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
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Socorro, NM

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54%
CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

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54%
CUNY Hunter College

New York, NY

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54%
Penn State Main Campus

University Park, PA

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54%
Minnesota State University Moorhead

Moorhead, MN

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53%
Mississippi Valley State University

Itta Bena, MS

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51%
SUNY College at Cortland

Cortland, NY

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51%
Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

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51%
Auburn University

Auburn University, AL

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50%
Purdue University North Central Campus

Westville, IN

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50%
Southern University and A & M College

Baton Rouge, LA

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50%
Coppin State University

Baltimore, MD

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50%
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York, NY

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50%
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, PA

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50%
Purdue University Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

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50%
University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

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49%
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

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49%
California State University Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

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47%