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
Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, TX

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76%
The University of Virginia's College at Wise

Wise, VA

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76%
University of Colorado Denver

Denver, CO

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75%
Western Illinois University

Macomb, IL

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75%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Lafayette, LA

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75%
Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

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75%
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

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75%
Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

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75%
SUNY at Geneseo

Geneseo, NY

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75%
SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase, NY

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75%
New College of Florida

Sarasota, FL

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75%
Eastern Connecticut State University

Willimantic, CT

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74%
University of Delaware

Newark, DE

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74%
University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

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74%
Winona State University

Winona, MN

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74%
Rutgers University Newark

Newark, NJ

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74%
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Socorro, NM

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74%
Elizabeth City State University

Elizabeth City, NC

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74%