The Early Decision Advantage

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 displays the percentage of the freshman class enrolled through early decision. That percentage was calculated by dividing the number of early decision (ED) admits by the total enrollment. This calculation is an approximation of the actual percentage of the class admitted through ED, since some ED admittees may not enroll. The Common Data Set does not collect data on ED enrollments.