United States Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 1317 private colleges in the United States with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. California Institute of Technology leads the list by accepting 3% of high school students that applied.

List of United States Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
St John's College

Annapolis, MD

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44%
College of Saint Mary

Omaha, NE

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44%
Northeast Catholic College

Warner, NH

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44%
Union College

Schenectady, NY

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44%
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

Lancaster, PA

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44%
Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT

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45%
Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington, IL

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45%
Washington Adventist University

Takoma Park, MD

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45%
Jewish Theological Seminary of America

New York, NY

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45%
Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College

Moore, OK

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45%
Ave Maria University

Ave Maria, FL

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45%
Central Baptist College

Conway, AR

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46%
The Boston Conservatory

Boston, MA

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46%
Grace University

Omaha, NE

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46%
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design

Lancaster, PA

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46%
University of Saint Katherine

San Marcos, California

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46%
University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

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47%
American University

Washington, DC

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47%