With 18 universities in the Big Ten conference, high school students have quite the decision to make when deciding where to apply.
Should a student want to head to one of the most prestigious conferences in the United States, they need to be aware of just how hard some of these universities are to get into.
According to U.S. News & World Report, three of the 18 colleges in the Big Ten have an acceptance rate of 10% or under. There’s a huge difference between the fourth- and fifth-place schools, and eight universities have no problem accepting more than half of the students who apply.
Using U.S. News’ data as a reference, we rank the Big Ten universities according to their acceptance rate. Let’s take a look at where the acceptance rate of every Big Ten school ranks, from the lowest percentage accepted to the highest.
City: Evanston, Illinois
Acceptance Rate: 8%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 9,060
City: Los Angeles, CA
Acceptance Rate: 9%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 33,471
City: Los Angeles, CA
Acceptance Rate: 10%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 20,630
City: Ann Arbor, MI
Acceptance Rate: 16%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 34,454
City: Seattle, WA
Acceptance Rate: 39%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 40,754
City: Piscataway, NJ
Acceptance Rate: 41%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 37,985
City: Champaign, IL
Acceptance Rate: 42%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 37,140
City: College Park, MD
Acceptance Rate: 45%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 31,133
City: Madison, WI
Acceptance Rate: 45%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 39,803
City: West Lafayette, IN
Acceptance Rate: 50%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 44,819
City: Columbus, OH
Acceptance Rate: 61%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 46,815
City: University Park, PA
Acceptance Rate: 61%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 42,619
City: Bloomington, IN
Acceptance Rate: 78%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 38,093
City: Minneapolis, MN
Acceptance Rate: 80%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 41,303
City: Iowa City, IA
Acceptance Rate: 84%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 22,738
City: East Lansing, MI
Acceptance Rate: 85%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 41,234
City: Lincoln, NE
Acceptance Rate: 87%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 19,701
City: Eugene, OR
Acceptance Rate: 88%
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment: 20,622
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