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
Friends University

Wichita, KS

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56%
Fordham University

Bronx, NY

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56%
Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland, OH

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56%
Oklahoma Baptist University

Shawnee, OK

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56%
Southwestern Adventist University

Keene, TX

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56%
Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, FL

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57%
Rockford University

Rockford, IL

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57%
Indiana Institute of Technology

Fort Wayne, IN

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57%
William Penn University

Oskaloosa, IA

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57%
Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY

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57%
Mount Carmel College of Nursing

Columbus, OH

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57%
College of Mount St. Joseph

Cincinnati, OH

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57%
Beloit College

Beloit, WI

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57%
University of the Ozarks

Clarksville, AR

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58%
Fresno Pacific University

Fresno, CA

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58%
North Central College

Naperville, IL

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58%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA

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58%
William Carey University

Hattiesburg, MS

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58%