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
Concordia University Saint Paul

Saint Paul, MN

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75%
St Louis College of Pharmacy

Saint Louis, MO

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75%
Le Moyne College

Syracuse, NY

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75%
Meredith College

Raleigh, NC

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75%
Methodist University

Fayetteville, NC

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75%
Lewis & Clark College

Portland, OR

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75%
Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA

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75%
Rosemont College

Rosemont, PA

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75%
Newberry College

Newberry, SC

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75%
Wheeling University

Wheeling, WV

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75%
Johnson & Wales University Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

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75%
The Master's College and Seminary

Santa Clarita, CA

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76%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

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76%
Elmhurst College

Elmhurst, IL

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76%
Saint Mary of the Woods College

Saint Mary of the Woods, IN

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76%
Taylor University

Upland, IN

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76%
Benedictine College

Atchison, KS

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76%
Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD

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76%