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 Connecticut Avery Point

Groton, CT

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87%
University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

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86%
University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, CO

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86%
Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia

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86%
Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, IN

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86%
Indiana University South Bend

South Bend, IN

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86%
Murray State University

Murray, KY

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86%
University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

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86%
Northwest Missouri State University

Maryville, MO

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86%
University of Nebraska at Kearney

Kearney, NE

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86%
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Shippensburg, PA

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86%
Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

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86%
University of Mary Washington

Fredericksburg, VA

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86%
West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

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86%
Nevada State College

Henderson, NV

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86%
University of Connecticut Hartford Campus

Hartford, Connecticut

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86%
Indiana University Kokomo

Kokomo, IN

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85%
University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

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85%