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
Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, NC

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85%
Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

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85%
East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN

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85%
Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, TX

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85%
The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX

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85%
Christopher Newport University

Newport News, VA

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85%
University of Wisconsin Platteville

Platteville, WI

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85%
Western Connecticut State University

Danbury, CT

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84%
University of Hawaii at Hilo

Hilo, HI

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84%
Boise State University

Boise, ID

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84%
Morehead State University

Morehead, KY

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84%
Murray State University

Murray, KY

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84%
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill

Cobleskill, NY

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84%
North Carolina Central University

Durham, NC

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84%
South Carolina State University

Orangeburg, SC

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84%
Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

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84%
Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT

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84%
University of Wisconsin River Falls

River Falls, WI

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84%