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| The 10 US Universities That Receive The Most Applications by Nobody: 6:25pm On Oct 06, 2019 |
 Students at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles.Al Seib | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Students are applying to more colleges than ever before. According to the National Association for College Admission Counseling, in 1990, 9% of college freshmen applied to seven or more schools. By 2016, this percentage had increased to 35%. Some of the biggest schools receive tens of thousands of applications and enroll over 50,000 undergraduate students. Every year, accredited American colleges and universities are required to submit admissions data to the Department of Education. More than 7,500 institutions complete these surveys each year. CNBC Make It recently analyzed 2018 admissions data in order to identify which schools receive the most applications each year. We found was that the one school system, and 10 universities in total, stand out for receiving the most applications — by far.  NYU Stern Here are the 10 universities with the most applications and how many students get in: 10. Boston University Number of applicants: 60,825 Number admitted: 15,273 Number admitted who enrolled: 3,498 Percent of applicants admitted: 25.1% Percent of admitted who enrolled: 22.9% 9. San Diego State University Number of applicants: 60,910 Number admitted: 21,574 Number admitted who enrolled: 5,366 Percent of applicants admitted: 35.4% Percent of admitted who enrolled: 24.9% 8. California State University, Long Beach Number of applicants: 63,048 Number admitted: 17,650 Number admitted who enrolled: 4,138 Percent of applicants admitted: 28.0% Percent of admitted who enrolled: 23.4% 7. New York University Number of applicants: 64,007 Number admitted: 17,707 Number admitted who enrolled: 6,022 Percent of applicants admitted: 27.7% Percent of admitted who enrolled: 34.0% 6. University of California, Davis Number of applicants: 70,952 Number admitted: 30,762 Number admitted who enrolled: 5,868 Percent of applicants admitted: 43.4% Percent of admitted who enrolled: 19.1% 5. University of California, Santa Barbara Number of applicants: 81,824 Number admitted: 26,846 Number admitted who enrolled: 4,538 Percent of applicants admitted: 32.8% Percent of admitted who enrolled: 16.9% 4. University of California, Berkeley Number of applicants: 85,044 Number admitted: 14,549 Number admitted who enrolled: 6,379 Percent of applicants admitted: 17.1% Percent of admitted who enrolled: 43.8% 3. University of California, Irvine Number of applicants: 85,092 Number admitted: 31,063 Number admitted who enrolled: 6,545 Percent of applicants admitted: 36.5% Percent of admitted who enrolled: 21.1% 2. University of California, San Diego Number of applicants: 88,446 Number admitted: 30,061 Number admitted who enrolled: 5,699 Percent of applicants admitted: 34.0% Percent of admitted who enrolled: 19.0% 1. University of California, Los Angeles Number of applicants: 102,225 Number admitted: 16,456 Number admitted who enrolled: 6,038 Percent of applicants admitted: 16.1% Percent of admitted who enrolled: 36.7% According to the figures reported to the Department of Education, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) receives the most applications. UCLA reported that it received 102,225 undergraduate applications during the 2017-2018 school year, that it accepted 16.1% of those applications and that 36.7% of those admitted chose to enroll at the school. Overall, schools within the University of California (UC) school system report receiving a dizzying number of applications — UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara and UC Davis each receive more than 70,000 applications each year. Many experts attribute the massive number of applications to online application portals such as the common application, which make it easier for students to apply to several institutions at once. Indeed, one reason the UC system receives so many applications is simple: students are able to apply to all nine universities with one application. Source: cnbc.com Published Sat, Sep 28 201910:00 AM EDT By Abigail Heiss |
| Re: The 10 US Universities That Receive The Most Applications by thesicilian: 6:50pm On Oct 06, 2019 |
I was expecting Harvard University to be at the top. |
| Re: The 10 US Universities That Receive The Most Applications by Tolexander: 7:16pm On Oct 06, 2019 |
California State Na about 80% |
| Re: The 10 US Universities That Receive The Most Applications by joseph1832(m): 7:24pm On Oct 06, 2019 |
Tolexander:expected University of Southern California to be there. Know some peeps who graduated from there. Whenever they visit, pesin no dey hear word. Lol. |
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