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
Governors State University

University Park, IL

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57%
University of Minnesota Crookston

Crookston, MN

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57%
Minnesota State University Moorhead

Moorhead, MN

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57%
Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

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57%
Clayton  State University

Morrow, GA

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56%
North Georgia College & State University

Dahlonega, Georgia

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56%
North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, NC

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56%
Northwestern Oklahoma State University

Alva, OK

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56%
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

Chickasha, OK

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56%
Florida Polytechnic University

Lakeland, Florida

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56%
California State Polytechnic University Pomona

Pomona, CA

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55%
University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

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55%
Delaware State University

Dover, DE

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55%
Augusta State University

Augusta, Georgia

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55%
CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

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55%
CUNY Lehman College

Bronx, NY

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55%
Penn State Main Campus

University Park, PA

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55%
Texas A&M University Galveston

Galveston, Texas

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55%