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
Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau, MO

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79%
Rutgers University Newark

Newark, NJ

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79%
SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia, NY

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79%
SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, NY

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79%
Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

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79%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA

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79%
Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

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79%
San Jose State University

San Jose, CA

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80%
Indiana University Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

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80%
Truman State University

Kirksville, MO

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80%
SUNY College at Oswego

Oswego, NY

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80%
Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

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80%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

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80%
Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH

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80%
Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Durant, OK

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80%
University of South Carolina Aiken

Aiken, SC

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80%
Coastal Carolina University

Conway, SC

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80%
Texas A&M University Texarkana

Texarkana, TX

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80%