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.
| School | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
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University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney, NE |
86% |
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Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, PA |
86% |
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Lamar UniversityBeaumont, TX |
86% |
|
University of Mary WashingtonFredericksburg, VA |
86% |
|
West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, WV |
86% |
|
Nevada State CollegeHenderson, NV |
86% |
|
University of Connecticut Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut |
86% |
|
University of West AlabamaLivingston, AL |
87% |
|
California State University FullertonFullerton, CA |
87% |
|
Gordon CollegeBarnesville, GA |
87% |
|
Montana State UniversityBozeman, MT |
87% |
|
University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, NE |
87% |
|
University of New Hampshire Main CampusDurham, NH |
87% |
|
University of New Hampshire at ManchesterManchester, NH |
87% |
|
Montclair State UniversityMontclair, NJ |
87% |
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Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, NC |
87% |
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Kent State University at KentKent, OH |
87% |
|
East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, TN |
87% |