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
Dominican University

River Forest, IL

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80%
Ottawa University Ottawa

Ottawa, KS

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80%
University of Detroit Mercy

Detroit, MI

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80%
Lawrence Technological University

Southfield, MI

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80%
Cleveland Chiropractic College

Overland Park, KS

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80%
St John's University New York

Queens, NY

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80%
University of Mount Union

Alliance, OH

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80%
Notre Dame College

Cleveland, OH

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80%
Tiffin University

Tiffin, OH

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80%
Keystone College

La Plume, PA

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80%
Roanoke College

Salem, VA

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80%
Bais Medrash Elyon

Monsey, NY

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80%
Remington College Colorado Springs Campus

Colorado Springs, Colorado

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80%
University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

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81%
University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

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81%
Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, IL

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81%
Grace College and Theological Seminary

Winona Lake, IN

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81%
Saint Mary's College

Notre Dame, IN

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81%