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 State University Northridge

Northridge, CA

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91%
Colorado State University Fort Collins

Fort Collins, CO

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91%
Fort Lewis College

Durango, CO

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91%
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, IL

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91%
Kentucky State University

Frankfort, KY

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91%
Salisbury University

Salisbury, MD

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91%
Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

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91%
Penn State New Kensington

Upper Burrell, PA

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91%
Penn State Mont Alto

Mont Alto, PA

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91%
Texas A&M University Texarkana

Texarkana, TX

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91%
Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

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91%
Concord University

Athens, WV

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91%
Auburn University at Montgomery

Montgomery, AL

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92%
Western State Colorado University

Gunnison, CO

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92%
Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

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92%
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

North Adams, MA

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92%
Southwest Minnesota State University

Marshall, MN

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92%
William Paterson University of New Jersey

Wayne, NJ

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92%