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
Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, IL

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91%
Manchester University

North Manchester, IN

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91%
Bethel University

Saint Paul, MN

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91%
North Central University

Minneapolis, MN

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91%
College of Saint Benedict

Saint Joseph, MN

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91%
Saint Peter's University

Jersey City, NJ

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91%
Elmira College

Elmira, NY

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91%
Iona College

New Rochelle, NY

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91%
Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

Paul Smiths, NY

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91%
Wittenberg University

Springfield, OH

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91%
Robert Morris University

Moon Township, PA

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91%
Wilkes University

Wilkes-Barre, PA

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91%
Freed Hardeman University

Henderson, TN

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91%
Concordia University Texas

Austin, TX

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91%
Dallas Baptist University

Dallas, TX

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91%
Bridgewater College

Bridgewater, VA

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91%
Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, WA

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91%
Lakeland University

Plymouth, WI

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91%