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
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

Lincoln University, PA

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78%
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Tifton, GA

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77%
Georgia Southwestern State University

Americus, GA

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77%
Indiana University Northwest

Gary, IN

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77%
Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Boston, MA

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77%
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

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77%
University of Missouri Columbia

Columbia, MO

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77%
University of Nebraska Lincoln

Lincoln, NE

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77%
Kean University

Union, NJ

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77%
University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

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77%
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Norman, OK

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77%
University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

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77%
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Chattanooga, TN

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77%
University of Houston Victoria

Victoria, TX

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77%
Florida Gulf Coast University

Fort Myers, FL

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77%
The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

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76%
Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, AL

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76%
Central Connecticut State University

New Britain, CT

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76%