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
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

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30%
Alcorn State University

Alcorn State, MS

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30%
The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

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31%
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Winston-Salem, NC

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32%
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Tallahassee, FL

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33%
College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

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33%
The University of Montana Western

Dillon, MT

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36%
University of California Davis

Davis, CA

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37%
San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

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39%
California State University Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

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40%
University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

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41%
Grambling State University

Grambling, LA

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42%
SUNY at Binghamton

Vestal, NY

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42%
Fort Valley State University

Fort Valley, GA

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43%
University of Georgia

Athens, GA

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43%
Clemson University

Clemson, SC

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43%
Auburn University

Auburn University, AL

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44%
University of South Florida Main Campus

Tampa, FL

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44%