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
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, MO

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81%
Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

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81%
Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH

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81%
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

Lincoln University, PA

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81%
Penn State Fayette  Eberly Campus

Uniontown, PA

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81%
The University of Texas at Arlington

Arlington, TX

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81%
Castleton State College

Castleton, VT

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81%
The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

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80%
Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, AZ

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80%
Georgia College & State University

Milledgeville, GA

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80%
University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

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80%
Indiana University Northwest

Gary, IN

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80%
SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, NY

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80%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

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80%
Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

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80%
University of South Carolina Beaufort

Bluffton, SC

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80%
University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

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79%
University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, CO

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79%