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College admissions data you can download
The short answer
Early decision admit rates at 97 colleges and waitlist admit rates at 126, each from the college's own Common Data Set, plus fall 2027 early results dates at 105 colleges. Every table is a free CSV.
The Common Data Set (CDS) is the report each college fills out every year with its applicant, admit and waitlist counts. We read each college's latest CDS, compute the rates and link every row back to the file. Each college's name in a table opens its admissions page.
Early decision acceptance rates at 97 colleges, from their own reports
ED vs overall admit rates at 97 colleges, from each college's own Common Data Set. Mostly fall 2025 entrants. Full table and free CSV.
- 97 rows
- mostly fall 2025 entrants, from each college's latest Common Data Set
- Updated Nov 9, 2026
College waitlist acceptance rates at 126 colleges
How many waitlisted students got in at 126 colleges, from their own Common Data Sets. Median: 8.8% of those who stayed. Free CSV.
- 144 rows, 126 with a rate
- mostly fall 2025 entrants, from each college's latest Common Data Set
- Updated Nov 9, 2026
When do early decision results come out? Fall 2027 dates
Early decision and early action release dates for fall 2027 at 105 colleges, each linked to its own page. Most ED results land Dec 10-20.
- 127 rows, 105 with a rate
- fall 2027 rounds, from each college's own admissions page
- Updated Nov 8, 2026
Using the data
The tables are free to reuse with credit to Shortlist (shortlist.college), under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Please link the story page, which shows the date we last checked the numbers. Found a number that doesn't match a college's CDS? Tell us and we'll fix it.