The ED Admission Advantage
Schools above the diagonal admit a higher share of ED applicants than regular applicants — the further above, the bigger the advantage. Hover or tap dots for school detail.
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Holy Cross — ED rate: 67%; Overall rate: 18%; ED advantage: +49pp
Fairfield — ED rate: 80%; Overall rate: 33%; ED advantage: +47pp
Tulane — ED rate: 59%; Overall rate: 14%; ED advantage: +45pp
Northeastern — ED rate: 43%; Overall rate: 5%; ED advantage: +38pp
Providence — ED rate: 86%; Overall rate: 51%; ED advantage: +35pp
Santa Clara — ED rate: 80%; Overall rate: 48%; ED advantage: +32pp
U. Miami — ED rate: 48%; Overall rate: 19%; ED advantage: +29pp
U. Vermont — ED rate: 94%; Overall rate: 65%; ED advantage: +29pp
Bucknell — ED rate: 55%; Overall rate: 29%; ED advantage: +26pp
Lehigh — ED rate: 52%; Overall rate: 28%; ED advantage: +24pp
American — ED rate: 65%; Overall rate: 42%; ED advantage: +23pp
BU — ED rate: 36%; Overall rate: 14%; ED advantage: +22pp
WashU — ED rate: 32%; Overall rate: 11%; ED advantage: +21pp
Emory — ED rate: 30%; Overall rate: 14%; ED advantage: +16pp
Colgate — ED rate: 38%; Overall rate: 15%; ED advantage: +23pp
Duke — ED rate: 18%; Overall rate: 6%; ED advantage: +12pp
Dartmouth — ED rate: 17%; Overall rate: 5%; ED advantage: +12pp
JHU — ED rate: 17%; Overall rate: 6%; ED advantage: +11pp
Cornell — ED rate: 20%; Overall rate: 8%; ED advantage: +12pp
Brown — ED rate: 14%; Overall rate: 5%; ED advantage: +9pp
Columbia — ED rate: 10%; Overall rate: 4%; ED advantage: +6pp
UPenn — ED rate: 16%; Overall rate: 5%; ED advantage: +11pp
Northwestern — ED rate: 20%; Overall rate: 6%; ED advantage: +14pp
Vanderbilt — ED rate: 15%; Overall rate: 6%; ED advantage: +9pp
Barnard — ED rate: 24%; Overall rate: 9%; ED advantage: +15pp
Middlebury — ED rate: 43%; Overall rate: 11%; ED advantage: +32pp
CMC — ED rate: 32%; Overall rate: 10%; ED advantage: +22pp
Pomona — ED rate: 16%; Overall rate: 7%; ED advantage: +9pp
Bowdoin — ED rate: 17%; Overall rate: 7%; ED advantage: +10pp
Bates — ED rate: 31%; Overall rate: 11%; ED advantage: +20pp
Davidson — ED rate: 46%; Overall rate: 14%; ED advantage: +32pp
Grinnell — ED rate: 31%; Overall rate: 8%; ED advantage: +23pp
Kenyon — ED rate: 47%; Overall rate: 31%; ED advantage: +16pp
Denison — ED rate: 51%; Overall rate: 26%; ED advantage: +25pp
Hamilton — ED rate: 33%; Overall rate: 10%; ED advantage: +23pp
Haverford — ED rate: 28%; Overall rate: 12%; ED advantage: +16pp
Wesleyan — ED rate: 33%; Overall rate: 14%; ED advantage: +19pp
Colorado Coll. — ED rate: 42%; Overall rate: 13%; ED advantage: +29pp
F&M — ED rate: 55%; Overall rate: 22%; ED advantage: +33pp
Skidmore — ED rate: 45%; Overall rate: 24%; ED advantage: +21pp
Trinity — ED rate: 61%; Overall rate: 25%; ED advantage: +36pp
Pitzer — ED rate: 35%; Overall rate: 14%; ED advantage: +21pp
Swarthmore — ED rate: 18%; Overall rate: 7%; ED advantage: +11pp
Williams — ED rate: 25%; Overall rate: 8%; ED advantage: +17pp
Amherst — ED rate: 13%; Overall rate: 8%; ED advantage: +5pp
Wash. & Lee — ED rate: 47%; Overall rate: 17%; ED advantage: +30pp
Rice — ED rate: 17%; Overall rate: 8%; ED advantage: +9pp
Harvey Mudd — ED rate: 20%; Overall rate: 12%; ED advantage: +8pp
Villanova — ED rate: 41%; Overall rate: 27%; ED advantage: +14pp
Richmond — ED rate: 42%; Overall rate: 22%; ED advantage: +20pp
Brandeis — ED rate: 45%; Overall rate: 33%; ED advantage: +12pp
Babson — ED rate: 39%; Overall rate: 19%; ED advantage: +20pp
Conn. College — ED rate: 67%; Overall rate: 31%; ED advantage: +36pp
Oberlin — ED rate: 53%; Overall rate: 34%; ED advantage: +19pp
Dickinson — ED rate: 54%; Overall rate: 36%; ED advantage: +18pp
Occidental — ED rate: 49%; Overall rate: 32%; ED advantage: +17pp
Smith — ED rate: 37%; Overall rate: 25%; ED advantage: +12pp
Holy Cross
Fairfield
Tulane
Northeastern
Providence
U. Vermont
Middlebury
Davidson
F&M
Conn. College
Duke
WashU
Source: Common Data Set reports via Master Dataset. ED Rate = ED admits ÷ ED applicants. Overall Rate = total admits ÷ total applicants.
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