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
Southern Polytechnic State University

Marietta, Georgia

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79%
University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL

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79%
Towson University

Towson, MD

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79%
Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Boston, MA

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79%
Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

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79%
University of Missouri Columbia

Columbia, MO

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79%
University of Nebraska Lincoln

Lincoln, NE

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79%
Bowling Green State University Main Campus

Bowling Green, OH

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79%
Coastal Carolina University

Conway, SC

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79%
University of South Carolina Upstate

Spartanburg, SC

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79%
Dakota State University

Madison, SD

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79%
Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

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79%
University of North Texas

Denton, TX

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79%
Oregon State University Cascades Campus

Bend, OR

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79%
University of Alabama at Huntsville

Huntsville, AL

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78%
Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, AL

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78%
Indiana University East

Richmond, IN

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78%
Bemidji State University

Bemidji, MN

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78%