Below is a ranking of the 1317 private colleges in the United States with the highest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Amridge University leads the list by accepting 100% of high school students that applied.
| School | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
|
Rice UniversityHouston, TX |
8% |
|
Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA |
7% |
|
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL |
7% |
|
Colby CollegeWaterville, ME |
7% |
|
Duke UniversityDurham, NC |
7% |
|
Curtis Institute of MusicPhiladelphia, PA |
7% |
|
Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA |
7% |
|
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA |
6% |
|
Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH |
6% |
|
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA |
6% |
|
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN |
6% |
|
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT |
5% |
|
University of ChicagoChicago, IL |
5% |
|
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA |
5% |
|
Brown UniversityProvidence, RI |
5% |
|
Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ |
4% |
|
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY |
4% |
|
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA |
4% |