The 10 hardest colleges to get into in 2025
With so many universities to choose from, it can be difficult for families and students to get their hands on all the information they need when deciding which university will meet all their requirements. Fortunately, there are ever more tools at their disposal like Niche, with its in-depth profiles on every college in America and over 140 million ratings and reviews.
According to Niche the following schools are currently the hardest to get into in the United States:
| Rank | Institution |
Acceptance rate |
SAT range |
| 1 | Minerva University | 1% | NA |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 3% | 1530-1580 |
| 3 | Harvard University | 3% | 1490-1580 |
| 4 | Stanford University | 4% | 1500-1580 |
| 5 | Columbia University | 4% | 1490-1580 |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4% | 1530-1580 |
| 7 | Yale University | 5% | 1500-1580 |
| 8 | Brown University | 5% | 1490-1580 |
| 9 | University of Chicago | 5% | 1500-1580 |
| 10 | Princeton University | 6% | 1490-1580 |
