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 Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Pine Bluff, AR

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58%
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

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58%
University of Minnesota Crookston

Crookston, MN

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58%
CUNY City College

New York, NY

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58%
Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, NY

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58%
The University of West Florida

Pensacola, FL

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57%
University of Missouri St Louis

Saint Louis, MO

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57%
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

New York, NY

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57%
Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

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57%
North Georgia College & State University

Dahlonega, Georgia

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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%
Augusta State University

Augusta, Georgia

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55%
Eastern New Mexico University Main Campus

Portales, NM

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55%
CUNY Lehman College

Bronx, NY

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55%
Texas A&M University Galveston

Galveston, Texas

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55%
University of Montevallo

Montevallo, AL

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54%
University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

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54%