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 Mary Washington

Fredericksburg, VA

86%
University of Wisconsin Stout

Menomonie, WI

86%
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI

86%
Augusta University

Augusta, GA

86%
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

87%
University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

87%
California State University Bakersfield

Bakersfield, CA

87%
California State University Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

87%
Lewis Clark State College

Lewiston, ID

87%
Indiana University South Bend

South Bend, IN

87%
Bowie State University

Bowie, MD

87%
Framingham State University

Framingham, MA

87%
University of New Hampshire Main Campus

Durham, NH

87%
SUNY Morrisville

Morrisville, NY

87%
Ohio University Main Campus

Athens, OH

87%
Penn State Shenango

Sharon, PA

87%
Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

87%
The University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

87%