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 Washington Bothell Campus

Bothell, WA

add to list | Calculate my chances 

92%
Auburn University at Montgomery

Montgomery, AL

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
Troy University

Troy, AL

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
California State University Northridge

Northridge, CA

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
Fort Lewis College

Durango, CO

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
Kentucky State University

Frankfort, KY

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
Louisiana State University Alexandria

Alexandria, LA

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
William Paterson University of New Jersey

Wayne, NJ

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

East Stroudsburg, PA

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
Penn State New Kensington

Upper Burrell, PA

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
Penn State Dubois

Dubois, PA

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
Northern State University

Aberdeen, SD

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
Texas A&M University Commerce

Commerce, TX

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
Texas Southern University

Houston, TX

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%
California State University Channel Islands

Camarillo, CA

add to list | Calculate my chances 

93%