Sweet Sixteen by the Numbers

While I personally prefer holistic info about our admissions outcomes, I know many of you like to roll around in the numbers so here's a peek at the statistical profile of the Class of 2016. Unless noted, the figures reflect students who have been offered admission.

Number of applicants: 16,378

Percent admitted: 21

Percent increase in applications since 1995: 92

Number of states represented: 50 (Hello, North Dakota!)

States with the largest number of acceptances: MA, NY, CA (CA was only 10 behind NY.)

Number from Idaho: 9

Number from Texas: 99

Number of high schools represented in applicant pool: 4,594

Number of high schools represented in the accepted class: 1,734

Percent who attend a public high school: 55

Largest number accepted from a single high school: 25 (It was a huge pool.)

Number of countries represented: 76

Percent who are foreign citizens: 10.5

Number who live abroad (includes American citizens): 485

Countries with the largest number of acceptances: China, Singapore, India

Number from the Southern Hemisphere: 32

Number from Africa: 21

Number from Afghanistan: 1

Number for whom English is not the first language: 522

Percent female engineers: 38

Percent first-generation college-bound students: 10

Percent who applied for need-based financial aid: 51

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