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 Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

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18%
University of Virginia Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

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17%
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus

Atlanta, GA

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16%
United States Air Force Academy

USAFA, Colorado

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14%
United States Military Academy

West Point, New York

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14%
University of California Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

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12%
University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

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9%
United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, Maryland

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9%