Early Admission of Women to Leading Colleges and Universities

Several of the nation’s highest-ranked colleges and universities have reported data on students they have accepted under early decision or early action admissions plans. Some of these selective educational institutions have provided data broken down by gender.

Princeton University in New Jersey admitted 785 students from an applicant pool of 4,229 candidates in its single-choice early action admissions program. Women were 51 percent of the students admitted early.

Williams College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Williamstown, Massachusetts, admitted 246 students from an early decision applicant pool of 585. Among the 246 students admitted early, 121 are women.

Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, admitted 669 students from an applicant pool of 3,030 for its early decision admissions program. Among the 669 students admitted early, 367, or 54.9 percent, are women.

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, admitted 584 students in its early decision admissions program. There were 1,929 early applicants. Women make up 52 percent of the students admitted early at Johns Hopkins.