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
McPherson College

McPherson, KS

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84%
Louisiana College

Pineville, LA

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84%
McDaniel College

Westminster, MD

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84%
Longy School of Music

Cambridge, MA

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84%
Northwood University Michigan

Midland, MI

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84%
Nebraska Wesleyan University

Lincoln, NE

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84%
Guilford College

Greensboro, NC

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84%
Mount Vernon Nazarene University

Mount Vernon, OH

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84%
Ursuline College

Pepper Pike, OH

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84%
Marywood University

Scranton, PA

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84%
Cairn University

Langhorne, PA

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84%
University of Scranton

Scranton, PA

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84%
Widener University Main Campus

Chester, PA

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84%
Johnson & Wales University Providence

Providence, RI

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84%
Dallas Christian College

Dallas, TX

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84%
Saint Edward's University

Austin, TX

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84%
Southwestern Assemblies of God University

Waxahachie, TX

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84%
Carthage College

Kenosha, WI

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84%