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
Cornell College

Mount Vernon, IA

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81%
Emmanuel College

Boston, MA

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81%
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Boston, MA

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81%
Saint Louis University Main Campus

Saint Louis, MO

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81%
Lees McRae College

Banner Elk, NC

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81%
Lenoir Rhyne University

Hickory, NC

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81%
Ashland University

Ashland, OH

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81%
John Carroll University

University Heights, OH

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81%
Rabbinical College Telshe

Wickliffe, OH

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81%
Marymount University

Arlington, VA

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81%
Pacific Lutheran University

Tacoma, WA

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81%
Samford University

Birmingham, AL

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82%
Point Loma Nazarene University

San Diego, CA

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82%
Covenant College

Lookout Mountain, GA

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82%
Indiana Wesleyan University

Marion, IN

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82%
Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Standish, ME

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82%
Unity College

Unity, ME

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82%
Lasell College

Newton, MA

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82%