Admissions data

What top colleges actually weigh

Acceptance rates, Early Decision advantages, test policies, and how each school rates the factors in your application, pulled from the colleges’ own Common Data Set filings and verified against official sources.

Harvard University campusHarvard University logo

Harvard University

3.6%

acceptance rate

Tests required

Harvard College offers no undergraduate business major; business-minded students typically concentrate in Economics (often paired with Statistics o...

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Columbia University campusColumbia University logo

Columbia University

3.9%

acceptance rate

3.4x

early decision odds

Test optionalECs very important7 factors rated very important

Columbia has no undergraduate business school, so business-minded undergrads typically major in economics or financial economics at Columbia Colleg...

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Princeton University campusPrinceton University logo

Princeton University

4.4%

acceptance rate

Test optionalECs very important9 factors rated very important

Princeton has no undergraduate business school or business major; students aiming for business careers typically major in Economics (A.B.) or Opera...

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MIT campusMIT logo

MIT

4.5%

acceptance rate

Tests required1 factors rated very important

MIT's undergrad business path runs through the Sloan School of Management via Course 15 majors (Management, Business Analytics, Finance), which stu...

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Yale University campusYale University logo

Yale University

4.7%

acceptance rate

Test flexibleECs very important8 factors rated very important

Yale has no undergraduate business major; students aiming at business typically major in Economics or Ethics, Politics, and Economics and draw on Y...

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University of Pennsylvania campusUniversity of Pennsylvania logo

University of Pennsylvania

5.4%

acceptance rate

2.6x

early decision odds

Tests required5 factors rated very important

Penn is one of the few elite schools with a direct-admit undergraduate business school: the Wharton School's BS in Economics, offering 21 concentra...

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Dartmouth College campusDartmouth College logo

Dartmouth College

6%

acceptance rate

3.6x

early decision odds

Tests requiredECs very important8 factors rated very important

Dartmouth has no undergraduate business major; aspiring business students typically major in economics (or engineering modified with economics) and...

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Northwestern University campusNorthwestern University logo

Northwestern University

7.7%

acceptance rate

3x

early decision odds

Test optionalECs very important8 factors rated very important

Northwestern has no undergraduate business school or business major; business-minded students typically major in economics (or Industrial Engineeri...

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All figures come from each school’s own Common Data Set (edition noted on each profile). More colleges are being added as their data is verified.