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The Future of Fair Admissions: A First Look at College Enrollment Outcomes After the End of Affirmative Action compares first-time enrollments in 2022 and 2023 to enrollments in 2024 at over 3,000 colleges and universities for more than 3 million freshmen. It examines and explains the immediate impact of the Supreme Court ending the consideration of race in college admissions and cautions against hasty judgments of enrollment outcomes.

This dashboard lets users see the enrollment outcomes at more than 3,000 institutions in 2018 and 2019 (average of both years), 2022 and 2023 (average of both years), and 2024, the first year affected by the Supreme Court's elimination of race-conscious admissions. It also allows users to look at a range of institutional groupings and enrollment by race and gender. Enrollment data is drawn from the Integrated Postsecondary Education. For an analysis of these outcomes, please

Pell enrollment shares have improved at some highly selective institutions, but there's a long way to go.

The Use and Abuse of Early Decision explains the early decision admissions process and analyzes its use in college admissions in 2024–25. It documents a growing tendency of highly selective colleges and universities to enroll larger portions of their freshman class through early decision, which puts students from low- and moderate income households at a disadvantage given the higher rates of admission for early decision. Finally, it raises an alarm that this disadvantage cou

This table displays the overall, regular decision, and early decision acceptance rates for every college and university that reported enrolling at least one student through early decision in 2024. (The University of Chicago and Tufts University are two prominent institutions that offer early decision but do not report data). Regular admit rates are calculated by subtracting early decision applicants and admits from the total count of applicants and admits. The table also disp