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
Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT

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80%
University of Connecticut Stamford

Stamford, CT

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80%
University of Arkansas Fort Smith

Fort Smith, AR

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81%
Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

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81%
Eastern Connecticut State University

Willimantic, CT

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81%
Southern Connecticut State University

New Haven, CT

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81%
Western Connecticut State University

Danbury, CT

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81%
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

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81%
University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

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81%
Westfield State University

Westfield, MA

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81%
Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, MI

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81%
Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

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81%
CUNY New York City College of Technology

Brooklyn, NY

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81%
Bowling Green State University Main Campus

Bowling Green, OH

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81%
Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

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81%
The University of Texas at Arlington

Arlington, TX

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81%
Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

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82%
Morehead State University

Morehead, KY

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82%