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
The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

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29%
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

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30%
United States Merchant Marine Academy

Kings Point, NY

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32%
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Winston-Salem, NC

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33%
College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

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33%
San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

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34%
University of Georgia

Athens, GA

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37%
SUNY at Binghamton

Vestal, NY

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38%
Clemson University

Clemson, SC

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38%
CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York, NY

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39%
University of California Merced

Merced, CA

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39%
University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

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40%
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, NC

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40%
University of South Florida Main Campus

Tampa, FL

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41%
Chicago State University

Chicago, IL

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41%
University of California Davis

Davis, CA

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42%
University of Washington Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA

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43%
University of Wisconsin Madison

Madison, WI

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43%