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
California State University San Marcos

San Marcos, CA

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95%
Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

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94%
San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

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94%
Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, CA

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94%
University of Southern Indiana

Evansville, IN

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94%
Southern University at New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

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94%
University of Maine at Farmington

Farmington, ME

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94%
University of Maine

Orono, ME

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94%
Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

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94%
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

East Stroudsburg, PA

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94%
Penn State Worthington Scranton

Dunmore, PA

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94%
Penn State Lehigh Valley

Center Valley, PA

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94%
University of Pittsburgh Bradford

Bradford, PA

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94%
Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, TN

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94%
The University of Texas at Tyler

Tyler, TX

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94%
Texas Woman's University

Denton, TX

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94%
Utah State University

Logan, UT

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94%
Georgia Gwinnett College

Lawrenceville, GA

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94%