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
Valley City State University

Valley City, ND

83%
University of Akron Main Campus

Akron, OH

83%
Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

83%
Western Oregon University

Monmouth, OR

83%
Francis Marion University

Florence, SC

83%
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, SD

83%
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Chattanooga, TN

83%
Washington State University

Pullman, WA

83%
Western Connecticut State University

Danbury, CT

84%
University of Hawaii at Hilo

Hilo, HI

84%
Boise State University

Boise, ID

84%
Morehead State University

Morehead, KY

84%
Murray State University

Murray, KY

84%
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill

Cobleskill, NY

84%
North Carolina Central University

Durham, NC

84%
South Carolina State University

Orangeburg, SC

84%
Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

84%
Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT

84%