The most famous US universities by the number of applications

A student who receives a letter of admission to Harvard is unlikely to carry their documents to another institution and refuse to become a member of the Ivy League.

According to research, prestigious private colleges, world-renowned universities, religious and public schools in the United States never lack applicants. Educational institutions set a high bar for admission, but this does not scare students but only makes them work harder and fight for the right to study in a famous place with a century of history.

Below is a list of higher education institutions where US young people most often carry their documents in the hope of being enrolled.

* The data shown in the table are valid for 2015.

University (state) Enrolled students Students who started actual studies

Percentage of enrolled

Harvard University (MA) 2,047 1,659 81%

Brigham Young University — Provo (UT) 5,645 4,427 78.4%

Stanford University (CA) 2,208 1,677 76%

University of Alaska — Fairbanks 1,221 892 73.1%

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1,548 1,115 72%

Yale University (CT) 2,031 1,359 66.9%

Yeshiva University (NY) 1,299 855 65.8%

Princeton University (NJ) 1,963 1,285 65.5%

University of Nebraska — Lincoln 6,999 4,42 63.2%

University of Pennsylvania 3,83 2,421 63.2%

Georgia Southern University 5,759 3,583 62.2%

Columbia University (NY) 2,311 1,416 61.3%

University of Nevada — Las Vegas 6,25 3,773 60.4%

Brown University (RI) 2,654 1,543 58.1%

University of North Dakota 3,362 1,908 56.8%

University of Nebraska — Omaha 3,507 1,889 53.9%

University of Chicago 2,67 1,426 53.4%

University of Louisiana — Lafayette 5,044 2,693 53.4%

University of New Orleans 1,61 860 53.4%

University of Notre Dame (IN) 3,936 2,07 52.6%

North Dakota State University 4,888 2,553 52.2%

Cornell University (NY) 6,222 3,223 51.8%

South Dakota State University 4,458 2,306 51.7%

University of New Mexico 6,799 3,518 51.7%

Florida A&M University 2,263 1,145 50.6%

University of Florida 12,618 6,373 50.5%