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
Ohio Wesleyan University

Delaware, OH

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51%
Sewanee The University of the South

Sewanee, TN

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51%
Baylor University

Waco, TX

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51%
Birmingham Southern College

Birmingham, AL

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52%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, CA

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52%
St Olaf College

Northfield, MN

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52%
Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson, NY

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52%
Yeshivath Zichron Moshe

South Fallsburgh, NY

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52%
Hendrix College

Conway, AR

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53%
Emmanuel College

Franklin Springs, GA

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53%
Anderson University

Anderson, IN

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53%
Sterling College

Sterling, KS

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53%
Hult International Business School

Cambridge, MA

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53%
Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

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53%
Tougaloo College

Tougaloo, MS

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53%
Missouri Valley College

Marshall, MO

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53%
Pratt Institute Main

Brooklyn, NY

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53%
Wilberforce University

Wilberforce, OH

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53%