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
Cleveland Institute of Music

Cleveland, OH

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38%
Brigham Young University Hawaii

Laie, HI

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38%
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

Los Angeles, CA

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39%
Southwestern University

Georgetown, TX

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39%
Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

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40%
Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

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40%
Manhattan School of Music

New York, NY

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40%
Brevard College

Brevard, NC

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40%
Ohio Christian University

Circleville, OH

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40%
Aquinas College

Nashville, TN

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40%
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

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40%
Ottawa University Surprise

Surprise, Arizona

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40%
Rollins College

Winter Park, FL

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41%
The University of Tampa

Tampa, FL

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41%
Dillard University

New Orleans, LA

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41%
Laboure College

Boston, MA

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41%
LeTourneau University

Longview, TX

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41%
Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

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41%