Below is a ranking of the 1337 private colleges in the United States with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Fairfax University of America leads the list by accepting 1% of high school students that applied.
School | Acceptance Rate | |
---|---|---|
Fairfax University of AmericaFairfax, Virginia |
1% | |
Minerva UniversitySan Francisco, California |
1% | |
California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA |
3% | |
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA |
3% | |
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA |
4% | |
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY |
4% | |
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA |
4% | |
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT |
5% | |
University of ChicagoChicago, IL |
5% | |
Brown UniversityProvidence, RI |
5% | |
Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH |
6% | |
Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ |
6% | |
Duke UniversityDurham, NC |
6% | |
Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA |
7% | |
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at ChicagoChicago, IL |
7% | |
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL |
7% | |
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD |
7% | |
Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA |
7% |