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
Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

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17%
Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

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17%
Denison University

Granville, OH

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17%
Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA

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17%
Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY

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18%
University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

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19%
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

New York, NY

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19%
Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO

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20%
Babson College

Wellesley, MA

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20%
Smith College

Northampton, MA

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20%
Webb Institute

Glen Cove, NY

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20%
Goddard College

Plainfield, VT

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20%
College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA

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21%
Hillsdale College

Hillsdale, Michigan

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21%
Carleton College

Northfield, MN

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22%
Wake Forest University

Winston Salem, NC

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22%
Trine University Regional/Non Traditional Campuses

Fort Wayne, IN

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22%
Olin College of Engineering

Needham, MA

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22%