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 2021-22 Common Data Set (CDS) forms.

Table updated October 2022

Institution	Total Admits (Freshman)	Total Enrolled (Freshman Yield)	Early Decision Admits	Regular Decision Admits	ED Admits (as % of total admits)	ED Admits (as % of incoming class)
Agnes Scott College	1135	301	27	1108	2%	9%
Allegheny College	3521	408	80	3441	2%	20%
American University	12594	2365	673	11921	5%	28%
Amherst College	1224	514	213	1011	17%	41%
Babson College	1801	650	276	1525	15%	42%
Bard College	3096	472	40	3056	1%	8%
Barnard College	1192	760	429	763	36%	56%
Bates College	1267	553	338	929	27%	61%
Beloit College	2206	290	11	2195	1%	4%
Bennington College	829	138	29	800	3%	21%
Bentley University	5674	1019	282	5392	5%	28%
Boston College	7587	2516	1260	6327	17%	50%
Boston University	14129	4010	1877	12252	13%	47%
Bowdoin College	822	517	263	559	32%	51%
Brown University	2568	1705	884	1684	34%	52%
Bryant University	5142	671	147	4995	3%	22%
Bryn Mawr College	1334	422	159	1175	12%	38%
Bucknell University	3886	1027	468	3418	12%	46%
Carleton College	1389	555	235	1154	17%	42%
Carnegie Mellon University	4453	1896	592	3861	13%	31%
Case Western Reserve University	9193	1606	318	8875	3%	20%
Centre College	1690	355	64	1626	4%	18%
Chapman University	9115	1645	119	8996	1%	7%
Claremont McKenna College	633	358	200	433	32%	56%
Colby College	1407	667	332	1075	24%	50%
Colgate University	3015	887	494	2521	16%	56%
College of Charleston	15590	2464	194	15396	1%	8%
College of the Holy Cross	2786	819	296	2490	11%	36%
College of William and Mary	6386	1682	581	5805	9%	35%
Colorado College	1564	619	309	1255	20%	50%
Connecticut College	3146	492	206	2940	7%	42%
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	336	191	41	295	12%	21%
Cornell University	5852	3718	1930	3922	33%	52%
Dartmouth College	1750	1221	669	1081	38%	55%
Davidson College	1145	547	322	823	28%	59%
Denison University	2689	654	304	2385	11%	46%
DePauw University	3683	500	77	3606	2%	15%
Dickinson College	3061	646	235	2826	8%	36%
Drew University	2824	359	53	2771	2%	15%
Drexel University	28522	2832	370	28152	1%	13%
Duke University	3085	1580	852	2233	28%	54%
Elon University	13859	1590	221	13638	2%	14%
Emory University	4364	1494	844	3520	19%	56%
Fairfield University	7073	1256	199	6874	3%	16%
Florida Southern College	6571	792	51	6520	1%	6%
Fordham University	26980	2861	201	26779	1%	7%
Franklin and Marshall College	2898	509	252	2646	9%	50%
Furman University	5119	653	92	5027	2%	14%
George Washington University	13539	2563	646	12893	5%	25%
Gettysburg College	3496	623	256	3240	7%	41%
Grinnell College	1108	471	288	820	26%	61%
Hamilton College	1320	533	267	1053	20%	50%
Harvey Mudd College	473	225	104	369	22%	46%
Haverford College	951	411	198	753	21%	48%
High Point University	8951	1441	660	8291	7%	46%
Hobart William Smith Colleges	2546	367	182	2364	7%	50%
Ithaca College	10451	1163	116	10335	1%	10%
Kalamazoo College	2666	382	61	2605	2%	16%
Kenyon College	2778	508	252	2526	9%	50%
Lafayette College	3366	782	330	3036	10%	42%
Lake Forest College	2808	416	20	2788	1%	5%
Lawrence University	2179	400	45	2134	2%	11%
Lehigh University	6138	1370	815	5323	13%	59%
Loyola Marymount University	8727	1606	248	8479	3%	15%
Macalester College	2466	601	148	2318	6%	25%
Marist College	6943	1272	171	6772	2%	13%
Miami University-Oxford	26571	4509	451	26120	2%	10%
Middlebury College	1601	602	425	1176	27%	71%
Mount Holyoke College	2077	608	151	1926	7%	25%
Muhlenberg College	2790	450	182	2608	7%	40%
Northeastern University	13829	4504	1014	12815	7%	23%
Northwestern University	3321	2086	1105	2216	33%	53%
Occidental College	2484	535	209	2275	8%	39%
Ohio Wesleyan University	2710	403	43	2667	2%	11%
Pitzer College	673	357	166	507	25%	46%
Pomona College	771	451	205	566	27%	45%
Providence College	6453	1032	278	6175	4%	27%
Ramapo College of New Jersey	4858	871	106	4752	2%	12%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	9539	1322	413	9126	4%	31%
Rhodes College	3025	592	148	2877	5%	25%
Rice University	2802	1217	478	2324	17%	39%
Rochester Institute of Technology	15438	3353	1322	14116	9%	39%
Rollins College	4094	549	246	3848	6%	45%
Santa Clara University	9095	1553	402	8693	4%	26%
Sarah Lawrence College	2593	438	70	2523	3%	16%
Scripps College	872	328	109	763	13%	33%
Skidmore College	3419	717	388	3031	11%	54%
Smith College	1917	676	307	1610	16%	45%
Southern Methodist University	8333	1568	350	7983	4%	22%
Southwestern University	2428	354	14	2414	1%	4%
Spelman College	5673	794	94	5579	2%	12%
St John's University-New York	20143	2703	43	20100	1%	2%
St Lawrence University	2950	602	223	2727	8%	37%
St Olaf College	3073	755	168	2905	5%	22%
St. John's College	286	120	7	279	2%	6%
St. John's College	514	140	18	496	4%	13%
St. Mary's College of Maryland	2221	381	54	2167	2%	14%
Stetson University	8483	637	89	8394	1%	14%
Stonehill College	4712	652	113	4599	2%	17%
SUNY College at Geneseo	6723	1001	154	6569	2%	15%
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	1467	287	69	1398	5%	24%
Swarthmore College	1013	454	234	779	23%	52%
Syracuse University	23489	3753	1113	22376	5%	30%
Texas Christian University	10606	2555	407	10199	4%	16%
The College of New Jersey	6444	1474	430	6014	7%	29%
The College of Wooster	4008	575	100	3908	2%	17%
The University of the South	2508	474	139	2369	6%	29%
Trinity College	2145	571	318	1827	15%	56%
Trinity University	3246	663	143	3103	4%	22%
Tulane University of Louisiana	4385	2027	1209	3176	28%	60%
Union College	3513	565	176	3337	5%	31%
University of Denver	14440	1602	135	14305	1%	8%
University of Mary Washington	4118	629	72	4046	2%	11%
University of Miami	12036	2759	978	11058	8%	35%
University of North Carolina at Asheville	3714	602	328	3386	9%	54%
University of Pennsylvania	3304	2338	1183	2121	36%	51%
University of Puget Sound	4437	409	53	4384	1%	13%
University of Richmond	4015	871	400	3615	10%	46%
University of Rochester	7924	1621	603	7321	8%	37%
University of San Francisco	15867	1447	78	15789	1%	5%
University of Virginia-Main Campus	9951	3886	960	8991	10%	25%
Ursinus College	3158	433	80	3078	3%	18%
Vanderbilt University	3368	1624	901	2467	27%	55%
Vassar College	2193	676	301	1892	14%	45%
Villanova University	6162	1768	768	5394	12%	43%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	23746	6779	1278	22468	5%	19%
Washington and Lee University	1248	484	274	974	22%	57%
Washington University in St Louis	4373	1970	1098	3275	25%	56%
Wellesley College	1343	606	253	1090	19%	42%
Wesleyan University	2540	910	494	2046	19%	54%
Wheaton College (MA)	2760	458	95	2665	3%	21%
Whitman College	3095	477	153	2942	5%	32%
Willamette University	2921	259	13	2908	1%	5%
Williams College	1099	574	238	861	22%	41%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	6679	1410	189	6490	3%	13%

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