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 Minnesota Morris

Morris, MN

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78%
New Mexico State University Main Campus

Las Cruces, NM

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78%
Northern State University

Aberdeen, SD

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78%
Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, TN

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78%
James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA

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78%
San Jose State University

San Jose, CA

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77%
Central Connecticut State University

New Britain, CT

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77%
St Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, MD

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77%
Lake Superior State University

Sault Ste Marie, MI

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77%
Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ

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77%
Rutgers University Camden

Camden, NJ

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77%
Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Weatherford, OK

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77%
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

Eau Claire, WI

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77%
Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA

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76%
Saginaw Valley State University

University Center, MI

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76%
University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

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76%
College of Charleston

Charleston, SC

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76%
University of South Carolina Aiken

Aiken, SC

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76%