	Washington State University	WSU	No	N/A	N/A
179867	Washington University in St Louis	WashU	Yes	3447	168
168218	Wellesley College		Yes	2,578	44
168227	Wentworth Institute of Technology		No	N/A	N/A
130697	Wesleyan University		Yes	2,754	81
216764	West Chester University of Pennsylvania		Yes	1,876	150
238032	West Virginia University	WVU	No	N/A	N/A
125727	Westmont College		No	N/A	N/A
149781	Wheaton College		Yes	133	0
168281	Wheaton College		Yes	25	1
237057	Whitman College		Yes	39	0
125763	Whittier College		No	N/A	N/A
210401	Willamette University		Yes	Not Reported	Not Reported
168342	Williams College		Yes	2,241	0
218973	Wofford College		Yes	811	33
168421	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	WPI	Yes	3,109	574
130794	Yale University		Yes	1,000	9
197708	Yeshiva University	YU	No	N/A	N/A

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