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 California Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

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47%
Macon State College

Macon, Georgia

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47%
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, NC

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47%
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Champaign, IL

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45%
Coppin State University

Baltimore, MD

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45%
University of Maryland College Park

College Park, MD

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45%
Truman State University

Kirksville, MO

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45%
Auburn University

Auburn University, AL

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44%
University of South Florida Main Campus

Tampa, FL

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44%
San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus

Calexico, California

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44%
Fort Valley State University

Fort Valley, GA

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43%
University of Georgia

Athens, GA

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43%
Clemson University

Clemson, SC

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43%
Grambling State University

Grambling, LA

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42%
SUNY at Binghamton

Vestal, NY

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42%
University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

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41%
California State University Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

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40%
San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

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39%