University of Connecticut

Compared to Other Public Research I Universities

Fall 1998 Percent of Students Accepted and Percent in Top Quarter of Their High School Class

Rank

Institution

Acceptance Rate (%)

Rank

Institution

Top Quarter of High School Class (%)

1

U. of California at Berkeley

28

*

1

U. of California at Berkeley

100

*

2

U. of California at Los Angeles

33

*

1

U. of California at Davis

100

3

U. of Virginia

34

*

1

U. of California at Irvine

100

4

U. of North Carolina

35

*

1

U. of California at Los Angeles

100

*

5

U. of California at Davis

47

1

U. of California at San Diego

100

*

5

Pennsylvania State University

47

*

1

U. of California at Santa Barbara

100

*

7

U. of California at San Diego

48

*

7

U. of Virginia

96

*

8

State U. of New York at Stony Brook

52

8

U. of North Carolina

93

*

9

U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor

59

*

8

U. of Wisconsin at Madison

93

*

10

U. of California at Santa Barbara

61

*

10

Pennsylvania State University

90

*

10

U. of Florida

61

*

10

U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor

90

*

12

U. of California at Irvine

62

12

U. of Florida

88

*

13

U. of Illinois at Chicago

63

13

U. of Georgia

85

13

U. of Kansas

63

*

13

U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

85

*

13

Rutgers State U. of New Jersey

63

*

15

Florida State University

84

16

U. of Maryland at College Park

64

*

16

U. of Texas at Austin

80

*

17

U. of Georgia

66

16

Texas A & M University-College Station

80

17

U. of Washington

66

*

18

U. of Maryland at College Park

77

*

19

U. of Hawaii at Manoa

67

19

North Carolina State University

72

20

Temple University

68

19

U. of Washington

72

*

20

U. of Pittsburgh

68

*

19

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

72

22

New Mexico State University

69

22

Rutgers State U. of New Jersey

71

*

22

North Carolina State University

69

23

U. of Hawaii at Manoa

67

24

U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

71

*

24

U. of Missouri at Columbia

64

*

24

State U. of New York at Buffalo

71

*

25

State U. of New York at Stony Brook

63

24

U. of Texas at Austin

71

*

26

U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities

60

*

27

U. of Connecticut

73

26

U. of Pittsburgh

60

*

27

U. of Wisconsin at Madison

73

*

28

Colorado State University

59

29

U. of Massachusetts at Amherst

74

28

U. of Arizona at Tucson

59

*

29

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

74

28

U. of Illinois at Chicago

59

31

Florida State University

75

31

Oregon State University

58

31

Georgia Institute of Technology

75

32

Arizona State University at Tempe

57

33

Arizona State University at Tempe

76

32

Iowa State University

57

*

33

Colorado State University

76

32

Purdue University

57

*

33

U. of Tennessee at Knoxville

76

35

Ohio State University

56

*

36

Michigan State University

77

*

35

U. of Colorado at Boulder

56

*

36

U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities

77

*

35

U. of Kansas

56

*

36

Virginia Commonwealth U.

77

35

U. of Connecticut

56

39

U. of Kentucky

78

39

Louisiana State University A & M

54

*

40

Ohio State University

79

*

39

Michigan State University

54

*

41

U. of Arizona at Tucson

81

*

39

State U. of New York at Buffalo

54

*

41

Louisiana State University A & M

81

*

42

Indiana U. at Bloomington

53

*

41

U. of Missouri at Columbia

81

*

42

U. of Nebraska at Lincoln

53

*

44

U. of Nebraska at Lincoln

82

*

44

U. of Tennessee at Knoxville

51

45

Indiana U. at Bloomington

84

*

45

U. of Iowa

50

*

45

U. of Iowa

84

*

46

West Virginia University

49

47

U. of Colorado at Boulder

85

*

47

U. of Kentucky

48

47

Wayne State Univeristy

85

47

U. of Massachusetts at Amherst

48

49

Texas A & M University-College Station

86

49

U. of Alabama at Birmingham

47

50

U. of Alabama at Birmingham

87

50

U. of New Mexico

45

50

Purdue University

87

*

50

Wayne State Univeristy

45

50

U. of Cincinnati

87

52

U. of Utah

44

53

U. of Utah

88

53

Temple University

42

54

Iowa State University

91

*

54

Virginia Commonwealth U.

37

54

U. of New Mexico

91

55

U. of Cincinnati

36

56

West Virginia University

93

56

Georgia Institute of Technology

NA

57

Oregon State University

96

57

New Mexico State University

NA

58

Utah State University

98

58

Utah State University

NA