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 at Potsdam

Potsdam, NY

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85%
SUNY College at Old Westbury

Old Westbury, NY

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85%
Ohio University Main Campus

Athens, OH

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85%
University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

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85%
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Rapid City, SD

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85%
The University of Texas Pan American

Edinburg, TX

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85%
Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, TX

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85%
Longwood University

Farmville, VA

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85%
Washington State University

Pullman, WA

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85%
University of Wisconsin Stout

Menomonie, WI

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85%
University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

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86%
University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, CO

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86%
Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia

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86%
Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, IN

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86%
Indiana University South Bend

South Bend, IN

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86%
Murray State University

Murray, KY

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86%
University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

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86%
Northwest Missouri State University

Maryville, MO

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86%