Class of 2028 Ivy League Admission

Class of 2028:

Class of 2025:

1. Princeton suspended the Early Action application option for the Class of 2025
2. Columbia does not share exact data on ED Acceptance Rates 
3. Cornell has pushed the release of data into the summer. They have announced the exact number of applications accepted, and the total number of apps received is based on primary sources (+17,000 from last year)

Brown University

Brown admitted 2,521 of 48,881 applicants, yielding a 5.16% acceptance rate overall. The institution’s acceptance rate rose from 5.08% for the Class of 2027, and saw a 5% decrease in applicants, which totaled 48,881. Despite the slight rise in admissions rates, this year marked the third lowest acceptance rate in Brown’s history. The Early Decision acceptance rate likewise fell to the second-most selective in the institution’s history at 14.38%.

The Brown Daily Herald notes that 16% of accepted applicants are first-generation college students, and 9% are from rural areas. The school’s dual degree programs remain fiercely competitive, with 20 of 953 applicants admitted to Brown’s RISD fine arts dual degree program and 76 of about 4,251 applicants accepted into Brown’s combined undergrad and medical school PLME program.

Sources: Brown Class of ‘27, Brown Early Decision ‘28, Brown Regular Decision,

Columbia University

Columbia received 60,248 applications for the 2023-24 cycle and accepted 2,319, yielding an acceptance rate of 3.85%. This is a slight drop from the Class of 2027’s 3.93% acceptance rate. As the Columbia Spectator notes, the applicant pool, which amounted to 60,248 applicants, is significantly larger than those in pre-pandemic years, as the 2019-20 cycle saw only 40,083 applicants. The Early Decision cycle also saw a 4.72% increase in applications, receiving 6,009 applications compared to 5,738 in the 2022-23 ED cycle.

Among those admitted were students from 108 countries and all 50 states. While Columbia has not released further demographic information for its admitted students, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions confirmed that the school continues to meet 100% of students’ demonstrated financial need, seeking to make the institution a more inclusive and equitable campus for all students.

Sources: Columbia Early Decision, Columbia Spectator Regular Decision

Cornell University

Cornell admitted 5,139 students, but that remains the only official statistic released by the school. Likewise, Cornell did not release any data from its early application cycle. Rather than packing their Regular Decision announcement with numbers and data, the Cornell Chronicle highlighted the achievements of individual members of their incoming class and the ways that these students embody the missions and values of the university.

The article does, however, provide some demographic data for the Class of 2028. The Chronicle notes that 16.5% of the accepted cohort are first-generation students. Admitted students hail from all 50 states and are citizens of 1087 countries collectively.

Sources: Cornell Chronicle

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth accepted a total of 1,685 of the 31,657 applications they received, yielding an overall 5.32% acceptance rate. The applicant pool at Dartmouth grew by 10% this year over last year, and the acceptance rate decreased by almost one percent from last year’s 6.2%, marking a historic low. The early application cycle also saw historic lows, with an acceptance rate of 17.07%. Only 606 of 3,550 students were admitted.

Dartmouth News further reports that this cycle is the first in which families are eligible for a new middle income affordability initiative, and almost 20% of admitted students qualify for zero parental financial contribution required toward the cost of their Dartmouth education. Admitted students hail from all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and 68 other countries. In addition to being geographically diverse, the accepted cohort represents a socioeconomically diverse group, as “17% are in the first generation in their families to attend a college or university; 57% attend a public high school; and 15% live in a rural environment, a record figure that follows the rollout this year of a recruitment initiative targeting students from rural communities.”

Source: Dartmouth Early Decision, Dartmouth News

Harvard University 

Harvard admitted 1,245 students out of 46,087 applicants in the Regular Decision cycle, and had an overall acceptance rate of 3.59%. These students join the 692 accepted in the early admissions cycle. Harvard accepted a similar number of students this year as they accepted last year, but saw a decrease in applications by roughly 5.14%. The 3.59% acceptance rate is the highest in four years (up from 3.41% last year)—but Harvard remains the most selective of all the Ivies (who have reported data thus far). Harvard’s early acceptance rate also rose to 8.74%, up from 7.56% in the 2022–23 early admissions cycle.
Harvard’s Class of 2028 represents all 50 states and 94 countries, with international students making up over 15% of accepted students. Additionally, Harvard extended offers of admissions to 21 veterans.

Sources: Harvard Crimson Early Decision, Harvard Regular Decision

University of Pennsylvania 

Penn received more than 65,000 applications during the 2023-4 application cycle—a 10% increase, making this the largest application pool in Penn’s history. Following their precedent of not announcing their admissions rate (a trend which began with the Class of 2026), Penn did not release the number of admitted students or its overall acceptance rate. Likewise, they announced that they received 8,500 applicants in the early cycle, but did not supply further data.

Like many of the other Ivies, Penn’s admitted students come from all 50 states. Students also hail from 109 countries.

Source: The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania, Penn releases regular decision results for Class of 2028 after another record-breaking cycle | The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Princeton University

Princeton did not release the number of admitted students, its number of applicants, or its overall acceptance rate, a move consistent with their recent move to refrain from providing admissions statistics (a trend which began with the Class of 2026). Dean of Admissions Karen Richardson wrote at the time that “neither prospective students nor the University benefit from the admission process being boiled down in headlines to a single statistic like the admission rate.” The move to withhold this information is part of a tapestry of initiatives by Ivy League institutions to draw in a more diverse group of applicants, particularly following the end of affirmative action. Princeton seemed to further these efforts through their essay prompts this year, as they added an additional opportunity for students to: “reflect on how your lived experiences will impact the conversations you will have in the classroom, the dining hall or other campus spaces.”

Yale University 

Yale admitted 1,365 during the regular decision round of applications and received a total of 57,465 applications during the entire admissions cycle. This cycle yielded an acceptance rate of 3.73%—the lowest in the university’s history. This number has dipped 0.65 percentage points from 4.35% during the last cycle. The university also accepted 709 students during the early application round, as well as 72 students through the Questbridge program.

Students admitted to the Class of 2028 included those from every state, as well as 62 countries. While the university did not provide information about the racial makeup of this year’s cohort—the first to be admitted since the fall of affirmative action—the school noted their intention to release that data when the admissions cycle is officially over.

Source: Yale Daily News