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 Nebraska at Kearney

Kearney, NE

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86%
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Shippensburg, PA

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86%
Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

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86%
University of Mary Washington

Fredericksburg, VA

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86%
West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

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86%
Nevada State College

Henderson, NV

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86%
University of Connecticut Hartford Campus

Hartford, Connecticut

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86%
University of West Alabama

Livingston, AL

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87%
California State University Fullerton

Fullerton, CA

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87%
Gordon College

Barnesville, GA

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87%
Montana State University

Bozeman, MT

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87%
University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, NE

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87%
University of New Hampshire Main Campus

Durham, NH

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87%
University of New Hampshire at Manchester

Manchester, NH

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87%
Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

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87%
Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, NC

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87%
Kent State University at Kent

Kent, OH

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87%
East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN

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87%