Hardest colleges to get into

Lowest admission rates among four-year colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

#	College	State	Net price / yr	Acceptance	Grad rate	Earnings after 10 yrs	Undergrads
1	California Institute of Technology	CA	$8,509	2.6%	90%	$166,642	987
2	Minerva University	CA	—	3.0%	93%	—	637
3	Stanford University	CA	$12,307	3.6%	92%	$125,340	7,554
4	Harvard University	MA	$19,148	3.6%	97%	$121,957	7,601
5	Yale University	CT	$11,340	3.9%	96%	$118,356	6,758
6	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	$15,370	4.0%	95%	$109,430	8,973
7	University of Chicago	IL	$16,776	4.5%	95%	$103,872	7,569
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$14,815	4.5%	96%	$152,553	4,535
9	Princeton University	NJ	$7,815	4.6%	97%	$133,523	5,709
10	Northeastern University	MA	$17,850	5.2%	91%	$99,371	17,326
11	Brown University	RI	$26,976	5.4%	96%	$99,974	7,226
12	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$29,577	5.4%	97%	$121,687	10,650
13	Dartmouth College	NH	$26,707	5.4%	95%	$111,162	4,541
14	Duke University	NC	$23,706	5.7%	96%	$113,937	6,442
15	Vanderbilt University	TN	$15,497	5.9%	93%	$99,080	7,208
16	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$18,431	6.4%	93%	$104,590	5,693
17	Colby College	ME	$19,835	7.1%	87%	$88,776	2,407
18	Pomona College	CA	$18,978	7.1%	92%	$84,281	1,666
19	Bowdoin College	ME	$15,595	7.1%	93%	$90,153	1,873
20	Swarthmore College	PA	$17,392	7.5%	92%	$86,311	1,613
21	Northwestern University	IL	$34,420	7.7%	96%	$104,255	9,201
22	Rice University	TX	$11,164	8.0%	95%	$90,773	4,776
23	Williams College	MA	$15,157	8.3%	95%	$95,954	2,076
24	Cornell University	NY	$33,934	8.8%	95%	$113,531	15,995
25	Barnard College	NY	$28,930	8.8%	92%	$98,280	3,264
26	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$14,659	9.0%	93%	$88,581	33,475
27	Amherst College	MA	$19,536	9.0%	93%	$95,161	1,911
28	New York University	NY	$35,737	9.2%	88%	$90,957	28,663
29	United States Naval Academy	MD	—	9.3%	88%	—	4,474
30	Claremont McKenna College	CA	$26,039	9.6%	90%	$127,532	1,388
31	University of Southern California	CA	$33,056	9.8%	90%	$103,420	20,443
32	Stanbridge University	CA	$25,124	10%	51%	$67,293	2,643
33	Emory University	GA	$16,754	11%	91%	$93,897	7,298
34	Middlebury College	VT	$32,102	11%	93%	$85,077	2,738
35	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$14,538	11%	94%	$100,212	33,068
36	Boston University	MA	$36,503	11%	90%	$89,087	18,248
37	University of Notre Dame	IN	$25,339	11%	95%	$113,124	8,818
38	Tufts University	MA	$38,797	11%	94%	$89,187	7,061
39	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$35,780	12%	94%	$125,257	7,304
40	College of the Ozarks	MO	$13,114	12%	63%	$47,246	1,444
41	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$13,360	12%	93%	$91,497	7,857
42	Haverford College	PA	$31,075	12%	89%	$76,397	1,430
43	United States Military Academy	NY	—	12%	86%	—	4,408
44	Harvey Mudd College	CA	$39,347	13%	93%	$164,248	921
45	Georgetown University	DC	$33,661	13%	94%	$110,516	7,569
46	Bates College	ME	$27,390	13%	88%	$98,373	1,760
47	Davidson College	NC	$15,060	13%	90%	$89,297	1,867
48	Hamilton College	NY	$25,793	14%	90%	$84,956	2,030
49	Colgate University	NY	$29,409	14%	89%	$96,328	3,180
50	Washington and Lee University	VA	$25,279	14%	96%	$102,966	1,881
51	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$40,693	14%	87%	$68,226	7,767
52	Wellesley College	MA	$23,995	14%	91%	$90,458	2,300
53	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	$12,028	14%	94%	$114,210	18,785
54	United States Air Force Academy	CO	—	14%	84%	—	4,114
55	Grinnell College	IA	$15,203	15%	86%	$72,106	1,729
56	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$11,305	15%	91%	$81,094	20,752
57	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$14,362	16%	93%	$92,832	34,177
58	Boston College	MA	$38,930	16%	90%	$112,178	10,085
59	Wesleyan University	CT	$23,014	16%	90%	$86,811	3,067
60	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$18,056	17%	94%	$96,468	17,597
61	Babson College	MA	$34,096	17%	92%	$138,950	2,728
62	Denison University	OH	$40,163	17%	78%	$73,151	2,380
63	College of the Holy Cross	MA	$38,829	18%	86%	$100,485	3,106
64	Colorado College	CO	$27,951	18%	86%	$70,914	2,014
65	Vassar College	NY	$36,924	19%	89%	$75,532	2,444
66	Rhode Island School of Design	RI	$50,513	19%	92%	$69,341	2,084
67	University of Miami	FL	$36,483	19%	84%	$84,093	12,913
68	Berea College	KY	$5,836	19%	66%	$48,071	1,513
69	Carleton College	MN	$25,295	20%	89%	$82,742	2,086
70	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	FL	$15,220	21%	61%	$52,104	7,582
71	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	NY	$12,999	21%	82%	$76,895	842
72	Hillsdale College	MI	—	21%	89%	—	1,573
73	Smith College	MA	$25,519	21%	86%	$69,936	2,544
74	Skidmore College	NY	$31,829	21%	82%	$79,268	2,694
75	Wake Forest University	NC	$28,165	22%	90%	$104,443	5,485
76	University of Richmond	VA	$34,256	22%	87%	$92,362	2,980
77	United States Coast Guard Academy	CT	—	22%	95%	—	1,108
78	Citadel Military College of South Carolina	SC	$22,019	23%	79%	$82,609	2,705
79	Crown College	MN	$25,963	23%	47%	$50,003	796
80	University of Florida	FL	$5,969	24%	92%	$78,456	35,629
81	Florida State University	FL	$8,605	24%	86%	$68,225	32,212
82	Reed College	OR	$32,800	25%	74%	$64,977	1,320
83	Spelman College	GA	$46,089	25%	77%	$65,773	3,414
84	Pitzer College	CA	$36,135	25%	83%	$72,270	1,227
85	Trinity University	TX	$22,962	26%	82%	$79,620	2,505
86	Lehigh University	PA	$25,272	26%	85%	$116,342	5,898
87	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo	PR	$9,597	27%	44%	$28,660	1,072
88	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$18,554	27%	89%	$81,694	42,855
89	University of California-San Diego	CA	$14,794	27%	86%	$96,197	34,948
90	Villanova University	PA	$41,536	27%	93%	$115,382	6,938
91	Franklin and Marshall College	PA	$33,445	28%	79%	$81,484	1,799
92	Macalester College	MN	$27,851	29%	91%	$69,951	2,131
93	University of Virginia's College at Wise	VA	$5,869	29%	44%	$50,389	1,101
94	University of California-Irvine	CA	$13,866	29%	87%	$83,432	30,197
95	Bucknell University	PA	$50,021	29%	85%	$109,954	3,876
96	Mississippi Christian University	MS	$21,034	29%	64%	$54,122	2,518
97	Trinity College	CT	$37,004	29%	83%	$103,089	2,146
98	Bryn Mawr College	PA	$44,593	29%	83%	$80,291	1,359
99	University of North Carolina School of the Arts	NC	$14,859	30%	80%	$46,097	945
100	Kenyon College	OH	$33,279	31%	86%	$65,780	1,732