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 California Merced

Merced, CA

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89%
Columbus State University

Columbus, GA

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88%
Fort Hays State University

Hays, KS

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88%
University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

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88%
Frostburg State University

Frostburg, MD

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88%
Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, MA

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88%
Worcester State University

Worcester, MA

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88%
Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

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88%
Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

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88%
CUNY Medgar Evers College

Brooklyn, NY

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88%
Kent State University at Kent

Kent, OH

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88%
Miami University

Oxford, OH

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88%
Southern Oregon University

Ashland, OR

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88%
Penn State Greater Allegheny

McKeesport, PA

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88%
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Shippensburg, PA

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88%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA

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88%
Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

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88%
The University of Tennessee Martin

Martin, TN

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88%