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
Southern University and A & M College

Baton Rouge, LA

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54%
University of Michigan Dearborn

Dearborn, MI

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54%
Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, NY

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53%
Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

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53%
Purdue University Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

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53%
University of Missouri St Louis

Saint Louis, MO

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51%
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

New York, NY

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51%
Purdue University North Central Campus

Westville, IN

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50%
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York, NY

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50%
Vermont Technical College

Randolph Center, VT

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50%
Chicago State University

Chicago, IL

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49%
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

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49%
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, PA

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49%
University of Wisconsin Madison

Madison, WI

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49%
The University of West Florida

Pensacola, FL

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48%
CUNY Hunter College

New York, NY

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48%
Texas A&M International University

Laredo, TX

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48%
University of Washington Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA

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48%