Data Sources & Compilation Note
The acceptance rate data presented in this project was independently compiled and organized by me. There is data that exists online, but pulling it to t20 specifically was done by me. Some of the sources I used are listed below.
- Wikipedia (individual university admissions pages)
- Citizens Bank – What Are T20 Schools?
- Reddit r/ApplyingToCollege – T20 Yields & Acceptance Rates
- Assorted resources I found on the web
The data was manually verified and formatted for consistency across class years (2026–2029).
Glossary
- Acceptance rate
- Percentage of applicants offered admission.
- Percentage point
- The absolute difference between two percentage values.
- Selectivity
- The level of competition for admission, often measured by acceptance rate.
- Class year
- The expected graduation year of an incoming student cohort.
- T20 (Top 20)
- The group of colleges included in this dataset, representing the top 20 U.S. institutions.