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.
| School | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
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Texas Lutheran UniversitySeguin, TX |
95% |
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Randolph CollegeLynchburg, VA |
95% |
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West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon, WV |
95% |
|
Edgewood CollegeMadison, WI |
95% |
|
Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael, CA |
96% |
|
Trinity College of FloridaTrinity, FL |
96% |
|
Boise Bible CollegeBoise, ID |
96% |
|
Bethel College North NewtonNorth Newton, KS |
96% |
|
New England CollegeHenniker, NH |
96% |
|
Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, NH |
96% |
|
Fairleigh Dickinson University Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, NJ |
96% |
|
Barton CollegeWilson, NC |
96% |
|
George Fox UniversityNewberg, OR |
96% |
|
Columbia CollegeColumbia, SC |
96% |
|
Belmont UniversityNashville, TN |
96% |
|
Emory and Henry CollegeEmory, VA |
96% |
|
Keiser University Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, FL |
97% |
|
Shorter UniversityRome, GA |
97% |