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
University of Wisconsin River Falls

River Falls, WI

84%
University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, CO

85%
Indiana University Southeast

New Albany, IN

85%
University of Southern Maine

Portland, ME

85%
Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

85%
Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI

85%
University of Nevada Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV

85%
University of New Hampshire at Manchester

Manchester, NH

85%
SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia, NY

85%
Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, NC

85%
Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

85%
East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN

85%
Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, TX

85%
The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX

85%
Christopher Newport University

Newport News, VA

85%
University of Wisconsin Platteville

Platteville, WI

85%
Middle Georgia College

Cochran, Georgia

86%
Illinois State University

Normal, IL

86%