Update on Early Admissions for Ivy League Colleges for the Class of 2026
Want to know what is going on in early admissions for the Ivy League colleges for the Class of 2026? Here is a summary of early admissions statistics from December 2021.
Brown
This year, Brown admitted 896 students Early Decision out of 6,146 applicants for a 15% admission rate. Brown continued its commitment to admitting students from every socioeconomic background. Of admitted Early Decision applicants, 57% applied for financial aid, 17% are the first in their family to attend college, and 51% of the U.S. students self-identify as people of color. The admitted students come from 47 countries with the highest number of international students coming from China, the United Kingdom, Canada, India, Brazil, and Singapore. Click here for the news release.Click here to read Brown news release.
Columbia
While not providing as many details about its pool, Columbia University had 6,305 Early Decision applicants for the Class of 2026. The number of early applicants represents a sustained increase from 4,318 early applicants two years ago. Columbia reports that the admitted students come from all 50 states and 50 foreign countries. Click here for the blog.Click here for details.
Cornell
Cornell does not release early acceptance statistics but typically provides details on the incoming class after the end of the admissions cycle.
Dartmouth
Dartmouth admitted 530 Early Decision students out of a total of 2,633 applicants for a 20% admission rate, representing 46% of its anticipated incoming first year class. The early applicant pool was the second largest in the school’s history (second only to last year’s 2,664 applicants). Dartmouth’s early admissions show a geographical shift with 57% of accepted students from states in the South, West and abroad. International students make up 14% of early admits. A record 17% of the early admits are first-generation students, and 40% of U.S. admits identify as people of color. Click here for the news release.Click here to read news release.
Harvard
This year Harvard admitted 740 students single-choice early action out of 9,406 applicants which represents a 7.9% admission rate. The number of early applicants was down over 6% from last year. Out of admitted students, 13.9% identify as African American (down from 16.6% last year), 10.5% identify as Latinx (about the same as last year), 25.9% identify as Asian American (up from 23.4% last year), and 3.7% identify as Native American or Native Hawaiian (up from 1.3% last year). Approximately 12% of admitted students are international and 12% are first-generation students. Click here for the Crimson article.Click here for the Crimson article.
Penn
Penn accepted 1,218 students out of a pool of 7,795 Early Decision applicants filling 51% of the Class of 2026 for an admission rate of 15.6%. Females accounted for 53% of admitted students. In addition, 52% of accepted U.S. students identify as people of color. 12% are international students, and 14% are first-generation college students. Click here for the article.
Princeton
Although Princeton offered early admissions decisions on December 17th, the university has announced that it will not release application statistics including admission rates or demographic information of admitted students. Click here for the release.
Click here to read Daily Princetonian article.
Yale
Yale admitted 800 students under its Restrictive Early Action plan out of 7,288 applicants which is an acceptance rate of 10.9%. This cycle Yale deferred 31% of early applicants to the regular decision round and denied 57%. Yale also accepted an additional 81 students through the Questbridge application matching process, which serves high achieving, low-income students. Click here for the article.Click here to read the Yale Daily article.
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