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
North Carolina Central University

Durham, NC

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90%
Penn State Mont Alto

Mont Alto, PA

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90%
Central Washington University

Ellensburg, WA

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90%
Concord University

Athens, WV

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90%
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point

Stevens Point, WI

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90%
Illinois State University

Normal, IL

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89%
Iowa State University

Ames, IA

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89%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Lafayette, LA

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89%
Frostburg State University

Frostburg, MD

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89%
Salisbury University

Salisbury, MD

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89%
Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, MA

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89%
Keene State College

Keene, NH

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89%
New Jersey City University

Jersey City, NJ

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89%
Appalachian State University

Boone, NC

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89%
Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Millersville, PA

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89%
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, TX

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89%
Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

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89%
George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

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89%