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
Lake Erie College

Painesville, OH

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64%
Muhlenberg College

Allentown, PA

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64%
Converse College

Spartanburg, SC

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64%
Abilene Christian University

Abilene, TX

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64%
SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary

Oakland, CA

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64%
Vanguard University of Southern California

Costa Mesa, CA

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65%
Clark Atlanta University

Atlanta, GA

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65%
Southwestern College

Winfield, KS

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65%
Tabor College

Hillsboro, KS

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65%
College of the Atlantic

Bar Harbor, ME

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65%
Rochester College

Rochester Hills, MI

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65%
Caldwell University

Caldwell, NJ

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65%
Marist College

Poughkeepsie, NY

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65%
Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary

Brooklyn, NY

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65%
University of Charleston

Charleston, WV

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65%
Faulkner University

Montgomery, AL

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66%
Lyon College

Batesville, AR

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66%
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach, FL

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66%