Across the Ivy League, during the 2022-2023 admissions cycle for the Class of 2027, applications increased at Yale University, Dartmouth College, Brown University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, applications dropped at Harvard University and Columbia University. Princeton University and Cornell University have not yet released enough admissions data for the Class of 2027 to know which way the pendulum swung.

In many ways, it was a year much like last year for the Class of 2026 — some of the Ivies were up, some were down slightly (and some of the ones that were up last year were down this year, and vice versa). It certainly wasn’t like the admissions cycle for the Class of 2025 when applications surged at all of the Ivies due to the pandemic.

The 2022-2023 admissions cycle marked the last before the United States Supreme Court outlawed the practice of Affirmative Action, ruling against Harvard University in the Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College v. Students for Fair Admissions case. 

So changes could be afoot next year, though with Chief Justice John Roberts’ loophole allowing students to write about their race and college admissions officials to consider the impact of their race on their experiences, penned in the majority opinion, there likely will be fewer changes than many anticipate.

Among this year’s admissions statistics across the Ivies, the one asterisk we’d include is that Columbia University was under a dark cloud during the 2022-2023 admissions cycle. The school, caught with its hand in the cookie jar, misreporting data to US News & World Report, which led the school to fall from 2nd in the all-important ranking to 18th, clearly led fewer students to apply to the institution this year.

In any case, without further ado, let’s take a look at the admissions statistics across the Ivy League for the 2022-2023 admissions cycle:

Brown University

In the Early Decision round, Brown University offered admission to 879 out of 6,770 applicants, marking an ED admission rate of 12.98%. 62 of this year’s Early Decision admits were through QuestBridge. The 6,770 ED applicants marked a record haul for the Providence, Rhode Island-based university, eclipsing last year’s historic tally of 6,146 ED applicants by around 10%. The 12.98% ED admission rate also marked a record low, besting last year’s 14.6% ED admission rate.

In the Regular Decision round, 1,730 students earned admission to Brown’s Class of 2027, the most RD admits since the Brown Class of 2024. The total number of admits to Brown’s incoming class thus stands at 2,609, drawn from a total pool of 51,302 applicants. The overall admission rate for Brown’s Class of 2027 thus settled at 5.09%, only slightly higher than the 5.0% of students who earned admission to Brown’s Class of 2026.

Highlights of the Brown University Class of 2027

Early Decision admits hail from 44 states in our union in addition to Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. They also hail from 50 nations worldwide with the most represented nations being Canada, China, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, South Korea, and Turkey. 15% of ED admits are first-generation college students.

Among total admits to Brown’s Class of 2027, all 50 states are represented in addition to Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. International admits hail from 90 nations worldwide with China, Canada, India, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Pakistan the most represented.

In addition, Brown admitted 24 veterans (which the school claims is the most in its history). 74 students earned admission to Brown’s Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), and an additional 20 earned admission to the Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program.

Read more about the Brown Class of 2027 Early Decision round and the Brown Class of 2027 Regular Decision round.

Columbia University

In the Early Decision round, Columbia University received 5,738 applications — a 9% slide from last year’s 6,305 ED applications and the lowest ED application tally since the Columbia Class of 2024. Columbia has yet to release the ED acceptance rate and the number of students who earned admission to the Class of 2027, but we will share these figures when they become publicly available.

So, why the slide? That’s an easy one. Columbia misreported data to US News & World Report, and, as such, the school was harshly penalized by the publication — plummeting from the 2nd to 18th position in the annual ranking.

Between the Early Decision and Regular Decision rounds of admission, 57,129 students applied to Columbia’s Class of 2027 — with 5,738 applications in Early Decision and 51,391 applications in Regular Decision (both figures were lower than each of the last two years). The overall admission rate stood at 3.9%, a figure that’s on par with the Columbia Class of 2025 but not as low as the Columbia Class of 2026.  

Highlights of the Columbia University Class of 2027

Admitted students to Columbia’s Class of 2027 hail from all 50 states in addition to Washington, D.C., American Samoa, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. International applicants represent 101 countries worldwide.

Read more about the Columbia Class of 2027 Early Decision round and the Columbia Class of 2027 Regular Decision round.

Cornell University

Cornell University has, in recent years, been cagey about its admissions figures, choosing to release most of these numbers only through the federally mandated Common Data Set rather than through the kind of press releases that most universities publish — and this year marked no exception for Cornell.

In total, between the Early Decision and Regular Decision rounds of admission, 4,994 students earned admission to Cornell’s Class of 2027. Of these students, 1,670 earned admission through Early Decision, while 3,324 earned admission through Regular Decision. 

But without application figures for Cornell’s Early Decision and Regular Decision rounds, one cannot yet glean Cornell’s Early Decision, Regular Decision, and overall acceptance rates for the Class of 2027. We will publish this data when it becomes available through The Common Data Set.

Highlights of the Cornell University Class of 2027

And while we don’t have much to share about Cornell’s Class of 2027 just yet since the school has been tight-lipped about its latest incoming class, we can share that students hail from all 50 states in our union in addition to Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and Guam. International admits hail from 114 nations around our globe.

Read more about Cornell’s Class of 2027.

Dartmouth College

In the Early Decision round, 578 students earned admission to Dartmouth College. These students were drawn from a record Early Decision applicant pool of 3,009 candidates (up 14% from last year and 45% in the previous three ED cycles). The ED acceptance rate for Dartmouth’s Class of 2027 thus stood at 19.21%, shattering the previous benchmark of 21.2% for the ED pool of the Dartmouth Class of 2025. Additionally, a record 47 students earned admission to Dartmouth’s Class of 2027 by matching through QuestBridge. Thus, Dartmouth’s total number of admitted students headed into the Regular Decision round settled at 625.

In the Regular Decision round, 1,173 students earned admission to Dartmouth, drawn from a pool of 25,832 RD candidates. The Regular Decision admission rate for Dartmouth thus stood at 4.54%, only slightly higher than the record-low 4.5% of applicants who earned RD admission to Dartmouth’s Class of 2025.

Overall, excluding students who matched with Dartmouth through QuestBridge, 1,751 students earned admission to Dartmouth’s Class of 2027 out of a total pool of 28,841 applicants (the most applicants in the school’s history). The overall admission rate for the Dartmouth Class of 2027 thus stood at 6.07%, a historic low for the College on the Hill.

Highlights of the Dartmouth College Class of 2027

Early Decision admits hail from 47 of the 50 states in addition to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. International admits hail from 44 nations worldwide (up from 36 countries last year).

17% of admits come from low-income families and 15% will be the first in their families to attend college. On the other end of the spectrum, 14% are legacies.

Among the American admits, a historic 41% are students of color. This figure includes not only underrepresented minorities in Dartmouth’s admissions process (Black, Latino, Native American students) but also overrepresented minorities (Asian American students). Additionally, of those ED admits who are American citizens, a record 41% of admitted applicants are people of color and 15% are in the first generation of their family to attend college. 

As far as the overall pool of admits to the Dartmouth Class of 2027, combining the ED and RD admits, they hail from all 50 states in our union in addition to Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands. International admits come from 75 nations worldwide.

Additionally, 56% of admits come from public or charter schools. And, for those admits hailing from high schools that rank students, 444 students ranked either first or second in their high school classes.

Read more about the Dartmouth Class of 2027 Early Decision round and the Dartmouth Class of 2027 Regular Decision round.

Harvard University

In the Early Action round, 722 students earned admission to Harvard University‘s Class of 2027, selected from an EA applicant pool of 9,553 applicants. Harvard’s EA acceptance rate thus stood at 7.56% this year. It marked the second-lowest EA admission rate and the second highest EA applicant pool in the school’s history, eclipsed only by the 7.4% EA admission rate and the 10,086 EA applicants for Harvard’s Class of 2025.

Of those students who did not earn EA admission to Harvard’s Class of 2027, 78% received deferrals, 9.5% received denials, and about 5% were marked as either incomplete or withdrawn.

Between the Early Action and Regular Decision rounds of admission, 1,942 students earned admission to Harvard’s Class of 2027 (with 722 in the Early Action round and 1,220 in the Regular Decision round). The overall admission rate stood at 3.41%, a figure slightly higher than last year’s 3.19% overall admission rate and slightly higher than the 3.4% who earned admission to Harvard’s Class of 2025. By our arithmetic, Harvard received approximately 57,000 applications to its Class of 2027, the lowest application tally since the Harvard Class of 2024.

Highlights of Harvard’s Class of 2027

This admissions cycle marked the last before the United States Supreme Court ruled against Harvard in the Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College v. Students for Fair Admissions case, outlawing the consideration of race in the college admissions process.

Thus, with the eyes of Lady Justice looking over Harvard’s admissions committee, the percentage of Asian Americans admitted in the Early Action round surged by around 3% to 29.1%, the highest percentage of Asian American Early Action admits on Harvard’s books.

Meanwhile, the percentage of African American admits to Harvard’s Class of 2027 stood at 14.4%, slightly up from the 13.9% of EA admits for the Class of 2026. Latino students, however, were down — to 8.4% from the 10.5% of EA admits last year. Native American and Hawaiian representation was also down among EA admits — from 3.7% for the Class of 2026 to 1.7% for the Class of 2027.

International students comprise 14.1% of Harvard’s EA admits to the Class of 2027, up slightly from the 12.6% who earned admission during the last Early cycle.

10.8% of EA admits are Pell-Grant eligible, coming from low-income families. More than 14% of EA admits will be the first in their families to attend college — up from around 12% last year.

Among the total admits to Harvard’s Class of 2027, they hail from all 50 states and from 102 nations worldwide. The most represented nations include Italy (10 students), Australia (12 students), Canada (44 students), China (16 students), the United Kingdom (24 students), India (eight students), Germany (eight students), Ukraine (seven students), and Turkey (eight students).

Concerning race, African American or Black students make up 15.3% of admits, a figure down slightly from the 15.5% of last year’s admits. Latino representation also dropped from 12.6% for the Class of 2026 to 11.3% for the Class of 2027. And Native American and Hawaiian representation fell as well — from 2.9% and 0.8%, respectively, for the Class of 2026 to slightly over 2% and 0.5%, respectively, for the Class of 2027. Meanwhile, Asian American representation surged 2.1% — to 29.9% for the Class of 2027 from 27.8% for the Class of 2026.

Concerning gender, around 53% of admits to Harvard’s Class of 2027 identify as women, while around 46% identify as men. 32 admitted students identify as nonbinary.

Additionally, 23 veterans also earned admission — up from 18 vets who secured spots in Harvard’s Class of 2026.

Read more about the Harvard Class of 2027 Early Action round and the Harvard Class of 2027 Regular Decision round.

University of Pennsylvania

In the Early Decision round, over 8,000 students made binding commitments to attend the University of Pennsylvania. It marked the first time in the school’s history that the Early Decision tally eclipsed 8,000 (the previous record was 7,962 for the UPenn Class of 2025).

This year, UPenn’s admissions committee has opted to withhold the number of students accepted through Early Decision and the ED acceptance rate. But we’ll publish these figures when they become publicly available through The Common Data Set.

Between the Early Decision and Regular Decision rounds of admission, 59,463 students applied to UPenn’s Class of 2027, eclipsing the 56,333 record number of students who applied to UPenn’s Class of 2025 (and a major jump from last year’s 54,586 applications).

However, UPenn’s admissions committee has withheld the number of admitted students in both rounds of admission so we’ll have to wait to publish the school’s acceptance rates for the Class of 2027 until they become publicly available through The Common Data Set.

Highlights of University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 2027

Among Early Decision admits, they hail from 43 of the 50 states in our union in addition to Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Sapan (in the North Mariana Islands). International admits hail from 65 nations worldwide (an increase from last year’s 60 nations).

The admissions committee also claimed that the pool of Early Decision admits is the most diverse in the school’s history, with the highest percentage of students who will be the first in their families to attend college, though the school has yet to disclose demographic numbers to substantiate these statements.

Among the 2,420 students who chose to enroll in UPenn’s Class of 2027, they hail from 48 states in addition to Washington, D.C., the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and Puerto Rico. International students come from 97 nations around the world, with the United Kingdom, India, Hong Kong, China, and Canada the most-represented.

19% will be the first in their families to attend college. 20% are Pell-Grant eligible, meaning they come from low-income families. 

57% identify as students of color, though only 25% are considered underrepresented minorities (Asian Americans are considered an overrepresented minority in UPenn’s admissions process). 54% were assigned female at birth, while 46% were assigned male at birth.

Under the school’s test-optional admissions policy, for those who submitted scores, the middle 50% of ACT scores stood at 34-35, while the middle 50% of SAT scores stood at 1510-1560.

Read more about the UPenn Class of 2027 Early Decision round and the UPenn Class of 2027 Regular Decision round.

Princeton University

Last spring, Princeton University ceased reporting admissions data, though all such data eventually finds its way into the school’s Common Data Set, which is available to the public. Consistent with this policy, Princeton did not release total applications, total acceptances, or admission rates in either the Early Action or Regular Decision admission rounds for the Class of 2027.

At present, we can report — from limited data — that 1,366 students enrolled in Princeton’s Class of 2027.

Highlights of the Princeton University Class of 2027

Among the students who enrolled in Princeton’s Class of 2027, they hail from 49 out of the 50 states in addition to Washington, D.C., Guam, and Puerto Rico. International students hail from 64 nations worldwide. 13% are the children of alumni (a.k.a. legacies). On the other end of the spectrum, 22% of matriculants are Pell Grant-eligible — meaning they come from low-income families. And 17% are the first in their families to attend college.

Read more — though not much more — about the Princeton Class of 2027.

Yale University

In the Early Action round, 776 students earned admission to Yale University’s Class of 2027, drawn from a pool of 7,744 applicants. The 7,744 applicants marked the second-largest EA applicant pool in Yale’s history, eclipsed only by the 7,939 EA applicants to Yale’s Class of 2025. The EA admission rate for Yale’s Class of 2027 settled at 10.02%, a historic low for the Ivy League institution. In addition, 66 students matched with Yale through QuestBridge this year.

Of those students who did not earn Early Action admission to Yale’s Class of 2027, 67% were denied admission outright, 21% were deferred to the Regular Decision round, and 2% either withdrew their applications or were marked incomplete.

In the Regular Decision round, 1,433 students earned admission from a pool of 44,311 applicants. The RD application tally eclipsed last year’s record of 42,727 applicants. The RD admission rate thus stood at 3.23%, the second-lowest in the university’s history (3.17% earned RD admission to Yale’s Class of 2027)

Between the Early Decision and Regular Decision rounds, 2,275 students earned admission to Yale’s Class of 2027. These students were selected from a record applicant pool of 52,250 applicants, a tally that eclipsed last year’s benchmark of 50,015 applicants. Yale’s overall admission rate for the Class of 2027 thus settled at 4.35%, outmuscling last year’s all-time low overall admit rate of 4.47%.

Highlights of Yale’s Class of 2027

Admits to Yale’s Class of 2027 come from over 1,500 secondary schools. They hail from all 50 states in our union in addition to Washington, D.C. and four U.S. territories. International admits hail from 78 nations worldwide. Admits have expressed interest in 82 of Yale’s majors.

Read more about the Yale Class of 2027 Early Action round and the Yale Class of 2027 Regular Decision round.