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
Columbus State University

Columbus, GA

88%
Fort Hays State University

Hays, KS

88%
University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

88%
Frostburg State University

Frostburg, MD

88%
Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, MA

88%
Worcester State University

Worcester, MA

88%
Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

88%
Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

88%
CUNY Medgar Evers College

Brooklyn, NY

88%
Kent State University at Kent

Kent, OH

88%
Miami University

Oxford, OH

88%
Southern Oregon University

Ashland, OR

88%
Penn State Greater Allegheny

McKeesport, PA

88%
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Shippensburg, PA

88%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA

88%
Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

88%
The University of Tennessee Martin

Martin, TN

88%
Texas A & M University Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, TX

88%