8.0%
940 admitted
from 11,803 apps
Applications11,803
Overall admit rate8.0%
Enrolled711 · 75.6% yield
Admitted from waitlist173 of 2,144
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsClass rank, Talent, Volunteering
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
#13
U.S. News & World Report
Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#1326
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#2326
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#2626
NicheBest Colleges in America#4226
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#10426
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#12526
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#17726
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Federal designationWomen's College9
Athletic conferenceThe Ivy League9
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FCS44
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingNew York colleges40
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
$75
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/6 → 1-Apr → 1-May
Early decision11/1 → 12/15 · binding
Deferred admissionAllowed
Admissions URLhttps://www.commonapp.org/
Admissions emailadmissions@barnard.edu
Admissions phone854-2014
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Columbia University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Columbia University NY · Private (nonprofit)3.9%15409K
University of Pennsylvania PA · Private (nonprofit)4.9%—10K
Brown University RI · Private (nonprofit)5.4%15407K
Wellesley College MA · Private (nonprofit)14.8%15002K
Yale University CT · Private (nonprofit)4.8%15306K
New York University NY · Private (nonprofit)9.1%152029K
Smith College MA · Private (nonprofit)21.0%1480—
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.