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
Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar, VA

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72%
Northland College

Ashland, WI

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72%
University of Mobile

Mobile, AL

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73%
California College of the Arts

Oakland, CA

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73%
Woodbury University

Burbank, CA

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73%
Mitchell College

New London, CT

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73%
Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

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73%
Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

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73%
North Park University

Chicago, IL

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73%
University of Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

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73%
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

Terre Haute, IN

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73%
Luther College

Decorah, IA

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73%
Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, IA

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73%
MidAmerica Nazarene University

Olathe, KS

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73%
Goucher College

Baltimore, MD

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73%
Bay Path University

Longmeadow, MA

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73%
Stonehill College

Easton, MA

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73%
Cornerstone University

Grand Rapids, MI

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73%