Selectivity index (admission + SAT blend)

Method notes

Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to IPEDS 2023 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.

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Rank	Institution	State	Control	Enrollment	Primary metric	Also see
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	Private nonprofit	4,535	0.998	Admit 4.5% · SAT 1560
2	Stanford University	CA	Private nonprofit	7,554	0.998	Admit 3.6% · SAT 1553
3	University of Chicago	IL	Private nonprofit	7,569	0.998	Admit 4.5% · SAT 1554
4	Harvard University	MA	Private nonprofit	7,601	0.997	Admit 3.6% · SAT 1553
5	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	Private nonprofit	8,973	0.996	Admit 4.0% · SAT 1553
6	Princeton University	NJ	Private nonprofit	5,709	0.995	Admit 4.6% · SAT 1553
7	University of Pennsylvania	PA	Private nonprofit	10,650	0.993	Admit 5.4% · SAT 1553
8	Johns Hopkins University	MD	Private nonprofit	5,693	0.991	Admit 6.4% · SAT 1553
9	Yale University	CT	Private nonprofit	6,758	0.991	Admit 3.9% · SAT 1534
10	Brown University	RI	Private nonprofit	7,226	0.991	Admit 5.4% · SAT 1546
11	Duke University	NC	Private nonprofit	6,442	0.990	Admit 5.7% · SAT 1548
12	Vanderbilt University	TN	Private nonprofit	7,208	0.990	Admit 5.9% · SAT 1549
13	Rice University	TX	Private nonprofit	4,776	0.988	Admit 8.0% · SAT 1553
14	Dartmouth College	NH	Private nonprofit	4,541	0.987	Admit 5.4% · SAT 1534
15	Pomona College	CA	Private nonprofit	1,666	0.985	Admit 7.1% · SAT 1534
16	Swarthmore College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,613	0.984	Admit 7.5% · SAT 1534
17	Cornell University	NY	Private nonprofit	15,995	0.983	Admit 8.8% · SAT 1535
18	Northwestern University	IL	Private nonprofit	9,201	0.982	Admit 7.7% · SAT 1533
19	Williams College	MA	Private nonprofit	2,076	0.981	Admit 8.2% · SAT 1533
20	Amherst College	MA	Private nonprofit	1,911	0.979	Admit 9.0% · SAT 1533
21	Bowdoin College	ME	Private nonprofit	1,873	0.979	Admit 7.1% · SAT 1520
22	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	Private nonprofit	7,304	0.979	Admit 11.7% · SAT 1546
23	Claremont McKenna College	CA	Private nonprofit	1,388	0.976	Admit 9.6% · SAT 1527
24	Barnard College	NY	Private nonprofit	3,264	0.976	Admit 8.8% · SAT 1520
25	Harvey Mudd College	CA	Private nonprofit	921	0.975	Admit 12.7% · SAT 1545
26	New York University	NY	Private nonprofit	28,663	0.975	Admit 9.2% · SAT 1520
27	Northeastern University	MA	Private nonprofit	17,326	0.975	Admit 5.2% · SAT 1497
28	Colby College	ME	Private nonprofit	2,407	0.973	Admit 7.1% · SAT 1501
29	Emory University	GA	Private nonprofit	7,298	0.973	Admit 10.7% · SAT 1520
30	Washington University in St Louis	MO	Private nonprofit	7,857	0.973	Admit 12.1% · SAT 1530
31	University of Notre Dame	IN	Private nonprofit	8,818	0.972	Admit 11.3% · SAT 1520
32	Middlebury College	VT	Private nonprofit	2,738	0.968	Admit 10.8% · SAT 1508
33	Tufts University	MA	Private nonprofit	7,061	0.968	Admit 11.5% · SAT 1513
34	Haverford College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,430	0.966	Admit 12.4% · SAT 1513
35	University of Southern California	CA	Private nonprofit	20,443	0.964	Admit 9.8% · SAT 1495
36	Wellesley College	MA	Private nonprofit	2,300	0.964	Admit 14.1% · SAT 1520
37	Colgate University	NY	Private nonprofit	3,180	0.961	Admit 13.9% · SAT 1508
38	Hamilton College	NY	Private nonprofit	2,030	0.960	Admit 13.6% · SAT 1506
39	Boston University	MA	Private nonprofit	18,248	0.959	Admit 11.1% · SAT 1480
40	Washington and Lee University	VA	Private nonprofit	1,881	0.957	Admit 14.0% · SAT 1498
41	Georgetown University	DC	Private nonprofit	7,569	0.956	Admit 12.9% · SAT 1487
42	Boston College	MA	Private nonprofit	10,085	0.956	Admit 16.4% · SAT 1507
43	Wesleyan University	CT	Private nonprofit	3,067	0.954	Admit 16.5% · SAT 1501
44	Carleton College	MN	Private nonprofit	2,086	0.953	Admit 20.4% · SAT 1517
45	Bates College	ME	Private nonprofit	1,760	0.950	Admit 13.3% · SAT 1468
46	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	Public	18,785	0.950	Admit 14.1% · SAT 1480
47	Grinnell College	IA	Private nonprofit	1,729	0.950	Admit 14.5% · SAT 1486
48	Davidson College	NC	Private nonprofit	1,867	0.950	Admit 13.4% · SAT 1469
49	Vassar College	NY	Private nonprofit	2,444	0.946	Admit 18.6% · SAT 1494
50	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	Public	17,597	0.946	Admit 16.8% · SAT 1480
51	Smith College	MA	Private nonprofit	2,544	0.946	Admit 21.0% · SAT 1500
52	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	Private nonprofit	7,767	0.944	Admit 14.0% · SAT 1448
53	Northeastern University Oakland	CA	Private nonprofit	464	0.944	Admit 16.7% · SAT 1472
54	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	Public	34,177	0.944	Admit 15.6% · SAT 1465
55	University of Richmond	VA	Private nonprofit	2,980	0.942	Admit 22.2% · SAT 1497
56	Rhode Island School of Design	RI	Private nonprofit	2,084	0.941	Admit 18.7% · SAT 1473
57	Babson College	MA	Private nonprofit	2,728	0.939	Admit 17.1% · SAT 1457
58	Wake Forest University	NC	Private nonprofit	5,485	0.938	Admit 21.7% · SAT 1475
59	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	Public	20,752	0.937	Admit 15.3% · SAT 1439
60	Case Western Reserve University	OH	Private nonprofit	6,437	0.932	Admit 36.5% · SAT 1513
61	Villanova University	PA	Private nonprofit	6,938	0.926	Admit 27.0% · SAT 1460
62	Lehigh University	PA	Private nonprofit	5,898	0.923	Admit 25.9% · SAT 1440
63	William & Mary	VA	Public	7,055	0.923	Admit 34.1% · SAT 1473
64	Reed College	OR	Private nonprofit	1,320	0.923	Admit 24.6% · SAT 1437
65	University of Miami	FL	Private nonprofit	12,913	0.923	Admit 18.9% · SAT 1415
66	Denison University	OH	Private nonprofit	2,380	0.922	Admit 17.4% · SAT 1410
67	Scripps College	CA	Private nonprofit	1,113	0.921	Admit 38.3% · SAT 1492
68	Macalester College	MN	Private nonprofit	2,131	0.920	Admit 28.5% · SAT 1440
69	Hillsdale College	MI	Private nonprofit	1,573	0.920	Admit 20.7% · SAT 1415
70	Mount Holyoke College	MA	Private nonprofit	2,169	0.918	Admit 36.0% · SAT 1463
71	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	NY	Private nonprofit	842	0.918	Admit 20.7% · SAT 1410
72	Oberlin College	OH	Private nonprofit	2,887	0.916	Admit 34.2% · SAT 1447
73	University of Rochester	NY	Private nonprofit	6,331	0.916	Admit 40.1% · SAT 1488
74	Skidmore College	NY	Private nonprofit	2,694	0.915	Admit 21.1% · SAT 1405
75	Trinity University	TX	Private nonprofit	2,505	0.915	Admit 25.9% · SAT 1416
76	Kenyon College	OH	Private nonprofit	1,732	0.913	Admit 31.0% · SAT 1429
77	United States Military Academy	NY	Public	4,408	0.912	Admit 12.4% · SAT 1355
78	University of Florida	FL	Public	35,629	0.911	Admit 24.2% · SAT 1403
79	Lafayette College	PA	Private nonprofit	2,757	0.909	Admit 31.4% · SAT 1424
80	Trinity College	CT	Private nonprofit	2,146	0.909	Admit 29.2% · SAT 1415
81	Connecticut College	CT	Private nonprofit	1,937	0.908	Admit 37.0% · SAT 1432
82	Brandeis University	MA	Private nonprofit	3,618	0.907	Admit 40.5% · SAT 1462
83	Bucknell University	PA	Private nonprofit	3,876	0.907	Admit 28.9% · SAT 1410
84	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	Public	42,855	0.906	Admit 26.6% · SAT 1395
85	Colorado College	CO	Private nonprofit	2,014	0.906	Admit 18.5% · SAT 1365
86	Franklin and Marshall College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,799	0.904	Admit 28.2% · SAT 1392
87	Bryn Mawr College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,359	0.903	Admit 29.4% · SAT 1396
88	United States Air Force Academy	CO	Public	4,114	0.902	Admit 14.1% · SAT 1350
89	College of the Holy Cross	MA	Private nonprofit	3,106	0.900	Admit 17.6% · SAT 1353
90	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	Public	36,258	0.898	Admit 42.4% · SAT 1440
91	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	Public	30,760	0.897	Admit 44.8% · SAT 1473
92	Binghamton University	NY	Public	14,655	0.897	Admit 38.6% · SAT 1415
93	Whitman College	WA	Private nonprofit	1,531	0.896	Admit 38.1% · SAT 1410
94	University of Georgia	GA	Public	32,137	0.895	Admit 37.7% · SAT 1397
95	Occidental College	CA	Private nonprofit	1,877	0.895	Admit 44.2% · SAT 1452
96	Florida State University	FL	Public	32,212	0.894	Admit 24.2% · SAT 1361
97	Soka University of America	CA	Private nonprofit	484	0.894	Admit 43.4% · SAT 1440
98	United States Naval Academy	MD	Public	4,474	0.890	Admit 9.3% · SAT 1307
99	Gettysburg College	PA	Private nonprofit	2,099	0.884	Admit 38.9% · SAT 1379
100	United States Coast Guard Academy	CT	Public	1,108	0.884	Admit 22.4% · SAT 1339