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
Virginia State University

Petersburg, VA

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89%
Augusta University

Augusta, GA

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89%
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

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88%
California State University Bakersfield

Bakersfield, CA

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88%
Georgia College & State University

Milledgeville, GA

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88%
Haskell Indian Nations University

Lawrence, KS

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88%
University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

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88%
Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, KS

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88%
Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

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88%
Stockton University

Galloway, NJ

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88%
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi

Delhi, NY

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88%
University of Cincinnati Main Campus

Cincinnati, OH

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88%
Stephen F Austin State University

Nacogdoches, TX

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88%
The University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

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88%
Christopher Newport University

Newport News, VA

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88%
University of Wisconsin Green Bay

Green Bay, WI

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88%
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI

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88%
University of West Alabama

Livingston, AL

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87%