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
Wilmington College

Wilmington, OH

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85%
Misericordia University

Dallas, PA

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85%
Houston Baptist University

Houston, TX

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85%
Montana Bible College

Bozeman, Montana

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85%
Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, AK

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86%
Stetson University

DeLand, FL

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86%
Brewton Parker College

Mount Vernon, GA

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86%
Saint Xavier University

Chicago, IL

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86%
Butler University

Indianapolis, IN

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86%
Alice Lloyd College

Pippa Passes, KY

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86%
Notre Dame of Maryland University

Baltimore, MD

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86%
The University of Findlay

Findlay, OH

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86%
Albright College

Reading, PA

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86%
La Salle University

Philadelphia, PA

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86%
Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, PA

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86%
Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

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86%
Westminster College

New Wilmington, PA

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86%
Northwood University Texas

Cedar Hill, TX

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86%