The following is a sampling of admission statistics at well-known colleges. The information in this table is written for the high school graduating class of 2022.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many colleges have extended their test optional policies to give students the choice of submitting or not submitting standardized testing scores as part of their applications. If scores are sent, most colleges will consider the scores. Schools that are test blind do not consider standardized testing scores even if scores are sent.
Colleges that accept self-reporting of scores do not require official score reports from the testing agencies be sent until after the student is admitted in order to verify their self-reported scores.
College testing requirements vary and are constantly shifting. Please be sure to check college websites for pandemic updates and specific requirements.
A few things to note:
• College selectivity is often measured by the school’s Acceptance Rate. (acceptance rate = # of accepted candidates/# of candidate applicants)
• Yield is a measure of the school’s ability to enroll its accepted candidates. While some of the most selective schools, notably Harvard and Yale, yield a very high percentage of candidates, many competitive schools enroll fewer than half of their admitted candidates. (yield = # of enrolled candidates/# of accepted candidates)
• SAT and ACT submission percentages indicate the percentage of applicants sending SAT scores versus ACT scores to a particular institution.
• Visit our Glossary of Terms for more college admission jargon.
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Sources: Common Data Set, 2020–2021, College Board’s BigFuture, National Center for Education Statistics, and individual college websites
SCHOOL | ACCEPTANCE RATE | YIELD | SAT TOTAL 25th-75th% | ACT TOTAL 25th-75th% | % SUBMITTING SAT | % SUBMITTING ACT | SUPERSCORING | SCORE CHOICE | TEST OPTIONAL (Yes, No, Extended to HS Class Year) or TEST BLIND | SELF-REPORTING SAT/ACT SCORE |
American University | 39% | 21% | 1220–1390 | 27–32 | 50% | 31% | SAT only | Yes | Yes | No |
Amherst College | 12% | 36% | 1410–1530 | 31–34 | 66% | 45% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
Arizona State University | 88% | 28% | 1110–1310 | 21–28 | 58% | 58% | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Babson College | 26% | 36% | 1270–1450 | 27–32 | 69% | 29% | Yes | Yes | 2024 | Yes |
Bard College | 60% | 12% | 1220–1420 | 27–32 | 30% | 14% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Barnard College | 14% | 53% | 1370–1500 | 31–34 | 62% | 46% | Yes | Recommends All | 2023 | Yes |
Bates College | 14% | 44% | 1210–1420 | 27–33 | 61% | 35% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Baylor University | 69% | 16% | 1200–1350 | 26–31 | 50% | 50% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
Beloit College | 58% | 10% | 1100–1290 | 21–29 | 29% | 29% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bennington College | 60% | 17% | 1240–1360 | 25–31 | 23% | 11% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bentley University | 47% | 28% | 1230–1410 | 27–31 | 85% | 20% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
Boston College | 26% | 31% | 1350–1480 | 31–34 | 64% | 36% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | No |
Boston University | 20% | 24% | 1340–1460 | 30–34 | 70% | 33% | Yes | Recommends All | 2023 | No |
Bowdoin College | 9% | 54% | 1340–1510 | 30–34 | 67% | 40% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Brandeis University | 34% | 22% | 1350–1470 | 31–33 | 62% | 25% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Brown University | 8% | 62% | 1440–1550 | 33–35 | 70% | 43% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Bryn Mawr College | 38% | 28% | 1260–1470 | 26–32 | 68% | 34% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Bucknell University | 38% | 27% | 1230–1390 | 27–31 | 66% | 32% | Yes | Yes | 2024 | Yes |
California Institute of Technology | 7% | 42% | 1510–1570 | 35–36 | 45% | 34% | Yes | Recommends All | 2023 | Yes |
Carleton College | 21% | 31% | 1330–1530 | 30–34 | 52% | 59% | SAT only | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Carnegie Mellon University | 17% | 36% | 1460–1560 | 33–35 | 76% | 35% | Yes | Recommends All | 2022 | No |
Case Western Reserve University | 30% | 15% | 1350–1490 | 31–34 | 69% | 49% | Yes | Yes | 2024 | Yes |
Chapman University | 58% | 19% | 1180–1350 | 25–30 | 68% | 42% | SAT only | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
Claremont McKenna College | 13% | 44% | 1330–1460 | 31–34 | 62% | 44% | Yes | Yes | 2024 | Yes |
Clark University | 47% | 14% | 1160–1360 | 27–32 | 66% | 15% | Yes | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
Clemson University | 62% | 24% | 1230–1380 | 27–32 | 59% | 41% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | No |
Colby College | 10% | 40% | 1390–1530 | 32–34 | 47% | 32% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Colgate University | 27% | 32% | 1300–1460 | 30–33 | 57% | 43% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
College of the Holy Cross | 38% | 27% | 1300–1410 | 29–32 | 40% | 19% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
College of William and Mary | 42% | 25% | 1300–1490 | 30–34 | 77% | 32% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
Colorado College | 14% | 39% | 1260–1440 | 29–33 | 50% | 43% | SAT only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Columbia University | 6% | 56% | 1500–1560 | 34–35 | 66% | 46% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Connecticut College | 38% | 17% | 1310–1420 | 30–33 | 24% | 17% | SAT only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 16% | 50% | 1305–1530 | 30–35 | 74% | 18% | Yes | Recommends All | 2022 | Yes |
Cornell University | 11% | 59% | 1410–1530 | 32–35 | 73% | 36% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Dartmouth College | 9% | 54% | 1430–1550 | 32–35 | 57% | 43% | SAT only | Yes | 2022 | No |
Davidson College | 20% | 46% | 1310–1460 | 30–33 | 60% | 47% | Yes | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
Denison University | 28% | 24% | 1220–1430 | 28–32 | 42% | 35% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
DePaul University | 70% | 14% | 1070–1280 | 23–27 | 72% | 43% | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dickinson College | 52% | 18% | 1250–1370 | 27–31 | 61% | 18% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Duke University | 8% | 54% | 1480–1570 | 33–35 | 31% | 70% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Elon University | 72% | 15% | 1160–1310 | 25–30 | 66% | 45% | Yes | Recommends All | 2023 | Yes |
Emerson College | 41% | 17% | 1200–1390 | 27–31 | 64% | 22% | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Emory University | 19% | 25% | 1400–1510 | 31–34 | 61% | 39% | Yes | Recommends All | 2022 | Yes |
Fordham University | 46% | 8% | 1300–1450 | 29–33 | 71% | 39% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Franklin and Marshall College | 37% | 17% | 1250–1390 | 28–31 | 52% | 25% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
George Washington University | 43% | 17% | 1290–1430 | 29–33 | 50% | 27% | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Georgetown University | 17% | 45% | 1380–1530 | 31–35 | 75% | 46% | SAT only | No | 2022 | No |
Gettysburg College | 48% | 21% | 1270–1410 | 27–32 | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gonzaga University | 73% | 17% | 1180–1330 | 25–30 | 71% | 42% | Yes | Recommends All | Yes | No |
Grinnell College | 23% | 25% | 1370–1530 | 30–34 | 49% | 51% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | No |
Grove City College | 78% | 42% | 1130–1380 | 24–30 | 86% | 31% | Yes | N/A | 2022 | Yes |
Hamilton College | 18% | 34% | 1410–1500 | 32–34 | 43% | 40% | Yes | Recommends All | 2023 | Yes |
Hampshire College | 59% | 9% | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind |
Harvard College | 5% | 70% | 1460–1580 | 33–35 | 72% | 45% | SAT only | Yes | 2026 | Yes |
Harvey Mudd College | 18% | 34% | 1490–1560 | 34–35 | 71% | 42% | Yes | Recommends All | 2022 | Yes |
Haverford College | 18% | 40% | 1370–1510 | 32–35 | 74% | 33% | Yes | Recommends All | 2024 | Yes |
Hendrix College | 71% | 25% | 1150–1370 | 25–31 | 26% | 90% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Hillsdale College | 36% | 47% | 1290–1460 | 29–33 | 41% | 53% | No | Yes | 2022 | No |
Howard University | 40% | 27% | 1130–1260 | 22–26 | 78% | 37% | SAT only | Yes | 2022 | No |
Indiana University, Bloomington | 77% | 22% | 1150–1360 | 24–31 | 77% | 53% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Johns Hopkins University | 11% | 42% | 1470–1570 | 33–35 | 61% | 36% | Yes | Recommends All | 2022 | Yes |
Kalamazoo College | 74% | 15% | 1150–1360 | 25–30 | 44% | 20% | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Kenyon College | 37% | 18% | 1280–1460 | 30–33 | 53% | 51% | Yes | Recommends All | 2022 | Yes |
Lafayette College | 36% | 21% | 1270–1420 | 28–33 | 75% | 29% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
Lawrence University | 69% | 18% | 1210–1400 | 26–32 | 45% | 47% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lehigh University | 50% | 22% | 1280–1420 | 29–33 | 70% | 28% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
Lewis & Clark College | 80% | 11% | 1220–1363 | 27–31 | 56% | 36% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Loyola Marymount University | 50% | 16% | 1230–1380 | 27–31 | 65% | 42% | SAT only | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Loyola University, Chicago | 71% | 12% | 1170–1370 | 25–31 | 58% | 54% | Yes | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
Loyola University, Maryland | 80% | 12% | 1150–1310 | 25–30 | 53% | 17% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Loyola University New Orleans | 72% | 17% | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind |
Marquette University | 82% | 13% | 1170–1320 | 25–30 | 25% | 60% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7% | 73% | 1510–1570 | 34–36 | 77% | 42% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Michigan State University | 76% | 23% | 1110–1280 | 23–29 | 80% | 36% | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Middlebury College | 22% | 30% | 1340–1520 | 31–34 | 63% | 44% | Yes | Recommends All | 2023 | Yes |
Mills College | 84% | 15% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | SAT only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mount Holyoke College | 52% | 25% | 1320–1450 | 27–30 | 43% | 25% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Muhlenberg College | 62% | 18% | 1170–1340 | 26–31 | 60% | 23% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
New College of Florida | 70% | 16% | 1190–1365 | 25–30 | 80% | 34% | Yes | Recommends All | No | Yes |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 97% | 17% | 1150–1370 | 23–30 | 38% | 79% | No | Not Specified | 2022 | No |
New York University | 21% | 40% | 1390–1510 | 31–34 | 64% | 27% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | No |
Northeastern University | 20% | 24% | 1430–1540 | 33–35 | 54% | 31% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Northwestern University | 9% | 52% | 1430–1540 | 33–35 | 58% | 55% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Oberlin College | 35% | 21% | 1270–1450 | 28–33 | 63% | 41% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
Occidental College | 41% | 14% | 1290–1440 | 28–33 | 70% | 41% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Ohio State University, Main Campus (Columbus) | 68% | 26% | 1230–1390 | 26–32 | 36% | 80% | No | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Penn State, University Park | 54% | 21% | 1150–1340 | 25–30 | 77% | 18% | No | Recommends All | 2023 | No |
Pepperdine University | 42% | 15% | 1210–1390 | 26–31 | 70% | 38% | SAT only | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
Pitzer College | 17% | 32% | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind–2024 | Test Blind |
Pomona College | 9% | 45% | 1390–1530 | 32–35 | 68% | 48% | Yes | Recommends All | 2023 | Yes |
Princeton University | 6% | 62% | 1460–1560 | 32–35 | 71% | 45% | SAT only | Recommends All | 2022 | No |
Providence College | 54% | 17% | 1210–1360 | 27–31 | 44% | 14% | Yes | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
Quinnipiac University | 73% | 11% | 1070–1260 | 23–28 | 71% | 25% | SAT only | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
Reed College | 42% | 15% | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind–2022 | Test Blind |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47% | 19% | 1290–1490 | 29–34 | 67% | 29% | SAT only | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Rhodes College | 51% | 17% | 1250–1400 | 27–32 | 40% | 73% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
Rice University | 11% | 39% | 1460–1570 | 34–36 | 59% | 41% | Yes | Recommends All | 2022 | Yes |
Rollins College | 61% | 14% | 1120–1330 | 24–32 | 59% | 41% | SAT only | Yes | Yes | No |
Rutgers University, New Brunswick | 67% | 24% | 1180–1410 | 25–32 | 90% | 18% | SAT only | Recommends All | 2022 | No |
Santa Clara University | 51% | 14% | 1280–1430 | 28–32 | 68% | 39% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Sarah Lawrence College | 55% | 19% | 1220–1410 | 27–32 | 41% | 23% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Scripps College | 35% | 21% | 1320–1470 | 29–33 | 61% | 45% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Skidmore College | 32% | 21% | 1250–1390 | 27–31 | 49% | 24% | SAT only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Smith College | 37% | 27% | 1350–1490 | 31–34 | 54% | 26% | SAT only | Yes | Yes | No |
St. John’s College (MD) | 60% | 18% | 1210–1430 | 26–32 | 57% | 20% | Yes | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
St. Lawrence University | 47% | 20% | 1180–1360 | 28–32 | 42% | 17% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
St. Mary’s College of California | 77% | 11% | 1080–1260 | 21–28 | 84% | 34% | Yes | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
St. Mary’s College of Maryland | 79% | 19% | 1090–1250 | 23–29 | 85% | 22% | SAT only | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
St. Olaf College | 51% | 27% | 1160–1370 | 25–32 | 39% | 72% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Stanford University | 5% | 68% | 1420–1550 | 31–35 | 72% | 45% | SAT only | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Stevens Institute of Technology | 53% | 17% | 1320–1480 | 31–34 | 73% | 23% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
SUNY, Binghamton University | 43% | 18% | 1320–1440 | 29–32 | 99% | 31% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
SUNY, Geneseo | 61% | 14% | 1150–1290 | 24–29 | 89% | 22% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SUNY, Stony Brook University | 49% | 18% | 1240–1420 | 26–32 | 88% | 20% | SAT only | Recommends All | 2022 | No |
Swarthmore College | 9% | 35% | 1400–1530 | 31–34 | 68% | 40% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Syracuse University | 44% | 21% | 1180–1380 | 26–30 | 70% | 32% | Yes | No | 2022 | No |
Texas A & M University | 63% | 37% | 1170–1380 | 25–32 | 61% | 39% | No | Yes | 2022 | No |
Texas Christian University | 48% | 23% | 1120–1310 | 25–31 | 39% | 46% | Yes | Recommends All | 2023 | Yes |
The College of New Jersey | 51% | 21% | 1150–1300 | 24–30 | 88% | 20% | SAT only | Yes | 2023 | No |
The New School | 59% | 21% | 1150–1380 | 25–30 | 28% | 11% | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Trinity College (CT) | 36% | 27% | 1310–1420 | 30–32 | 18% | 13% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tufts University | 16% | 43% | 1400–1510 | 32–35 | 59% | 41% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
Tulane University | 11% | 37% | 1360–1470 | 30–33 | 30% | 68% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Union College | 41% | 15% | 1210–1400 | 28–33 | 52% | 29% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
United States Air Force Academy | 13% | 78% | 1220–1420 | 29–33 | 49% | 51% | Yes | Yes | No | No |
United States Coast Guard Academy | 20% | 70% | 1220–1400 | 25–30 | 73% | 50% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
United States Military Academy | 10% | 83% | 1220–1440 | 28–33 | 85% | 70% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
United States Naval Academy | 9% | 84% | 1250–1510 | 27–34 | 71% | 60% | Yes | Yes | No | No |
University of Arizona | 85% | 20% | 1110–1340 | 21–29 | 46% | 49% | No | Yes | Yes | No |
University of Chicago | 7% | 74% | 1510–1560 | 34–35 | 41% | 36% | Yes | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
University of Colorado, Boulder | 84% | 17% | 1140–1340 | 24–31 | 73% | 45% | Yes | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
University of Connecticut | 49% | 20% | 1190–1390 | 27–32 | 88% | 17% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | No |
University of Florida | 37% | 42% | 1370–1450 | 28–33 | 81% | 50% | Yes | Yes | No | No |
University of Georgia | 48% | 42% | 1220–1390 | 27–32 | 68% | 63% | Yes | Yes | No | No |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 63% | 27% | 1220–1450 | 27–33 | 75% | 50% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
University of Maryland, College Park | 51% | 26% | 1290–1460 | 29–34 | 84% | 28% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | No |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst | 64% | 19% | 1190–1390 | 26–32 | 88% | 18% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
University of Miami (FL) | 33% | 18% | 1260–1400 | 28–32 | 55% | 40% | Yes | Recommends All | 2022 | Yes |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | 26% | 41% | 1340–1520 | 31–34 | 64% | 48% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 24% | 43% | 1270–1460 | 27–33 | 65% | 70% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
University of Notre Dame | 19% | 54% | 1400–1550 | 32–35 | 42% | 58% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
University of Pennsylvania | 9% | 61% | 1460–1570 | 33–35 | 65% | 35% | Yes | Recommends All | 2022 | Yes |
University of Puget Sound | 84% | 9% | 1150–1370 | 25–30 | 59% | 37% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
University of Redlands | 75% | 16% | 1130–1250 | 26–28 | 78% | 22% | Yes | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
University of Richmond | 31% | 22% | 1290–1440 | 30–33 | 59% | 40% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
University of Rochester | 30% | 20% | 1310–1500 | 29–33 | 64% | 25% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
University of San Diego | 59% | 13% | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind |
University of San Francisco | 48% | 8% | 1130–1330 | 23–29 | 57% | 21% | Yes | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
University of Southern California | 16% | 36% | 1360–1510 | 30–34 | 69% | 41% | SAT only | Yes | 2023 | No |
University of Texas at Austin | 32% | 46% | 1220–1450 | 26–33 | 79% | 47% | No | Recommends All | 2022 | No |
University of Texas at Dallas | 79% | 28% | 1230–1430 | 26–33 | 84% | 39% | SAT only | Yes | 2022 | No |
University of the Pacific | 66% | 7% | 1130–1360 | 23–31 | 89% | 34% | Yes | Recommends All | Yes | Yes |
University of Virginia | 23% | 41% | 1330–1490 | 30–34 | 70% | 36% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
University of Washington at Seattle | 56% | 29% | 1220–1430 | 27–33 | 81% | 28% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
University of Wisconsin at Madison | 57% | 28% | 1300–1440 | 27–32 | 27% | 78% | No | Recommends All | 2024 | Yes |
Ursinus College | 72% | 14% | 1150–1350 | 24–30 | 67% | 18% | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Vanderbilt University | 12% | 40% | 1470–1570 | 33–35 | 45% | 56% | Yes | Recommends All | 2022 | Yes |
Vassar College | 25% | 28% | 1380–1490 | 32–34 | 64% | 40% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
Villanova University | 31% | 25% | 1320–1460 | 30–33 | 60% | 40% | Yes | Recommends All | 2022 | Yes |
Wake Forest University | 32% | 38% | 1300–1460 | 30–33 | 50% | 45% | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Washington and Lee University | 19% | 37% | 1350–1500 | 32–34 | 52% | 48% | Yes | Recommends All | 2022 | Yes |
Washington University in St. Louis | 19% | 40% | 1480–1560 | 33–35 | 37% | 67% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Webb Institute | 21% | 82% | 1420–1530 | 33–36 | 78% | 22% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Wellesley College | 20% | 43% | 1370–1510 | 31–34 | 68% | 41% | No | Yes | 2022 | Yes |
Wesleyan University (CT) | 21% | 27% | 1340–1510 | 31–34 | 49% | 37% | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Wheaton College (MA) | 77% | 17% | 1180–1340 | 25–31 | 52% | 7% | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Williams College | 15% | 36% | 1430–1540 | 33–35 | 67% | 43% | Yes | Yes | 2023 | Yes |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 59% | 20% | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind | Test Blind–2029 | Test Blind |
Yale University | 7% | 55% | 1470–1560 | 33–35 | 70% | 46% | Yes | Yes | 2022 | Yes |