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
DePaul University

Chicago, IL

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74%
Earlham College

Richmond, IN

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74%
Holy Cross College

Notre Dame, IN

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74%
Georgetown College

Georgetown, KY

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74%
Xavier University of Louisiana

New Orleans, LA

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74%
Dean College

Franklin, MA

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74%
Merrimack College

North Andover, MA

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74%
William Woods University

Fulton, MO

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74%
Livingstone College

Salisbury, NC

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74%
Lourdes University

Sylvania, OH

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74%
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church

Bryn Athyn, PA

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74%
Holy Family University

Philadelphia, PA

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74%
Kairos University

Sioux Falls, SD

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74%
Norwich University

Northfield, VT

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74%
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott

Prescott, AZ

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75%
Art Center College of Design

Pasadena, CA

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75%
Illinois College

Jacksonville, IL

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75%
Mount Ida College

Newton, MA

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75%