Freshmen Acceptance Rate AAU Public Universities

Freshmen University of California, Berkeley 27% University of California, Los Angeles 27% University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 37% University of Virginia 38% University of California, San Diego 44% University of Maryland, College Park 49% University of Texas Austin 51% SUNY-Stony Brook 51% University of Pittsburgh 53% University of California Santa Barbara 53% University of Florida 57% University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 57% University at Buffalo 57% University of California, Irvine 60% Rutgers-New Brunswick 61% University of California, Davis 61% Penn State University, University Park 62% University of Washington 67% University of Wisconsin, Madison 68% Texas A&M University 70% University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 71% University of Kansas 74% Ohio State University, Columbus 74% University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 75% University of Nebraska, Lincoln 75% Michigan State University 76% University of Iowa 84% Purdue University-West Lafayette 85% Indiana University, Bloomington 85% University of Colorado, Boulder 88% University of Arizona 88% University of Missouri, Columbia 89% Iowa State University 90% Source: U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Colleges 2007", http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex.php

Freshmen University of California, Los Angeles 23% University of California, Berkeley 25% University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 36% University of Virginia 39% University of California, San Diego 42% University of Pittsburgh 49% SUNY-Stony Brook 49% University of Texas Austin 51% University of Maryland, College Park 52% University of California Santa Barbara 53% University of Florida 53% University of California, Irvine 53% University of California, Davis 55% University at Buffalo 56% Penn State University, University Park 58% Rutgers-New Brunswick 61% University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 62% University of Wisconsin, Madison 66% University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 68% University of Washington 68% University of Kansas 69% Texas A&M University 72% University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 74% University of Nebraska, Lincoln 74% Ohio State University, Columbus 76% Michigan State University 79% Purdue University-West Lafayette 80% Indiana University, Bloomington 83% University of Iowa 83% University of Arizona 83% University of Colorado, Boulder 85% University of Missouri, Columbia 89% Iowa State University 90% University of Oregon 91% Source: U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Colleges 2006", http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex.php

Freshmen University of California, Berkeley 24% University of California, Los Angeles 24% University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 37% University of Virginia 39% University of California, San Diego 41% University of Maryland, College Park 43% University of Texas Austin 47% University of Pittsburgh 48% University of California Santa Barbara 50% SUNY-Stony Brook 51% University of Florida 52% University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 53% Rutgers-New Brunswick 54% University of California, Irvine 54% Penn State University, University Park 55% University of California, Davis 60% University at Buffalo 62% University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 63% University of Wisconsin, Madison 65% Texas A&M University 67% University of Kansas 68% Michigan State University 71% University of Washington 71% Ohio State University, Columbus 72% University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 76% University of Nebraska, Lincoln 76% Purdue University-West Lafayette 79% University of Colorado, Boulder 80% Indiana University, Bloomington 81% University of Iowa 82% University of Oregon 84% University of Arizona 85% University of Missouri, Columbia 89% Iowa State University 90% Source: U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Colleges 2005", http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex.php

Freshmen University of California, Berkeley 24% University of California, Los Angeles 24% University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 35% University of Virginia 39% University of California, San Diego 41% University of Maryland, College Park 43% University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 49% University of California, Santa Barbara 51% SUNY-Stony Brook 54% Rutgers-New Brunswick 55% University of Pittsburgh 55% University of California, Irvine 56% Penn State University, University Park 57% University of Florida 58% University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 60% University of Wisconsin, Madison 60% University at Buffalo 61% University of Texas, Austin 61% University of California, Davis 63% Michigan State University 67% University of Kansas 67% Texas A&M University 68% University of Washington 68% Ohio State University, Columbus 74% University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 74% Purdue University, West Lafayette 76% University of Nebraska, Lincoln 78% University of Colorado, Boulder 80% Indiana University, Bloomington 81% University of Iowa 84% University of Arizona 86% University of Oregon 86% University of Missouri, Columbia 88% Iowa State University 89% Source: U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Colleges 2004", September 1, 2003

Freshmen University of California, Berkeley 25% University of California, Los Angeles 27% University of Virginia 38% University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 40% University of California, San Diego 43% SUNY-Stony Brook 50% University of California, Santa Barbara 50% University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 52% University of Maryland, College Park 55% Penn State University, University Park 57% Rutgers-New Brunswick 57% University of California, Irvine 59% University of Florida 60% University of Pittsburgh 60% University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 62% University at Buffalo 63% University of California, Davis 63% University of Texas, Austin 64% Michigan State University 65% University of Wisconsin, Madison 67% University of Kansas 68% Texas A&M University 69% Ohio State University, Columbus 73% University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 76% Purdue University, West Lafayette 77% University of Colorado, Boulder 79% University of Washington 79% University of Nebraska, Lincoln 79% Indiana University, Bloomington 83% University of Arizona 84% University of Iowa 85% University of Missouri, Columbia 89% Iowa State University 90% Source: U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Colleges 2003", February, 2003

Freshmen University of California, Berkeley 26% University of California, Los Angeles 29% University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 37% University of California, San Diego 38% University of Virginia 39% University of California, Santa Barbara 47% Penn State University, University Park 48% University of Maryland, College Park 51% University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 55% SUNY-Stony Brook 56% University of California, Irvine 57% Rutgers-New Brunswick 58% University of Florida 62% University of Pittsburgh 62% University of Texas, Austin 62% University of California, Davis 63% University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 64% Texas A&M University 66% SUNY-Buffalo 68% Michigan State University 69% University of Kansas 69% Ohio State University, Columbus 72% University of Wisconsin, Madison 72% University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 75% Purdue University, West Lafayette 78% University of Washington 78% Indiana University, Bloomington 82% University of Iowa 83% University of Arizona 84% University of Colorado, Boulder 86% University of Missouri, Columbia 90% Iowa State University 91% University of Nebraska, Lincoln 92% Source: U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Colleges", September, 2001.

Freshmen University of California, Berkeley 27% University of California, Los Angeles 29% University of Virginia 34% University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 39% University of California, San Diego 41% Penn State University, University Park 49% University of California, Santa Barbara 53% University of Maryland, College Park 54% University of Florida 60% University of California, Irvine 61% Rutgers-New Brunswick 62% University of California, Davis 63% University of Texas, Austin 63% University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 64% University of Pittsburgh 66% University of Kansas 69% University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 71% Michigan State University 71% University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 73% Ohio State University, Columbus 74% SUNY-Buffalo 74% University of Nebraska, Lincoln 74% University of Wisconsin, Madison 74% University of Washington 77% Indiana University, Bloomington 81% University of Iowa 83% Purdue University, West Lafayette 84% University of Arizona 84% University of Colorado, Boulder 85% University of Missouri, Columbia 90% Iowa State University 91% Source: U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Colleges", September 11, 2000.

Freshmen University of California, Berkeley 28% University of California, Los Angeles 33% University of Virginia 34% University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 35% Penn State University, University Park 47% University of California, San Diego 48% University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 59% University of Florida 61% University of California, Santa Barbara 61% University of California, Irvine 62% Rutgers-New Brunswick 63% University of Kansas 63% University of Maryland, College Park 64% University of California, Davis 66% University of Washington 66% University of Pittsburgh 68% University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 71% University of Texas, Austin 71% SUNY-Buffalo 71% University of Wisconsin, Madison 73% Michigan State University 77% University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 77% Ohio State University, Columbus 79% University of Arizona 81% University of Missouri, Columbia 81% University of Nebraska, Lincoln 82% Indiana University, Bloomington 84% University of Iowa 84% University of Colorado, Boulder 85% Purdue University, West Lafayette 87% Iowa State University 91% University of Oregon 91% Source: U.S. News & World Report, "2000 College Rankings", August 1999.

Freshmen University of California, Berkeley 31% University of California, Los Angeles 36% Univ. of Virginia 36% University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 37% University of California, San Diego 53% Penn State University, University Park 53% University of Kansas 61% Rutgers New Brunswick 64% University of Maryland, College Park 65% University of California, Irvine 66% University of Florida 67% University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 68% University of Wisconsin, Madison 68% University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 69% University of California, Davis 70% University of California, Santa Barbara 72% SUNY Buffalo 72% University of Washington 74% University of Texas, Austin 78% University of Pittsburgh 78% Ohio State University, Columbus 79% University of Missouri, Columbia 80% University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 80% University of Nebraska, Lincoln 81% Michigan State University 81% University of Arizona 82% University of Colorado, Boulder 83% Indiana University, Bloomington 83% University of Iowa 84% Purdue University, West Lafayette 89% Iowa State University 91% Source: U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Colleges," August 1998.

Freshmen University of Virginia 33% University of California, Berkeley 36% University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 37% University of California, Los Angeles 39% Penn State University, University Park 49% University of California, San Diego 50% University of Florida 54% University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 55% University of Texas, Austin 61% University of Maryland, College Park 61% University of Kansas 62% Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 65% University of Michigan 68% University of Washington 69% University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 70% State University of New York, Buffalo 71% University of California, Irvine 71% University of California, Davis 73% University of Wisconsin, Madison 78% University of California, Santa Barbara 78% University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus 79% University of Colorado, Boulder 80% Michigan State University 81% University of Arizona 83% University of Nebraska, Lincoln 83% Ohio State University, Columbus 85% University of Iowa 86% Indiana University, Bloomington 87% Purdue University, West Lafayette 90% University of Missouri, Columbia 90% Iowa State University 90% Source: U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Colleges," September 1997.

Freshmen University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 35% University of California, Berkeley 39% University of Virginia 42% University of California, Los Angeles 42% Penn State University, University Park 46% University of Florida 51% University of California, San Diego 54% Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 60% University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 62% University of Washington 65% University of Texas, Austin 65% University of Kansas 68% University of Maryland, College Park 68% University of Michigan 69% State University of New York, Buffalo 69% University of California, Davis 71% University of Wisconsin, Madison 71% University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 72% University of California, Irvine 73% University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus 79% University of Colorado, Boulder 80% Indiana University, Bloomington 80% University of California, Santa Barbara 81% Michigan State University 82% University of Arizona 83% University of Nebraska, Lincoln 83% University of Iowa 86% Purdue University, West Lafayette 90% Ohio State University, Columbus 90% University of Missouri, Columbia 90% Iowa State University 91% Source: U.S. News & World Report, "America's Best Colleges," September 1996.