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 Illinois at Springfield

Springfield, IL

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82%
Indiana University Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

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82%
University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

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82%
University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Princess Anne, MD

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82%
Westfield State University

Westfield, MA

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82%
Metropolitan State University

Saint Paul, MN

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82%
CUNY New York City College of Technology

Brooklyn, NY

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82%
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred

Alfred, NY

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82%
SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica Rome

Utica, NY

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82%
University of Houston Victoria

Victoria, TX

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82%
University of Wisconsin Whitewater

Whitewater, WI

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82%
Nevada State College

Henderson, NV

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82%
University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, CO

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81%
Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

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81%
Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, IN

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81%
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

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81%
University of Massachusetts Boston

Boston, MA

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81%
University of Minnesota Duluth

Duluth, MN

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81%