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Ivies Plus© — Volume of Applications — From 2016 to 2026

Annual Volume Applications 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Brown
50,649
46,568
36,793
38,674
35,438
32,724
32,390
30,397
30,432
28,919
28,742
Columbia
60,377
60,551
40,084
42,569
40,203
37,389
36,292
36,250
32,952
33,531
31,851
Cornell
71,000
67,380
51,500
49,118
51,328
47,038
44,965
41,907
43,041
40,006
37,812
Dartmouth
28,336
28,356
21,392
23,650
22,033
20,034
20,675
20,505
19,296
22,416
23,110
Harvard
61,220
57,435
40,248
43,330
42,749
39,506
39,041
37,305
34,295
35,023
34,303
MIT
33,976
33,240
20,075
21,312
21,706
20,247
19,020
18,306
18,357
18,989
18,109
Penn
55,000
56,332
42,205
44,960
44,482
40,413
38,918
37,267
35,868
31,280
31,217
Princeton
NA
37,601
32,835
32,804
35,370
31,056
29,303
27,290
26,641
26,498
26,664
Stanford
NA
55,471
45,227
47,498
47,452
44,073
43,997
42,487
42,167
38,829
36,631
Yale
50,015
47,240
35,220
36,843
35,306
32,900
31,455
30,237
30,932
29,610
28,974

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