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 Houston Downtown

Houston, TX

88%
The University of Texas Pan American

Edinburg, TX

88%
Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

88%
Longwood University

Farmville, VA

88%
West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

88%
University of Washington Bothell Campus

Bothell, WA

88%
University of Washington Tacoma Campus

Tacoma, WA

88%
California State University Dominguez Hills

Carson, CA

89%
Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

89%
Valdosta State University

Valdosta, GA

89%
Louisiana State University Shreveport

Shreveport, LA

89%
University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

89%
Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, MA

89%
Jackson State University

Jackson, MS

89%
Montana Tech of the University of Montana

Butte, MT

89%
Central State University

Wilberforce, OH

89%
University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

89%
Norfolk State University

Norfolk, VA

89%