United States Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 656 public colleges in the United States with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. University of California Los Angeles leads the list by accepting 9% of high school students that applied.

List of United States Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Saginaw Valley State University

University Center, MI

add to list | Calculate my chances 

73%
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, MO

add to list | Calculate my chances 

73%
Ramapo College of New Jersey

Mahwah, NJ

add to list | Calculate my chances 

73%
SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase, NY

add to list | Calculate my chances 

73%
University of Wisconsin La Crosse

La Crosse, WI

add to list | Calculate my chances 

73%
University of Wisconsin Parkside

Kenosha, WI

add to list | Calculate my chances 

73%
University of Alabama at Huntsville

Huntsville, AL

add to list | Calculate my chances 

74%
California State Polytechnic University Pomona

Pomona, CA

add to list | Calculate my chances 

74%
Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA

add to list | Calculate my chances 

74%
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

add to list | Calculate my chances 

74%
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, NC

add to list | Calculate my chances 

74%
New College of Florida

Sarasota, FL

add to list | Calculate my chances 

74%
Western Illinois University

Macomb, IL

add to list | Calculate my chances 

75%
University of Louisiana Monroe

Monroe, LA

add to list | Calculate my chances 

75%
St Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, MD

add to list | Calculate my chances 

75%
University of Missouri Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

add to list | Calculate my chances 

75%
SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, NY

add to list | Calculate my chances 

75%
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Slippery Rock, PA

add to list | Calculate my chances 

75%