Pasadena’s California Institute of Technology was named the hardest college to get into in America, but many schools in the state made the top 35 ranking.
The elite private university has just over 2,400 students and an acceptance rate of only 3 percent. It also boasts an enviable student-to-faculty ratio of three-to-one, giving students unusually close access to professors.
The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena is ranked as the hardest university to get into in the entire country. Founded in 1891, Caltech is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading science and engineering institutions. Despite annual tuition and fees exceeding $68,000 before financial aid, Caltech ranks sixth nationally for value. Coming in directly behind the Pasadena institution was Minerva University in San Francisco.
The private school also posted a 3 percent acceptance rate, although its student-to-faculty ratio is a far larger 14-to-one. In fact, the Golden State was one of the best-represented states in the rankings, with seven universities making the top 35 despite fierce competition from elite schools across the country. Stanford University, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, ranked fifth overall. The prestigious private university has a 4 percent acceptance rate and a student-to-faculty ratio of six-to-one.
Pomona College in Claremont ranked 21st, followed by the University of California, Los Angeles at No. 26. UCLA was the only public university from California to appear on the list. The University of Southern California in Los Angeles ranked 31st, while Claremont McKenna College came in at No. 33. Business Insider said it compiled the rankings using the most recent data available from the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator database.
The publication identified schools that admitted 10 percent or fewer of applicants and then ranked them by acceptance rate for the 2024-25 academic year. Where schools shared the same acceptance rate, Business Insider broke ties by ranking institutions that received a higher volume of applications above those that received fewer. The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena is ranked as the hardest university to get into in the entire country.
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