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
Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

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94%
Jamestown College

Jamestown, ND

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94%
Herzing University   Akron Campus

Akron, OH

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94%
Eastern University

Saint Davids, PA

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94%
Gwynedd Mercy College

Gwynedd Valley, PA

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94%
York College Pennsylvania

York, PA

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94%
Herzing University Madison

Madison, WI

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94%
University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA

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95%
Greenville University

Greenville, IL

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95%
Marian University

Indianapolis, IN

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95%
Midway University

Midway, KY

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95%
Fontbonne University

Saint Louis, MO

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95%
Fairleigh Dickinson University College at Florham

Madison, NJ

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95%
Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College

Brooklyn, NY

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95%
Pfeiffer University

Misenheimer, NC

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95%
University of Portland

Portland, OR

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95%
Lancaster Bible College

Lancaster, PA

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95%
University of Mary Hardin Baylor

Belton, TX

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95%