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
William Jewell College

Liberty, MO

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34%
Bennett College for Women

Greensboro, NC

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34%
Paul Quinn College

Dallas, TX

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34%
Carolina University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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34%
United States Sports Academy

Daphne, AL

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35%
Hope International University

Fullerton, CA

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35%
Howard University

Washington, DC

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35%
Brescia University

Owensboro, KY

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35%
Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

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35%
Rust College

Holly Springs, MS

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35%
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland

Suffern, NY

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35%
Casa Loma College Los Angeles

Sherman Oaks, CA

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36%
Kentucky Mountain Bible College

Vancleve, KY

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36%
University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

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36%
Trinity Bible College

Ellendale, ND

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36%
Spring Arbor University

Spring Arbor, MI

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37%
Connecticut College

New London, CT

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38%
Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA

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38%