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
Bradley University

Peoria, IL

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77%
Benedictine University

Lisle, IL

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77%
Saint Josephs College

Rensselaer, IN

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77%
Husson University

Bangor, Maine

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77%
Maryland Institute College of Art

Baltimore, MD

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77%
Augsburg College

Minneapolis, MN

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77%
College of Saint Elizabeth

Morristown, NJ

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77%
Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY

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77%
Metropolitan College of New York

New York, NY

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77%
Pace University New York

New York, NY

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77%
High Point University

High Point, NC

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77%
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, NC

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77%
Baldwin Wallace College

Berea, OH

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77%
Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Bartlesville, OK

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77%
Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, PA

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77%
Gannon University

Erie, PA

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77%
Saint Francis University

Loretto, PA

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77%
Laguna College of Art and Design

Laguna Beach, CA

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78%