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 Stamford

Stamford, CT

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80%
Southern Polytechnic State University

Marietta, Georgia

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79%
University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

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79%
University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL

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79%
Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

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79%
University of Southern Maine

Portland, ME

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79%
Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau, MO

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79%
Rutgers University Newark

Newark, NJ

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79%
SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia, NY

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79%
SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, NY

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79%
Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

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79%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA

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79%
Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

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79%
University of Colorado Denver

Denver, CO

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78%
Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, KY

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78%
Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ

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78%
Rutgers University Camden

Camden, NJ

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78%
SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica, NY

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78%