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
Rivier College

Nashua, NH

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82%
Canisius College

Buffalo, NY

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82%
D'Youville College

Buffalo, NY

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82%
Mount Saint Mary College

Newburgh, NY

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82%
Saint Bonaventure University

Saint Bonaventure, NY

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82%
Saint Thomas Aquinas College

Sparkill, NY

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82%
Muskingum University

New Concord, OH

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82%
Washington & Jefferson College

Washington, PA

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82%
University of Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls, SD

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82%
University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA

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82%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Harrisburg, PA

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82%
Patrick Henry College

Purcellville, Virginia

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82%
Antioch College

Yellow Springs, OH

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82%
Bolivar Technical College

Bolivar, Missouri

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82%
Southern California Institute of Architecture

Los Angeles, CA

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83%
University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

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83%
Paine College

Augusta, GA

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83%
Graceland University Lamoni

Lamoni, IA

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83%