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
Rutgers University Camden

Camden, NJ

77%
Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Weatherford, OK

77%
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

Eau Claire, WI

77%
University of Alabama at Huntsville

Huntsville, AL

78%
Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, AL

78%
Indiana University East

Richmond, IN

78%
Bemidji State University

Bemidji, MN

78%
University of Minnesota Morris

Morris, MN

78%
New Mexico State University Main Campus

Las Cruces, NM

78%
Northern State University

Aberdeen, SD

78%
Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, TN

78%
James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA

78%
University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

79%
University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, CO

79%
Southern Polytechnic State University

Marietta, Georgia

79%
University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL

79%
Towson University

Towson, MD

79%
Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Boston, MA

79%