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
Macon State College

Macon, Georgia

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47%
North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, NC

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46%
Central State University

Wilberforce, OH

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46%
The University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

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46%
Texas A&M International University

Laredo, TX

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46%
University of Maryland College Park

College Park, MD

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45%
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Champaign, IL

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44%
San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus

Calexico, California

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44%
University of Washington Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA

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43%
University of Wisconsin Madison

Madison, WI

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43%
University of California Davis

Davis, CA

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42%
University of South Florida Main Campus

Tampa, FL

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41%
Chicago State University

Chicago, IL

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41%
University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

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40%
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, NC

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40%
CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York, NY

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39%
University of California Merced

Merced, CA

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39%
SUNY at Binghamton

Vestal, NY

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38%