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
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY

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83%
Southern Oregon University

Ashland, OR

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83%
Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

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83%
Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, TN

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83%
Vermont Technical College

Randolph Center, VT

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83%
University of Wisconsin Whitewater

Whitewater, WI

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83%
University of Washington Tacoma Campus

Tacoma, WA

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83%
Boise State University

Boise, ID

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84%
University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield, IL

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84%
Bowie State University

Bowie, MD

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84%
Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

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84%
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin

Odessa, TX

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84%
Indiana University Kokomo

Kokomo, IN

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85%
University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

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85%
Framingham State University

Framingham, MA

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85%
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lowell, MA

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85%
Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI

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85%
University of Nevada Reno

Reno, NV

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85%