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
SUNY College at Old Westbury

Old Westbury, NY

92%
East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

92%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, NC

92%
University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

92%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Main Campus

Indiana, PA

92%
Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Millersville, PA

92%
Penn State Dubois

Dubois, PA

92%
Midwestern State University

Wichita Falls, TX

92%
West Texas A & M University

Canyon, TX

92%
California State University Monterey Bay

Seaside, CA

92%
University of Connecticut Stamford

Stamford, CT

92%
California State University Sacramento

Sacramento, CA

93%
Gordon College

Barnesville, GA

93%
Haskell Indian Nations University

Lawrence, KS

93%
Salem State University

Salem, MA

93%
Missouri State University Springfield

Springfield, MO

93%
Minot State University

Minot, ND

93%
Oregon Institute of Technology

Klamath Falls, OR

93%