Boston University Historical Acceptance Rate

Historical Acceptance Rates

Boston University's overall acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 11.1%, with 78,769 applicants and 8,749 being admitted. This follows a slight increase from 10.8% in 2023, which had 80,490 applicants and 8,733 admitted. The Early Action (EA) acceptance rate remains significantly higher at 28.2% with 6,854 EA applicants, compared to a 9.4% acceptance rate in Regular Decision (RD) for 71,915 applicants. Historically, the total acceptance rate has been decreasing, dropping from 32.6% in 2015 to the current 11.1%, highlighting an increasingly competitive admissions environment at Boston University.

Year	Total Applicants	Total Admits	RD Acceptance Rate	EA Acceptance Rate	Overall Acceptance Rate
2024	78,769	8,749	9.4%	28.2%	11.1%
2023	80,490	8,733	9.4%	26%	10.8%
2022	80,796	11,607	13.4%	25.3%	14.3%
2021	75,778	14,129	17.5%	32.1%	18.6%
2020	61,007	12,254	18.9%	33%	20%
2019	62,224	11,786	18%	29.9%	18.9%
2018	64,481	14,247	21.6%	28.3%	22%
2017	60,825	15,273	24.7%	29.5%	25.1%
2016	57,441	16,907	29.2%	32.3%	29.4%
2015	54,781	17,871	32.2%	43%	32.6%

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