Create Date: October 2, 2024
Last Modified Date: December 6, 2024
Acceptance rate is a fairly simple thing to calculate. The only variables that you need to have the values of are: total accepted and total submissions. Then you can plug them into this formula:
In this formula, AR stands for acceptance rate, and the rest is easy to follow and spelled out for ease of use.
When you are using the acceptance rate calculator, there is only a single result. That is a percentage which represents the amount of people accepted out of the total applicants, according to the values you entered. If you are using this tool to evaluate a college, a lower acceptance rate typically signifies a school that is more desirable and elite, making it harder to get into. Whatever you are using this tool for, a good or bad acceptance rate is dependent on industry/field standards, as there is no universally good number.
To use our acceptance rate calculator, you just have to follow these easy steps:
You are evaluating colleges and trying to find out the best fit for you. You see a school you like but want to make sure it isn't nearly impossible to get into, so you decide to calculate the acceptance rate. The total number of applicants last semester was 24,750, and only 10,960 got accepted. You can enter this information into the formula or plug these values into the calculator. After hitting the calculate button, you find the acceptance rate to be 44.28%!
A school with a 20% acceptance rate is generally considered to be on the more competitive side of schools.
A 5% acceptance rate means only 5% of all applicants get accepted. If there were 100 applicants, this would mean only 5 people got accepted.
If you just want to get accepted, a 100% acceptance rate is perfect for you! But if you are judging an institution on its acceptance rate, one with 100% is likely not a high-caliber institution.
According to College Advisor, Harvard and Caltech each are the most difficult to get into as they have a 3% acceptance rate.
There are times where acceptance rate can be zero. Let's say there is a school that is at maximum capacity, they may begin to deny everyone to avoid overloading the school, making the acceptance rate zero. If acceptance rate is ever zero, it will likely only be for a very short period of time, it is not something that can go on for long.
