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
Northern State University

Aberdeen, SD

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93%
University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

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93%
Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN

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93%
Texas A&M University Commerce

Commerce, TX

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93%
Texas Southern University

Houston, TX

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93%
Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

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93%
California State University Channel Islands

Camarillo, CA

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93%
California State University Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

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92%
Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

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92%
Fort Hays State University

Hays, KS

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92%
University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

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92%
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

North Adams, MA

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92%
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

North Dartmouth, MA

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92%
University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Pembroke, NC

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92%
Oregon Institute of Technology

Klamath Falls, OR

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92%
Penn State Beaver

Monaca, PA

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92%
Penn State Fayette  Eberly Campus

Uniontown, PA

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92%
Penn State Abington

Abington, PA

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92%