United States Public Colleges Ranked by Highest Acceptance Rate

List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 656 public colleges in the United States with the highest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Athens State University leads the list by accepting 100% of high school students that applied.

List of United States Public Colleges Ranked by Highest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
University of Maine at Presque Isle

Presque Isle, ME

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97%
Missouri Southern State University

Joplin, MO

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97%
Penn State Altoona

Altoona, PA

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97%
Penn State Berks

Reading, PA

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97%
West Texas A & M University

Canyon, TX

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97%
The Evergreen State College

Olympia, WA

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97%
University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

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97%
Alabama State University

Montgomery, AL

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96%
University of North Alabama

Florence, AL

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96%
Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

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96%
California State University Fresno

Fresno, CA

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96%
San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

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96%
University of Hawaii West Oahu

Pearl City, HI

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96%
Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

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96%
Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, LA

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96%
University of Maine

Orono, ME

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96%
Salem State University

Salem, MA

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96%
Metropolitan State University

Saint Paul, MN

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96%