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 South Carolina Upstate

Spartanburg, SC

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70%
University of Houston

Houston, TX

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70%
University of Michigan Flint

Flint, MI

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69%
Southwest Minnesota State University

Marshall, MN

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69%
Winona State University

Winona, MN

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69%
University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, MO

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69%
CUNY Queens College

Flushing, NY

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69%
Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale, NY

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69%
University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

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69%
Winston Salem State University

Winston-Salem, NC

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69%
Valley City State University

Valley City, ND

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69%
University of South Carolina Beaufort

Bluffton, SC

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69%
Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, GA

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69%
Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

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68%
McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA

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68%
Lake Superior State University

Sault Ste Marie, MI

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68%
Lander University

Greenwood, SC

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68%
Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN

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68%