Admissions Trends at Top Public Colleges

By Jordan Friedman (US News & World Report).

Getting admitted to a top public college is becoming tougher, as applicant pools grow and average acceptance rates fall.

That’s one finding of an analysis of data submitted by the top 10 highest-ranked public colleges and universities in the 2008 through 2018 editions of U.S. News’ National Universities rankings.

Here are three admissions trends at the top 10 ranked public colleges. Calculations for some years included U.S. News data from more than 10 public schools due to rankings ties. Read the full article