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 Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

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64%
The College of New Jersey

Ewing, NJ

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64%
University of South Carolina Columbia

Columbia, SC

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64%
University of Alaska Southeast

Juneau, AK

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63%
Northeastern Illinois University

Chicago, IL

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63%
Texas A&M University College Station

College Station, TX

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63%
Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia

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62%
Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, LA

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62%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, AR

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61%
University of Montevallo

Montevallo, AL

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60%
SUNY College at Cortland

Cortland, NY

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60%
University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

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60%
Purdue University Calumet Campus

Hammond, IN

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59%
CUNY York College

Jamaica, NY

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59%
Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO

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58%
Louisiana State University Alexandria

Alexandria, LA

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58%
Maine Maritime Academy

Castine, ME

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58%
State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz, NY

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58%