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
Milwaukee School of Engineering

Milwaukee, WI

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60%
Beacon College

Leesburg, FL

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60%
Gallaudet University

Washington, DC

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61%
Maria College of Albany

Albany, NY

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61%
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America

New York, NY

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61%
Bluffton University

Bluffton, OH

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61%
Moore College of Art and Design

Philadelphia, PA

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61%
Erskine College

Due West, SC

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61%
Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX

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61%
New England School of Communications

Bangor, Maine

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61%
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary

Los Angeles, CA

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62%
Berry College

Mount Berry, GA

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62%
Wesleyan College

Macon, GA

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62%
Kentucky Christian University

Grayson, KY

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62%
Gustavus Adolphus College

Saint Peter, MN

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62%
University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

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62%
Alvernia University

Reading, PA

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62%
Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, TX

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62%