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
Texas Lutheran University

Seguin, TX

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95%
Randolph College

Lynchburg, VA

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95%
West Virginia Wesleyan College

Buckhannon, WV

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95%
Edgewood College

Madison, WI

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95%
Dominican University of California

San Rafael, CA

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96%
Trinity College of Florida

Trinity, FL

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96%
Boise Bible College

Boise, ID

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96%
Bethel College North Newton

North Newton, KS

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96%
New England College

Henniker, NH

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96%
Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, NH

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96%
Fairleigh Dickinson University Metropolitan Campus

Teaneck, NJ

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96%
Barton College

Wilson, NC

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96%
George Fox University

Newberg, OR

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96%
Columbia College

Columbia, SC

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96%
Belmont University

Nashville, TN

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96%
Emory and Henry College

Emory, VA

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96%
Keiser University Ft Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL

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97%
Shorter University

Rome, GA

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97%