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
Clemson University

Clemson, SC

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38%
University of Georgia

Athens, GA

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37%
San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

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34%
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Winston-Salem, NC

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33%
College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

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33%
United States Merchant Marine Academy

Kings Point, NY

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32%
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

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30%
The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

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29%
University of California Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

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28%
University of California Irvine

Irvine, CA

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26%
University of California San Diego

La Jolla, CA

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25%
Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

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25%
Alcorn State University

Alcorn State, MS

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25%
United States Coast Guard Academy

New London, Connecticut

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24%
University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

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24%
Grambling State University

Grambling, LA

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24%
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Tallahassee, FL

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21%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

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19%